Officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have inspected competition venues in Sapporo in Japan as they continue the process of awarding the 2030 Winter Olympics hosting rights, according ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Reacts To Barclays Panic After False Report Of Active Shooter
False reports of an active shooter sent fans into a panic early Sunday morning (May 29) during a boxing match at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Ten people were injured and taken to the ... ( read original story ...)
Lavin eyes big summer as she heals Tokyo frustration
Irish Olympian Sarah Lavin wants to make her presence felt at the World and European Championships this summer after a breakthrough in March injected her with huge belief. ( read original story ...)
Japan Announces Indo-Pacific Warship Deployment Ahead of U.S.-led RIMPAC Exercise
Four Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships will leave later this month for a four-month deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Japan’s Ministry of Defense recently announced. From June ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NICT transmits 1 petabit/s in standard multi-core optical fiber…
WDM expands capacity allowing petabit-rate transmission. Researchers from the Network Research Institute at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) have reported ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto, Clearing and Credit
Also remote work, Russia CDS and crypto lawsuits. ( read original story ...)
Binance Raises $500 Million Fund for Crypto Investments
The investment capital comes despite a big pullback in cryptocurrency prices. ( read original story ...)
How to Make Money From the Crypto Backlash
In the wake of a more than 50% price drawdown in major cryptocurrencies and the collapse of some huge financial experiments, public sentiment on crypto has done a predictable 180 degree turn. It ... ( read original story ...)
Traditional Finance Remains on the Crypto Sidelines … For Now
Why are banks not diving headfirst into crypto and decentralized finance? That might seem like a joke question given the collapse of the Terra UST stablecoin and resultant widespread carnage in the ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs may partner with FTX as the bank looks to expand its crypto derivatives offerings, report says
Goldman Sachs is in talks with crypto exchange FTX to expand its derivatives offerings, Barron's reported. The news comes as FTX seeks a license modification from the CFTC that would allow it to play ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto sponsorships boom in NBA, up 6,400% this season: IEG
Cryptocurrency brands led the NBA’s latest leg up in sponsorship revenue, according to new data from IEG’s Sponsorship Intelligence Database. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firms’ capital spending rose anew in Q1
TOKYO: Capital spending by Japanese companies grew for the fourth straight quarter in the first three months of 2022, the government reported on Wednesday, noting that spending on digital and green ... ( read original story ...)
Laid-Back Camp Film’s Trailer Previews Original Story of Cast, Now Grown-Up
The official website for the anime of Afro's Yurucamp (Yurukyan△, Laid-Back Camp Δ) manga posted the full trailer for the Eiga Yurukyan△ (Laid-Back Camp Movie) anime film on Wednesday. The trailer ... ( read original story ...)
Kurdish Restaurant Mesopotamia Serves Up Food and Culture in Kita, Tokyo
Just outside Jūjō station in Kita, Tokyo, is a place offering the food and culture of Kurdistan, one of the world’s most politically unstable regions. Its owner hopes to offer refuge to fellow Kurds ... ( read original story ...)
Seoul mission: how a marine survey in disputed waters is affecting South Korea’s long turbulent relationship with Japan
Japan lodged official protests through diplomatic channels on Monday and again on Tuesday after a South Korean survey vessel was detected in waters close to the rocky islets known as Dokdo by Seoul, ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin and ethereum: Here’s how values for crypto changed in May 2022
As the interest in crypto continues to rise, so does the interest in crypto prices. Here’s how crypto prices changed in May 2022: Bitcoin. Prices for bitcoin dropped 20.08% lowe ... ( read original story ...)