The new retail space is home to Uniqlo and GU, plus a playground park with a jungle gym, slides and bouldering wall ... ( read original story ...)
The Story of How Japan Sunk Britain’s Best Battleship, the HMS Prince of Wales
Battleships are generally best known by their guns, and for good reason. A ship carrying eight sixteen-inch guns may have the same weight of broadside as one carrying twelve fourteen-inch guns, but ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby expresses concern over US work visa halt
The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby expressed concern Wednesday over the United States' decision to halt the issuance of ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Trust’s 50% Price Collapse Highlights Liquidity Hazard
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are getting a reminder of the risks that remain in digital assets even while using structured investment vehicles. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NEC says board to discuss capital alliance with NTT
Japan's NEC Corp said on Thursday it will discuss forming a capital alliance with telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) at its board meeting later in the day. NEC's comments ... ( read original story ...)
Nagasaki pushes forward with IR dreams, Osaka still on hold
If and when Japan is able to finally move forward with its plans to allow three integrated resorts (IR) to appear on the horizon, the prefectures of Osaka and Nagasaki are expected to be at the ... ( read original story ...)
Nayuki Comes to Japan with Store in Osaka Opening on July 4th
The first Nayuki store in Japan is scheduled to open on July 4th, bringing local customers its tasty and lineup of colorful fruit-based cheese teas, as well as its iconic modern teahouse experience ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Startup School: The legal and fundraising implications of crypto tokens
The final week of a16z’s Crypto Startup School kicks off with former Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Brian Brooks discussing “Token Securities Frameworks and Launching a Network.” Brooks starts off ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quake strikes off eastern Japan
TOKYO: A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck early on Thursday (Jun 25) off the eastern coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey said, but no ... ( read original story ...)
Yu Miri’s ‘Tokyo Ueno Station’ focuses its attention on the shamefully overlooked
The novel, about a homeless ghost, eloquently indicts the myth of Japan as an awesome power of cultural and economic might. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Could Displace Fiat Payments Sooner Than You Think
Signature Bank, based in New York, announced a new client service – a blockchain-based digital payments platform called Signet, with Fireblocks. ” ... ( read original story ...)
How to Spot a Crypto Scam
You’ve seen it before: A site that promises instant returns on your small crypto investment. It looks legitimate with all the happy customer testimonials, FOMO-inducing promises and easy-to-use ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Is TRON a Scam or a ‘Healer’
As accusations and rumors swirl around this blockchain project, we checked the stats and we found something different. ( read original story ...)
Supply constraint from earthquakes in Japan in input-output analysis
Many people can recall shocking news images of Japan sustaining earthquake damage. Between 1996 and September of 2018, there were 155 earthquakes in Japan that resulted in human injuries. In 20 of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby expresses concern over U.S. work visa halt
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby expressed concern Wednesday over the United States' decision to halt the issuance of certain work visas this year, saying the ... ( read original story ...)
Olympus leaves the camera business
The maker of the first designed-from-the-ground-up digital SLR is going the way of Kodak, Polaroid and other historic camera manufacturers. ( read original story ...)