Cruise ships have garnered unprecedented global news media attention in 2020. But little of it has been favorable. In February, Diamond Princess was forced to quarantine in Yokoha ... ( read original story ...)
Family identifies body found off Kaena Point as missing diver, 15
Family members have identified the body found off of Kaena Point today as the missing 15-year-old boy, according to Honolulu Fire spokesman Capt. Jeffrey Roache. Firefighters found the teenager ... ( read original story ...)
Farah feels Tokyo delay could help 10,000m title defense
Multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah has been looking at the positives that come with a postponed Olympics until 2021, as it gives him extra time to train and defend his 10,000 meter title. Having ... ( read original story ...)
Every breath you take: Tokyo utilities track daily habits in real time
TOKYO -- Tokyo's power and water utilities will share real-time grid data as part ... Roughly 120 companies have signed on to Grid Data Bank, including wireless carrier KDDI and property developer ... ( read original story ...)
Las Vegas Sands plans in Japan are ‘unreachable,’ Adelson says
Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson has decided to stray from plans to open a resort in Japan. The resort company indicated it will no longer ... ( read original story ...)
UK Lays Groundwork For Post-Brexit Japan Trade Deal
Brexit trade agreement with Japan on Wednesday, vowing to use Tokyo's deal with the European Union as the basis for the new accord. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firms say no to leaving China despite Tokyo’s subsidies
The Japanese government is handing out subsidies to companies willing to move their supply chains away from China, but analysts say it will unlikely result in any large-scale exodus. As part of a ... ( read original story ...)
Backed to business: Crypto wallets, smart desks, and wireless modems
One campaign makes the case for a desk that connects to the internet, while another argues for a crypto wallet that doesn't. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Startup School: A new type of computer drives waves of innovation
In week one of a16z’s Crypto Startup School, the firm addresses “Crypto Networks and Why They Matter” and “Blockchain Primitives: Cryptography and Consensus.” ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Zilliqa Aims High
What's hot in crypto this week? Zilliqa is a Singapore-based blockchain platform launched in 2017. It was the first to use "sharding" technology to solve the common blockchain hur ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: US stocks plunge on Fed chair’s grim outlook
11:35 p.m. Japan moves to bring an early end to the state of emergency Thursday in 39 of its 47 prefectures, though greater Tokyo and Osaka will remain on the list of potential coronavirus ... There ... ( read original story ...)
GenScript spin-off Legend Biotech files for a $100 million US IPO
L egend Biotech, a clinical stage oncology biotech being spun-out of GenScript's cell therapy unit, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial publi ... ( read original story ...)
Battered By Coronavirus, Will Hotels And Airbnb Keep An Uneasy Truce?
Meanwhile Airbnb just cut 1,900 jobs, 25% of its global workforce. CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky said in a letter to staff that the company anticipates 2020 revenue to be less than 50% of 2019, ... ( read original story ...)
Without any competitions, Olympic athletes feel financial squeeze as they train for Tokyo Games
Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry relies on prize money to make a living. “Because there’s literally nothing, no competitions, that’s our income.” ... ( read original story ...)
28-year-old sumo wrestler dies in Japan from coronavirus
The wrestler developed a fever on April 4 but could not get a test or find a hospital until his symptoms worsened and he was accepted four days later. ( read original story ...)
Japan regulators approve nuclear plant capable of extracting plutonium
Nuclear regulators in Japan have approved a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant capable of extracting plutonium. The plant located in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, takes spent fuel from reactors and ... ( read original story ...)