Kathy Matsui leads one such firm, MPower Partners, which she recently started in Tokyo with two female partners, Yumiko Murakami and Seki Miwa. A former vice chair of investment b ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s services sector shrinks for first time in five months in August: PMI
TOKYO: Japan's services sector activity shrank for the first time in five months in August as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections hurt demand, a business survey showed. The contraction shows that a re ... ( read original story ...)
Ad company may have paid arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic exec for favor
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case, may have been paid by an advertising company seeking favor for one of its client companies during ... ( read original story ...)
World COVID-19 eases as Japan, South Korea report 40% of weekly cases
The COVID-19 situation continues to ease worldwide with a 20% weekly drop in cases and a 17% decline in deaths to rage in Japan and South Korea with 41% of the infections. ( read original story ...)
UK forces crypto exchanges to report suspected sanction breaches
New rules in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover all notionally valuable digital assets ...
Congress’ leading crypto skeptic is a Southern California congressman
Sherman, who chairs a House subcommittee on investor protection, may be the leading crypto skeptic on Capitol Hill. A growing movement in Congress wants to bring more regulation to the nearly ...
‘Blockchain is bunk’: Crypto critics find their voice
John Stark, founding chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, is joining other experts in a major gathering of crypto skeptics.
Here’s the 10-slide pitch deck that Web3 startup Reveel used to raise $1.3 million in pre-seed funding from crypto giants like Binance Labs
Backed by Binance's investment arm, Reveel landed $1.3 million in funding to build out a Web3 protocol that reports on-chain income for creators.
Japan resumes its wooing of Africa, a counter to China’s efforts
Japan, which began developmental programmes in the 1990s, has been eclipsed in recent years by China, now Africa's leading trade partner Pledge to invest US$30 billion on the continent includes a ...
Man disguised as cop steals 22 million yen in cash and gold
NAGOYA--A man posing as a police officer made off with about 10 million yen ($71,400) in cash and 1.5 kilograms in gold bullion worth 12 million yen or so after conning an elderly woman in Chiryu, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo confirms 9,635 coronavirus infections on Sunday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it confirmed 9,635 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday. The figure decreased 6,199 from a week ago, marking 14 straight days of week-on-week decline. Our site ... ( read original story ...)
China, Japan ground ferries, flights as typhoon approaches
Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blew its way past Taiwan and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s defence moves ‘necessary’ amid growing China aggression in Taiwan Strait: analysts
Japan views tensions in the Taiwan Strait as ‘seriously destabilising’ to its own security as it relies on an open strait for safe passage of goods. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Week at a Glance: What moved markets
Users of Instagram and Facebook can now display their NFTs on the platform, according to a recent announcement from Meta.The Digital Financial Assets Law, also known as California's "BitLicense," is ...
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases fall below 10,000
Tokyo confirmed 9,635 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down by about 6,200 from a week earlier, as the the capital continues to see a downtrend in new infections. This was the first time in about two ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police step up counterspy measures by sharing intel with businesses
Police are shifting their counterespionage strategy to one in which they work to prepare corporations against theft while cracking down on spies at the same time. ( read original story ...)