The explosive rise in the shares of Cyber Security Cloud have given a company with 45 employees a market capitalisation of around $800m. It listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers board on March ... ( read original story ...)
Historical What-If: Should America Have Immediately Struck Japan With Bombers From the Philippines?
These bombers maybe could have hurt Japan's air force at Formosa. But then again, not all of the bombers were ready and it may have backfired. Ever since word of the disaster in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)
After The Covid-19 Panic: Three Lessons For Business
The panic is past. But the pandemic is still with us. Businesses are preparing for a world in which the Covid-19 virus and other pandemic diseases are a recurring feature. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin’s Short-Lived Spike; Russia Gets Tougher On Crypto
Some Russian crypto enthusiasts are hopeful that there is still room for interpretation in the law to allow for regulated security token offerings in the future. JPMorgan has come a long way since CEO ... ( read original story ...)
Climate Change News: Amid Pandemic, Japan’s Megabanks Must Lead On Sustainability
The latest policy announcement from Mizuho, Japan’s second-largest bank, shows clearly that Japanese banks now recognize climate change as a risk that needs to be governed from the very top. SMBC ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to ask nightclub workers to take virus tests
The Tokyo metropolitan government will ask people working at nightclubs and similar entertainment establishments to regularly take co ... ( read original story ...)
Now On Display: Japan’s Air Force One Boeing 747 Interior
This area usually housed premium cabins on commercial 747s, but first class looks crowded compared to Japan’s Air Force One. There are two sofa beds, a conference table and perhaps one of the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan declines to join U.S., others in condemning China for Hong Kong law: Kyodo
Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries ... ( read original story ...)
In a Tokyo school, temperature checks and silent lunches as Japan restarts classes
Japan is among a small number of countries trying to find a way to restart education — under restrictions and with emergency plans to close again if the virus finds a foothold. At Hoyonomori Gakuen, a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies developing cool face masks for summer
Several companies in different fields are hurrying to develop cool and dry face masks to help people in the upcoming sweltering summer heat in Japan as they continue to wear masks to prevent the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, U.K. to Hold Trade Talks on Tuesday, Nikkei Says
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will on Tuesday discuss forming a new trade accord as Britain departs from the European Union, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books
Still nimble-fingered pensioner Hamako Mori holds Guinness world record as oldest gaming YouTuber ... ( read original story ...)
Stifled probes of US forces aircraft crashes in Okinawa expose one-sided Japan pacts
Since 2012 when the Ospreys were deployed to the Futenma air base, there had been calls that the aircraft presented a danger from crashes and other hazards. The 2016 incident was when those fears ... ( read original story ...)
Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: Favourite Japanese video games
GameCentral readers discuss their favourite Japanese-made video games, from Resident Evil 4 to Deadly Premonition. ( read original story ...)
Why Japan Never Built A Massive Fleet of World War II Aircraft Carriers
Japan lacked the industrial strength needed to wage a war against the United States. Yet, Japanese military planners seldom considered the limitations to their nation’s construction capabilities. One ... ( read original story ...)
Photos show where around the world Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests are erupting, from Tokyo to Amsterdam
Black Lives Matter demonstrators across the world are protesting systemic racism in solidarity with the U.S. following the killing of George Floyd. ( read original story ...)