As more and more credit cards are being issued while people in Japan stay home and shop amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, issuing companie ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Long & Short: What Are Regulators Thinking?
Noelle Acheson ponders what regulators have been up to, bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, mining diversity and more. ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks set for mixed start; new rules on China’s Nasdaq-style ChiNext board set to launch
The first batch of firms listing on the Nasdaq-style ChiNext Board under its revised IPO system is set to make their debut on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics: Finances will not stop nations from attending – IPC president Andrew Parsons
International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons says finances will not stop nations attending the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)
Colorful, transparent toilets come to Tokyo
The idea of using a public bathroom with see-through walls may sound like the stuff of nightmares. But a famous Japanese architect is hoping to change that view. Lucy Craft reports. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sato wins Indy 500 as race ends under caution
Japan's Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time in four years on Sunday after a late crash saw the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" end under caution. ( read original story ...)
Japan Prime Minister Abe to visit hospital again on Monday – Yomiuri
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to visit a Tokyo hospital on Monday morning to receive results of a medical check-up from a week ago, Yomiuri daily said, amid concerns voiced by ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe sets record for consecutive days in office, eclipsing Sato
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday became Japan's longest-serving prime minister in terms of consecutive days in office, marking 2,7 ... ( read original story ...)
Bavi set to strengthen into a typhoon and threaten Japan, China and the Korean Peninsula
Following Tropical Storm Higos, Tropical Storm Bavi has developed in the West Pacific Ocean.Bavi formed just east of Taiwan on Saturday morning, local time, according to the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pushes defense equipment exports with corporate expertise
Japan has struck only four deals involving components since the 2014 revision of a rule that had prohibited the export of weapons. The change cleared the path to exports under certain conditions, such ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s new see-through toilets draw crowds — even if people are afraid to use them
Would you use a see-through public washroom? Japan’s giving park-goers the chance, with imaginative new transparent restrooms courtesy of the Tokyo Toilet Project. ( read original story ...)
Japan athletes give Tokyo Olympic stadium a test run
Japan's top athletes put the new Tokyo Olympic stadium through its paces at a track meet Sunday, one year ahead of the Games which have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many athletes ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Kanazaki heads winner as Grampus end Frontale’s unbeaten run
Mu Kanazaki scored the only goal of the game on Sunday as Nagoya Grampus handed Kawasaki Frontale their first defeat of the s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post calls bankers, lawyers, accountants for Toll sale
Japan Post is seeking a cavalry of advisers to help end its disastrous $8.02 billion investment in Australian transport and logistics company Toll Holdings. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama FC beats S-Pulse to equal previous J1 record
Yokohama FC edged Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 for a milestone win on Saturday, with 19-year-old dynamo Koki Saito opening the scoring before Yusuke Minagawa and Yu ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama FC Overcome Shimizu 3-2 For Third Successive J.League Win
Yokohama FC beat Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 for their third straight win in the J.League in Shizuoka on Saturday. The talking point of the contest came in the 83rd minute when Thailand international striker ... ( read original story ...)