CET/CEST Toyko, Japan; 25 January 2023 Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, today announces the appointment of Teppei Kawai as Managing Director, Head of Client Solutions Japan, and ... ( read original story ...)
KDDI deploys commercial O-RAN in Osaka
KDDI, in cooperation with Samsung and Fujitsu has started the commercial deployment of O-RAN compliant 5G sites in Osaka. KDDI has been developing O-RAN compliant 5G Open vRAN sites using Samsung’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise for 4th straight day, strong steel shares buoy mood
Tokyo stocks extended their winning streak to four days Wednesday with strong steelmaker issues and other cyclical stocks buoying sen ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and North Korea sound warning as deadly cold snap sweeps across Asia
Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures ( read original story ...)
Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead
Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at least one person dead. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to pick new BOJ chief while monitoring economy
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a decision on the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor while watching future economic trends, he said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan revises plan to release treated nuclear water into Pacific Ocean
Japan says it is revising the timing of a planned release of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firm puts whale meat on sale in vending machines
A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday in hopes of reviving sales of a food long in decline and shunned by many ... ( read original story ...)
BlockFi secret financials show a $1.2 billion relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire
Financial documents that were mistakenly uploaded from bankrupt crypto firm BlockFi show a $1.2 billion relationship with FTX and Alameda Research.
The Crypto Industry’s Favorite Bank Is in Deep Trouble
Sam Bankman-Fried once lauded the tiny Silvergate Bank for being a key part of the crypto revolution. Will it survive his scandal?
Japan’s Nikkei rallies for fourth day, Dai Nippon Printing tops gains
Automotive battery component supplier Dai Nippon Printing soared 13% to top the leaderboard, following media reports that activist investor Elliott Management had taken a large stake. Suzuki Motor was ...
OPTAGE Builds Its Fifth Data Center in Osaka, Japan
OPTAGE, Inc., digital infrastructure and telecommunication company in Japan, today announced to build its Fifth Data Center ‘OPTAGE Sonezaki Data Center’ in Osaka, Japan.In recent years, many ...
Why is Naomi Osaka not playing in the Australian Open? Japanese tennis star officially withdraws
Naomi Osaka has won the Australian Open twice - in 2019 and 2021 - but is not taking part in this year's edition. The Japanese tennis star announced earlier in January that she is pregnant with her ... ( read original story ...)
Sake (Japanese Rice Wine) Market : New Business Strategies And Forecast By 2028 with Top Countries Data
Final Report will add the analysis of the impact of Russia-Ukraine War and COVID-19 on this Sake (Japanese Rice ... ( read original story ...)
IHG to launch Vignette Collection with its largest-ever hotel in Japan
IHG is set to debut its Vignette Collection in Japan with the introduction of a flagship 1000+ room hotel in Osaka in 2025, which will be its largest hotel in the country. ( read original story ...)
FirstFT: Activist Elliott builds stake in Japanese conglomerate
Also in today’s newsletter, Germany to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and US sues Google over its digital ad ‘dominance’ ... ( read original story ...)