Adam Neumann, who was ousted as WeWork’s chief executive last year, sold $361m in shares in 2017 when SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate, first invested in the company, The Telegraph understands. ( read original story ...)
Olympic road events will still take place in Sapporo instead of Tokyo at postponed Games
All Olympic road events including race walks and marathons at next year's re-arranged Games will still be held in Sapporo and not Tokyo. The decision to move them because of the heat in Tokyo had ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore stops Zoom for online education as hackers strike
Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and showed obscene images to students. In what is known as “Zoombombing,” two hackers ... ( read original story ...)
Woman arrested for leaving fetus in suitcase in Nagoya
A 20-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of abandoning a fetus in a travel bag in front of a nightclub in Nagoya, police said. Haruka Kaneko told the police she had become pregnant ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank warns of huge losses as Vision Fund value collapses
The Japanese company said it expected an operating loss of 1.35 ... Uber was pummeled by investors after going public and continues to trade well below its IPO price. WeWork tried and failed to pull ... ( read original story ...)
Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior
A group of animal biologists and chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, has used a chemical genomics approach to explore the underlying mechanism of ... ( read original story ...)
EQS-News: CN Logistics International Holdings: CN Logistics Submitted its Hong Kong Main Board IPO Application
The application material shows that Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (through its holding company "TOLL"), together with Mr. Lau Shek Yau John and his daughter (Ms. Lau Ying Cynthia) (through CS ... ( read original story ...)
Woman arrested over abandonment of fetus in Nagoya
A 20-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of abandoning a fetus in a travel bag in front of a nightclub in Nagoya in c ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Vision Fund Not Feeling So Good, Will Take Nearly $17 Billion Hit Amid Pandemic
Japanese investment titan SoftBank disclosed on Monday that it expects to take up ... which has left it unable to pay rent at some locations. Uber’s IPO last year went badly, with the company ... ( read original story ...)
Woman suspected of abandoning fetus near Nagoya nightclub
NAGOYA – A 20-year-old woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of abandoning a fetus in a suitcase in front of a nightclub in Nagoya, police said. Haruka Kaneko told the police she got pregnant with a ... ( read original story ...)
Masa Son’s tech empire is being rocked by the pandemic. Don’t count him out just yet
Japanese billionaire Masa Son cast himself as a bold, visionary investor betting on the future. Now he's playing defense as the coronavirus pandemic threatens large swathes of his global tech ... ( read original story ...)
Brendan Jones happy to wait another year before Token Homemate Cup defence
Japan Golf Tour, but now the thought of picking up a club has barely crossed the Canberran's mind. Jones was meant to defend his Token ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Minister Urges Stricter Social Distancing, Nikkei Says
Japan’s Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura urged residents to further limit contact with other people and warned it could take up to three months to contain the spread of coronavirus unless social ... ( read original story ...)
Central gov’t pushed back on Tokyo’s business closure request to fight coronavirus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been working out plans to ask a wide range of businesses where people could crowd together to halt operations in･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks dip on profit-taking; Fast Retailing caps Nikkei losses
Japanese shares dropped on Friday on profit-taking ahead of the weekend, with trading volume remaining low due to the Easter holidays abroad. The benchmark Nikkei average .N225 slipped 0.1% to 19,326. ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Marathon runners can participate online with a mobile app to avoid spreading coronavirus
Then the Tokyo Olympics, including the marathon which was moved to Sapporo, were postponed to July 2021. The Nagoya City Marathon, a race with around 20,000 participants, was set to start on March 8, ... ( read original story ...)