Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who earlier said he would make a "big announcement" on Dec. 9, revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki would be among the eight crew members that he plans ...
Japanese Regulator Extends FTX Japan’s Suspension as Users Wait for Their Funds
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has extended FTX Japan's suspension to Mar. 9. An earlier suspension order, issued on Nov. 10 after FTX Japan halted user withdrawals, was set to expire on ...
Crypto Hitting ‘Mother Of All Economic Crises’ Threatens North Korea
For a regime that's dependent on crypto to avoid sanctions and steal hard currency, the collapse of FTX couldn’t have been more ill-timed.
Japan investigating repeated assaults by guards at prison
Japan's Justice Ministry disclosed Friday that more than 20 prison guards had repeatedly pushed, slapped and used other forms of physical violence against a group of inmates at a prison in central ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Britain and Italy to build jet fighter together
Japan, Britain and Italy are merging their next-generation jet fighter projects in a ground-breaking partnership spanning Europe and Asia that is Japan’s first major industrial defense collaboration ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to increase defence budget by $7.3 bln in fiscal 2023 – sources
Japan's government is set to raise defence spending by 1 trillion yen ($7.34 billion) to around 6.5 trillion yen in the next fiscal year as part of efforts to earmark 43 trillion yen for the five-year ... ( read original story ...)
FTX reportedly gets 3 more months to stop all operations in Japan
The Japanese arm of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX has received approval from local regulators to continue sorting out issues with withdrawals until next year.
Crypto’s Amber to End Chelsea Sponsorship, Axe Over 40% of Jobs in FTX Fallout
Amber Group, one of Asia’s leading crypto trading and lending platforms, is cutting jobs, scrapping retail operations and terminating a sponsorship deal with Chelsea FC in the latest retrenchment to hit the digital-asset sector.
22 officers at Nagoya Prison found to have abused inmates
Twenty-two officers at a central Japan prison repeatedly assaulted inmates from November last year to this August by spraying their f ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to increase defence budget by $7.3 billion in fiscal 2023 – sources
Japan's government is set to raise defence spending by 1 trillion yen ($7.34 billion) to around 6.5 trillion yen in the next fiscal year as part of efforts to earmark 43 trillion yen for the five-year defence build-up plan, ( read original story ...)
Explainer: Why did past targets to protect nature fail over the last decade?
This month's U.N. biodiversity talks in Montreal aim to hammer out a new, global agreement. But this isn't the first time governments have tried to halt environmental loss through agreed targets. ( read original story ...)
EDITION Hotels announces plans of doubling the number of its properties to 30 by 2027
Under the new leadership of Josh Fluhr, Senior Vice President and Global Managing Director, EDITION Hotels is driving global expansion with the portfolio expected to double in size to 30 properties by ... ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Scandal Is Missing a Secret Ingredient
The crypto industry contributed to both parties and got what it wanted. With no partisan benefit, will anyone in Congress complain?
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.18%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Shipbuilding and Railway & Bus sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.18%. The best ...
Autumn in Tokyo: a photo essay
The season arrived later than usual in the Japanese capital this year, but its foliage is particularly glorious — as seen in these specially commissioned snapshots taken earlier this week ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s health-tech Ubie wants to fuel its U.S expansion with $19M Series C extension
Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the health tech startup's total funding to $45. ( read original story ...)