Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek will take on Naomi Osaka in a blockbuster second-round contest between the two most successful women in the Roland Garros draw, renewing a rivalry split down ... ( read original story ...)
Little Tokyo Clean-Up Builds Community Spirit
Little Tokyo Sparkle. By TOMOKO NAGAIRAFU STAFF WRITER Little Tokyo Sparkle took place May 18 with approximately 450 volunteers participating.The participants swept the streets, picked up trash, ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Vows to Commute Sentence for Silk Road Founder While Sucking Up to Crypto Bros
Trump’s campaign said last week it would begin accepting crypto donations. While he might not be a crypto bro, there are multiple crypto coins that reference “MAGA” and “Trump,” and his campaign has ...
Crypto Whales Abruptly Accumulate Ethereum-Based Altcoin Sending Volume to Highest Level in 22 Months: Santiment
Crypto whales have been gobbling up an Ethereum (ETH)-based fan engagement token, according to the analytics firm Santiment.
PHOTOS: Walk Through the Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel Guest-Exclusive Fantasy Springs Entrance
We took a walk through the Fantasy Springs Entrance available exclusively to guests staying at Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel. Fantasy Springs Entrance Guests staying at the Fantasy Springs ... ( read original story ...)
Billionaire Yoshiko Mori’s Developer Scales New Heights With Japan’s Tallest Tower
Azabudai Hills, a $4 billion, 20-acre complex in central Tokyo that was 35 years in the making, finally opened its doors. ( read original story ...)
Singtel-KKR a frontrunner to take a minority stake of US$1 bil in STT GDC, according to Reuters
A Singtel-KKR consortium is a frontrunner to buy a minority stake of US$1 billion in STT Global Data Centres, reported Reuters on May 28. Another potential buyer is Stonepeak, a US-based alternative ...
Looks like Masayoshi Son’s plan to go all in on AI is starting to pay off for SoftBank
SoftBank posted a quarterly profit of about $1.5 billion, driven by its big bet on the chip designer Arm Holdings.
Japan’s 50 Richest 2024: Despite A Weaker Yen, Five Newcomers With Billion Dollar-Plus Fortunes Enter The Ranks
Overseas investors, led by Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway has poured billions of dollars into Japan, helped propel the Nikkei 225 benchmark stock index to a 35-year high.
Just-In: Japan’s Metaplanet To Increase Bitcoin Holdings
Japanese-based company, Metaplanet will increase its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings by purchasing $1.59 million worth of assets.
Japan Nikkei falls on rate hikes woes
However, market losses capped as the Bank of Japan's key measurements of underlying inflation in April all fell below its 2% target for the first time since August 2022, stoking fresh uncertainty over ...
Swiatek and Osaka set for intriguing meeting – day four preview
Two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek faces Naomi Osaka in the French Open second round on Wednesday, with Carlos Alcaraz also in action. ( read original story ...)
B.League: Ray Parks, Nagoya negotiate contract extension
This time, it’s Bobby Ray Parks Jr. who could be departing Nagoya after the club announced that his contract with the Diamond Dolphins has expired. But the contract expiration doesn’t completely spell ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka, Andreescu to start grass-court season in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
By continuing to browse our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Click here to find out more info. WTA Staff Former No.1 Naomi Osaka is set to begin her grass-court season next month at the Libema Open, a WTA 250 event played in 's-Hertogenbosch ... ( read original story ...)
Ada Infrastructure Accelerates Tokyo Expansion with Groundbreaking of Second Building on the Tokyo West 1 Data Center Campus
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ada Infrastructure, GLP Capital Partner's leading global data center platform, announced the groundbreaking of its second building on the Tokyo West 1 ... ( read original story ...)
A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima reactor
The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has demonstrated how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year. ( read original story ...)