It was only after I purchased the property that I found out it was not connected to ... My eyes were opened to a wonderous world beneath our feet at the Tokyo Sewerage Museum. At the museum, you can ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Just Filed for a $525 Million SPAC IPO. Here’s Why.
SoftBank’s vehicle, called SVF Investment, plans to target companies in a similar mold to its Vision Fund venture capital behemoth. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 0.58 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.58 percent at 26,559.33 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix shed 0.82 percent at 1,774.43. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stocks Set to Trade Lower; Australia Retail Sales Data Ahead
The discovery of an infectious new Covid strain in the U.K. that has prompted tighter lockdowns and travel restrictions across Europe. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange Is Set for One of Its Biggest IPOs of the Year
Japanese robo-advisor WealthNavi Inc. is set to debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday in one of the biggest initial public offerings on the bourse this year. ( read original story ...)
GB sevens team get green light for Tokyo Games
Great Britain have been given the green light to compete in the Olympic rugby sevens tournaments next year after the government helped to arrange £2 million of funding from the National Lottery.The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s icy climate for hostile takeovers starts to thaw
When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga Shies Away From Calling State of Emergency as Coronavirus Cases Rise
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated there was no need for Japan to enter a national state of emergency, even as health groups declared their own state of emergency for the medical system as ... ( read original story ...)
Why does Japan insist on holding the Olympics?
Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Talks LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, Athlete Activism in NYT Op-Ed
U.S. Open singles champion Naomi Osaka acknowledged athlete participation in protesting racism and police brutality in an op-ed that was published in the New York Times on ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka mother, daughter had 13 yen left, no food when starvation took them
When the bodies of a mother and daughter were found in their apartment in Osaka's Minato Ward on Dec. 11, the latter had just 13 yen (about 1･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Total crypto fund inflows top $5 billion this year, up more than 600% – report
Total investor inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit $5.6 billion so far this year, up more than 600% from 2019, according to the latest data from asset manager CoinShares. The inflows ... ( read original story ...)
Hackers Steal Thousands of Customer Emails From Popular Crypto Wallet
Hackers have released over 270,000 email addresses associated with customers of the cryptocurrency wallet Ledger. The leak, which allegedly stemmed from a company hack last July, appears to contain ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Olympic officials have yet to decide if vaccinations will be mandatory for Tokyo
The International Olympic Committee won’t require coronavirus vaccines of athletes competing at the Tokyo Games next summer, but the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is working on a plan to ... ( read original story ...)
Giant squid washes ashore on the coast of Japan
A rare giant squid measuring 10 feet in length was found washed ashore, largely intact, on the western coast of Japan, according to a local press report. ( read original story ...)
Japan releases record-high budget, but not all programs made the cut
Japan's Finance Ministry approved a budget of $51.5 billion for the Defense Ministry, which is $3.5 billion lower that the Defense Ministry requested in September. ( read original story ...)