How's the global crypto community coping during the COVID-19 crisis? Jeff Wilser checks in with groups in seven locations. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Is at a Critical Turning Point: 3 Factors Why Bulls Will Hold Strong
Bitcoin is approaching a critical turning point that could mark the end of the bull trend. Here's why crypto investors will remain strong. ( read original story ...)
How The Focus On Bitcoin Prices Creates A Different Future For Crypto
The focus on crypto prices and events like the halving, important as they are, overshadow an important trend for the future of crypto. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Under Corona
How's the global crypto community coping during the COVID-19 crisis? Jeff Wilser checks in with groups in seven locations. ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank, government signal more steps to ease funding strains
The Bank of Japan will do "whatever it can" to mitigate the growing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday, warning that a collapse in global activity has had ... ( read original story ...)
Man Arrested After Lying To Police That He Had Coronavirus Covid-19
In Yokohama, a 25-year-old man was late on his rent to the tune of 160,000 yen ($1,490). The apartment’s management couldn’t get in touch with the resident and asked the police to check in on the man. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics closing five souvenir shops; downsizing another
Olympic organizers say five merchandise shops in Tokyo will close by early June due to the coronavirus pandemic and the postponement of the Games. ( read original story ...)
Haruki Murakami to host lockdown radio show in Japan
Novelist and well-known music enthusiast will present the Stay Home Special ‘to blow away some of the corona-related blues’ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to approve first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday
Japan plans to approve its first coronavirus antigen testing kits on Wednesday, a health ministry official said, to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle the pandemic. Antigen tests ... ( read original story ...)
Delivery of controversial ‘Abenomasks’ starts in Osaka Pref.
The delivery of pairs of controversial cloth masks due to be distributed to all households in Japan by the national government started in Osa ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees 20% fall in number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in nine days
Japan saw a 20% fall in the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients in nine days to May 7, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Japan had 4,449 COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of May 7, down from 5 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Inpex slashes profit forecast by 93% on oil price slide, COVID-19
T>, Japan's top oil and gas company, on Tuesday cut its annual net profit forecast by 93% after first-quarter earnings slumped due to an oil price collapse and as the coronavirus pandemic choked off ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to approve its first antigen test kits despite false negatives
Japan will be approving its first antigen test kits on Wednesday to bolster its testing rate despite imperfections in the results. The Fujirebio tests will take only 30 minutes to process compared ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Bank Resona to Cut Headcount by 3,100 Over Three Years
Resona Holdings Inc. plans to trim headcount by about 3,100 staff, or almost 10% of its workforce, over three years as the Japanese bank seeks to cut costs to offset dwindling lending profits. ( read original story ...)
Key Japan indicator drops at fastest pace in nine years, signals steep recession
A key economic indicator in Japan fell at the fastest pace since 2011 in March and the government warned of a deep recession as the coronavirus crisis takes a heavy toll on business activity and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics closing 5 souvenir shops; downsizing another
Five official Olympic merchandise shops in Tokyo will close by early June with business hindered by the coronavirus pandemic and the games being postponed until next year, organizers said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)