Yokohama’s iekei take on ramen is increasingly popular across Japan nowadays. With its robust soy/pork stock flavor and its endless options for fine-tuning your bowl to your liking, Kamata’s Kan2ya—a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Top Banks Said to Mull Joint ATM Operation to Cut Costs
MUFG Bank Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank Ltd. are considering jointly operating automated teller machines to reduce costs, said people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service sector growth slows in May, PMI shows
Growth in Japan's service-sector activity slowed in May on weaker demand, offering little to mitigate falling factory activity and resulting in a near-zero growth for business overall, a private ...
Japan’s ruling coalition partner to propose sales tax cut on food, Yomiuri reports
Japan's junior ruling coalition partner, Komeito, will propose cutting the consumption tax rate for food items to 5% from 8% in a campaign pledge for the upper house election slated in July, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Tadanobu Asano Stars in Opening Film ‘Ravens’ as Kurosawa Kiyoshi Gets Honored at Japan Cuts Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Japan Society has announced the full lineup for the 18th edition of Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film at the organization’s New York headquarters. The festival, now powered by title sponsor GU, ( read original story ...)
Buffett Inspires Retail Investors to Bet on Japan Trading Houses
Japan’s retail investors have started to place their bets on trading house stocks, heavily backed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s legendary investor Warren Buffett, eyeing strong business models and ... ( read original story ...)
Telix Manufacturing Solutions (TMS) Established in Yokohama, Japan
Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, "Telix", "the Company") today announces that it has established Telix Manufacturing Solutions (TMS) in Yokohama, Japan. Telix's first cyclotron ... ( read original story ...)
What time will Japan’s ispace Resilience probe land on the moon on June 5?
The private ispace Resilience lander will land on the moon at 3:24 p.m. EDT on June 5, but only if the company pursues its prime landing spot. Here's why. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Entertainment Company TryHard Files for IPO
TryHard has filed for an initial public offering. The Japanese entertainment company plans to offer shares at $4 to $5 apiece, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. It ...
Heartcore Signs 15Th Go IPO Contract
As compensation for its services, tmsuk will pay HeartCore an aggregate of $500,000 in fees, and issue to HeartCore a warrant to acquire 3% of tmsuk's capital stock, on a fully diluted basis. The ...
Brand New Animation Film Festival in Japan Announced! Open for Submissions from 11th June
A press conference was held on Monday 2nd June in Tokyo, Japan to announce the launching of the first Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival ... ( read original story ...)
A Brand New Animation Film Festival in Japan Starts Accepting Entries for Competition from June 11
A press conference was held on Monday, June 2 in Tokyo, Japan to announce the launching of the first Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
40 minutes of newly scanned footage of Led Zeppelin playing in Tokyo in 1971 has appeared online
On September 23, 1971, Led Zeppelin played their first-ever Japanese show at Tokyo's famous Nippon Budokan Hall, and more than half a century later more than 40 minutes of newly upscaled footage from ... ( read original story ...)
Trump team plans launch of digital wallet as crypto empire keeps expanding
The team behind President Donald Trump's memecoin is partnering with Magic Eden, the NFT marketplace, to launch the wallet.
Taiwanese crypto exchange BitoPro confirms estimated $11.5 million hack
BitoPro says that, despite the hack, the company has “sufficient virtual asset reserves.” ...
Why Strategy and other public crypto treasury companies are all the rage
By now, it’s abundantly clear that the mega-trend of 2025 is publicly-traded companies following in the footsteps of Michael Saylor and Strategy to buy crypto and hold it on their balance sheet.