The site in Osaka Prefecture dates to the 5th century and is known as the mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku, though debate continues over who was actually buried there. ( read original story ...)
Tropical storm unleashes rain, strong winds in south Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Chan-hom brought powerful winds and rain to southern Japan on Saturday, with the weather bureau warning of landslides and flooding in most of the country. The storm, ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka By The Numbers
Her on-court success and heritage—a Japanese mother and a Haitian-American father—triggered a feeding frenzy of companies who wanted to be in the Naomi Osaka business. The result: $37.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic chiefs cautiously confident about fans at Tokyo Games
Olympic officials have expressed confidence next year’s Tokyo Games will go ahead but admitted they will look unlike any Games that have gone before. ( read original story ...)
‘Japan to help BD set up earthquake-resistant bldgs’
State Minister for Relief and Disaster Management Ministry Dr Enamur Rahman said Japan would provide financial and technical assistance to all installations in Bangladesh to make them ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops busts orgy organizer in business ‘for years’
Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested the organizer of orgy parties in Osaka City on suspicion of prostitution ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Marathon altered amid coronavirus for second straight year
It’s the second straight year that the Tokyo Marathon — one of six annual World Marathon Majors — has been altered amid the coronavirus. This year’s Tokyo Marathon was held as scheduled on March 1, ... ( read original story ...)
Could have Japan Post avoided the disastrous Toll purchase?
ABC News The client was Japan Post. The target, Toll Group, the Melbourne trucking company that Paul Little had taken public – marrying his IPO banker – and built into an $8 billion-revenue logistics ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Car Trading Platform AutoCoinCars Shows Promising Signs of Growth
AutoCoinCars aims to provide a reliable and swift platform to cryptocurrency owners to buy and sell their cars. The forum connects the buyers with the dealers who accept cryptocurrency. The swift and ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Crosses $11K While DOJ Takes Aim at Crypto
Bitcoin Hits $11K as Square Exposes $2.3T Corporate Money Pot The list of challengers isn’t short. In no particular order, there’s Tron, EOS, Neo, Polkadot, Algorand, Cardano and Avalanche, ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Launch: Praxis Precision Medicines Seeks $126 Million In U.S. IPO
Praxis was founded to advance a pipeline of treatments for both broad psychiatric-related and rare diseases of the central nervous system having to do with neuronal imbalances. ( read original story ...)
Cell wall degrading enzyme is integral for plant parasitism and cross-species grafting
Using the model Orobanchaceae parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, scientists from Nagoya University and other research institutes from Japan have discerned the molecular mechanisms underlying ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia invests in potential Tokyo unicorn as it hedges China bets
TOKYO -- Sequoia Capital will purchase a stake in Tokyo-based construction app startup Andpad, Nikkei has learned, marking the first investment in Japan for the U.S. venture capital group. Sequoia's ... ( read original story ...)
2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site
Two remote towns in northern Japan struggling with rapidly graying and shrinking populations are applying to possibly host a high-level radioactive waste storage site as a means of economic survival ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested after 11-year-old girl found in his car
Police in Nagoya have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of abducting an 11-year-old girl, who was found in his car after he had been driving her around for awhile. According to police, ... ( read original story ...)
Study shows LED-based UV irradiation prevents bone and muscle loss in aging mice
A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and ... ( read original story ...)