Crypto spot trading is at its lowest level since March 2019, according to digital assets data provider CCData, shedding some light on the soporific state of the market. Spot trading volume on ...
Japan launches rocket to explore origins of universe – video
Space mission will attempt to land on the moon early next year and is carrying an onboard X-ray telescope ( read original story ...)
Japan launches ‘moon sniper’ lunar lander SLIM into space
Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned and successfully released the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...
1923 earthquake exhibit canceled after outcry over AI ‘testimonies’
The Japanese Red Cross Society’s Tokyo chapter has canceled an exhibition on the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that featured survivors’ “testimonies” created using generative artificial intelligence, ... ( read original story ...)
New Crypto Presale Under $1 on Binance Smart Chain With High Staking APY – $BTCBSC
While Bitcoin’s price is declining, a newly-launched BEP-20 token with high staking rewards, Bitcoin BSC, has surpassed the $100k milestone in its presale. With the aim of providing investors an ...
Bitcoin’s Low Volatility Keeps Crypto Prices Under Pressure
Digital assets continue to exhibit low levels of volatility as traders remain on the sidelines. It's not good for crypto.
Depressed Crypto Markets, Regulatory Risks Fail to Dissuade Asset Managers From Investing
The hazy regulatory environment and depressed crypto markets are doing little to curb asset managers' interest in digital assets, according to ...
StanChart analyst makes the case for Japan’s Topix, Nikkei 225
The Topix and the Nikkei 225 indices have done great this year and analysts at Standard Chartered believe that there is more upside. Data by TradingView shows that the Topix index was trading at ...
Japanese stocks attract biggest weekly foreign inflows in 2-1/2 months
Data from Japanese exchanges showed foreign investors purchased a net 979.35 billion yen ($6.64 billion) worth of Japanese equities ...
Nagoya venture firm, Suzuki Motor Corp. developing app to support Indians in Japan
A venture company here creating apps for foreign workers in Japan and major automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. have teamed up to develop an app to･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s threatened Jingu Gaien park placed on ‘Heritage Alert’ list by conservancy body
Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites ... ( read original story ...)
Head of Japan’s top pop agency resigns after admitting late founder sexually abused minors for decades
The head of Japan’s top pop agency Johnny & Associates stepped down Thursday after admitting that her uncle, the company’s late founder, had sexually abused minors for years, following months of ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea launches samurai bond in Japan as bilateral relations improve
The South Korean government sold its first yen bond, worth ¥70bn ($474mn), on Thursday in a sign of improving relations with Japan and as debt issuers from around the world flock to Tokyo this year to take advantage of low borrowing costs. ( read original story ...)
Readers: Time for Japan to change course on toxic dumping
I don't understand why the Japanese government made such a silly decision and based on what? No sufficient capacity to contain the radioactive water or just want to drop off the responsibility for han ( read original story ...)
Suspect in explosives attack on Japan PM Kishida indicted
A man who was later identified as Ryuji Kimura is arrested after what appeared to be a pipe bomb was thrown at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit at a port in Wakayama, western Jap ( read original story ...)
Johnny and Associates President Julie Fujishima Quits Over Japan Talent Agency Sex Abuse Scandal
Fujishima ‘Julie’ Keiko has quit as president of Johnny and Associates, the Japanese talent agency that is embroiled in a poisonous child sex abuse scandal. The alleged abuses were committed over several decades by company founder the late Johnny Kitagawa, ( read original story ...)