The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has launched a contest in collaboration with The New York Times offering travel enthusiasts a chance to visit Japan when it's safe to do so and more. ( read original story ...)
Suspected hacker behind $600 million Poly Network crypto heist did it ‘for fun’
More than $600 million worth of crypto was stolen in a cyberattack that targeted a decentralized finance platform called Poly Network. ( read original story ...)
Crypto tax software provider TaxBit raises $130M at a $1.33B valuation
Just five months after raising a $100 million Series A, TaxBit announced today it has raised $130 million in a Series B round of funding. The latest financing officially makes the Salt Lake City, Utah ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto lobbies Washington amid fight over infrastructure
CNBC's Ylan Mui reports on the crypto industry's efforts to lobby Capitol Hill after some senators attempted to amend crypto regulation terms in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. ( read original story ...)
Ex-director seeks to stall $2 billion Paytm IPO, company calls it harassment: Report
In legal documents seen by Reuters, Paytm says the claim by Ashok Kumar Saxena and allegations of fraud in a police complaint in New Delhi are mischievous attempts to harass the firm. ( read original story ...)
AMIX Launches “Japanify” That Creates Affordable Kanji Logos That Attract Japanese Consumers
AMIX Design Studio is based in Osaka, Japan, and run by a Japan-born designer, offers a wide variety of designs, including logos, packaging, and promotion tools. August 1, 2021, it has started a new ... ( read original story ...)
Fujifilm Introduces its AI-powered Product for Chest X-ray in Japan, in Collaboration with Lunit
Fujifilm Corporation, a global medical imaging device provider, today announced its AI-powered product for analyzing chest X-ray 'CXR-AID' will be commercially available across Japan. ( read original story ...)
Hacker behind $600 million crypto heist claims they did it ‘for fun’
A person claiming to be the hacker behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time says they stole the funds “for fun.” More than $600 ... ( read original story ...)
The Way the Senate Melted Down Over Crypto Is Very Revealing
But right at the end, that changed, when a meltdown over crypto regulation almost derailed the bipartisan infrastructure bill’s passage in the Senate. I’m going to try to do a few things here. First, ... ( read original story ...)
Hackers are returning the spoils of the world’s largest crypto heist
It was the biggest crypto heist in history—for about 24 hours. The hackers behind the Poly Network attack have returned more than a third of the more than $610 million they stole. ( read original story ...)
Millennials are quitting jobs to become crypto day traders. Here’s the risk, reward.
USA TODAY examines the aspirations and anxieties of young Americans as they invest money in the current stocks market and cryptocurrency boom. ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies check supply chains for human rights abuses
Japanese companies, such as Kao and Shionogi, will start looking into their supply chains to ensure that there are no human rights violations, including the use of slave labor. Cosmetics maker Kao ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear on the site, Hiroto Kai stayed up all night designing Japanese-inspired garments. ( read original story ...)
$600 million gone: The biggest crypto theft in history
Hackers have stolen some $600 million in cryptocurrency from the decentralized finance platform Poly Network, in what it says is the largest theft in the industry's history. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic gold medal replaced after first got bitten
Now, Olympic officials say they will swap Ms Goto's medal for an untarnished one, after the mayor apologised and said he would pay for a replacement. The mayor faced a backlash after putting the medal ... ( read original story ...)
‘Nixon Shock’ still haunts Japan: ex financial diplomat Gyoten
Gyoten, who also worked at the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank, is one of Japan's foremost experts in postwar "foreign exchange diplomacy." "The trauma still exists in Japan ... ( read original story ...)