Students throughout Japan who cannot turn to their parents for assistance are struggling to make ends meet while their part-time workplaces ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s coronavirus shutdowns push service sector activity to record low: PMI
Japan's services sector shrank at the fastest pace on record in April as a huge blow to demand from the coronavirus epidemic and subsequent lockdown measures greatly hurt business activity and ... ( read original story ...)
This is how traditional Tebori tattoos are done in Japan
Meet the master tattoo artist who must hide his life's work from the world. Because of cultural taboos about the art, Choshu Horikazu must cover his tattoos while in public in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan household spending falls in March as pandemic pain deepens
Japan's household spending fell 6.0% in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, underscoring the deepening pain the coronavirus pandemic is inflicting on the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)
British & Irish Lions want home date with Japan
The British & Irish Lions are still planning to face Japan in a send-off Test match before next year’s tour to South Africa despite Warren Gatland floating the idea of a “decider” against New Zealand ... ( read original story ...)
Ground-breaking Ceremony and Sake Dedication for Centara Grand Hotel Osaka
Centara Grand Hotel Osaka is Centara’s first property in Japan and is scheduled to open in mid-2023. The newly built hotel is an upper upscale property with 515 keys that will occupy a gleaming ... ( read original story ...)
How well do you know your Japanese vending machines?
Perhaps no other country has embraced the vending machine like Japan. The country currently has about 3.8 million machines – one machine for every 34 people – installed, with roughly two thirds ... ( read original story ...)
Special branch! Counter-terrorism sniffer dogs Mick and Mack are trained to root out destructive Japanese knotweed from gardens in minutes
Labrador retrievers Mack and Mick are thought to be the first dogs in the UK trained to sniff out Japanese knotweed in both homes and gardens and will freeze when they identify the plant. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Flirts With $10,000 As Crypto Extends Gains
Bitcoin has been trading close to $10,000, a key, psychological level the cryptocurrency has not reached since February. The world’s most valuable digital currency by market value climbed to as much ... ( read original story ...)
Luxury-property prices dropping
Luxury property prices in some of the world’s most popular cities fell in the first quarter as Covid-19 began to take its toll on the real estate sector. Values of high-end homes in New York, London, ... ( read original story ...)
Paul Tudor Jones reportedly buys bitcoin as an inflation hedge, compares crypto to 70s gold trade
Legendary trader Paul Tudor Jones is reportedly buying bitcoin as an inflation hedge as central banks around the globe print money to relieve coronavirus-battered economies. Jones, one of Wall ... ( read original story ...)
Warner Music’s Streaming up 11% in Tough Quarter
While its streaming numbers were strong, Warner Music’s earnings took a hit during the second fiscal quarter of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy. The company has ... ( read original story ...)
Isofol’s Board of Directors Resolve on a Fully Guaranteed Preferential Rights Issue of Approximately SEK 150 Million
PRNewswire/ -- Isofol Medical AB's (publ) (Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market: ISOFOL) ("Isofol" or the "Company") Board of Directors have today, pursuant to the authorization granted by the ... ( read original story ...)
China Market Update: Bargain Hunters Lift Hong Kong
Alibaba HK (9988 HK) was the most heavily traded stock today off -0.63% as short selling increased on speculation that US-listed shares were being converted to Hong Kong shares to be sold. ( read original story ...)
Lotte chief likely to push for Hotel Lotte IPO to win power struggle
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is likely to accelerate the initial public offering of its key subsidiary Hotel Lotte to consolidate his grip on the multinational group’s South Korean entities amid ... ( read original story ...)
Tokio Marine to use Tractable’s AI to analyse auto damage across Japan
Tokio Marine, one of the world's largest property and casualty insurers*, is to use an AI solution to process auto damage across its ... ( read original story ...)