Tokyo confirmed 5,388 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, down by about 380 from a week before. The number of severely ill COVID-19 patients, under the Tokyo Metropolitan Governments ... ( read original story ...)
Man detained after 30 mil. yen reported stolen from Tokyo home
Police have detained a man suspected to have been involved in a robbery in which some 30 million yen (about $220,000) in cash was reported st ... ( read original story ...)
The blessing and curse of Japan’s crazy low mortgage rates
As negative rates have pushed Japanese borrowers to take out variable-rate mortgages, even a modest increase in rates could come as a shock to them However, with languishing residential property ... ( read original story ...)
Self-custody: The new trend in Crypto?
We've all heard the expression, "Not your keys, not your coin." This has essentially been a mantra in recent years, but the echo has grown louder as a result ...
Crypto News Today: Binance Continues To Grow, While Dogeliens Continues To Sell On Presale
Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the cryptocurrency market, and with the collapse of FTX, the margin between Binance and the rest of the industry just got wider. Binance has immense coverage ...
Telegram announces plan to build decentralised crypto wallet and exchange
Telegram is already the favourite messaging app for most crypto traders, and having a non-custodial wallet built-in is only going to bring in more ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends higher as Fast Retailing gains
"Today's market showed little direction as U.S. jobs data did not become a market-moving catalyst. But investors had a fresh view on heavyweight technology stocks, which underpinned the Nikkei," said ...
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.15%
Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Gas & Water and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.15%. The ...
Japan to put off tax hike to cover increased defense spending
Japan plans to put off for now a tax hike intended to finance a planned increase in the country's defense spending, a government source said Sunday. The government will continue to study measures to ...
A new staging of Turandot with scenography by teamLab is coming to Tokyo
There will be a new teamLab spectacle to catch in Tokyo this winter, but it’s not strictly an immersive art installation. Rather, the digital art collective is making a foray into scenography with a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei Index Closes Higher
Tokyo's Nikkei index ended higher on Monday as investors looked for fresh trading clues while markets assessed the implications of a solid jobs report for US monetary policy. ( read original story ...)
Japan to cull 310,000 chickens in Aichi Prefecture amid bird flu outbreak
Tokyo, Dec 5 (UNI) About 310,000 chickens will be culled in central Aichi Prefecture in Japan due to an outbreak of bird flu, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday. Local authorities say this is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan vs Croatia lineups: Confirmed team news, predicted XIs, injury latest for World Cup 2022 game today
Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu could be needed from the outset following Ko Itakura’s suspension, though the success Japan have enjoyed in Qatar hasn’t always come from those who start. Right-back ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 10-year bond yield stays at top of BOJ ceiling
Japan's 10-year government bond (JGB) yield stayed at the top of its central bank's target on Monday, where it has been perched for more than a week, while yields on most other notes were also little ...
Japan’s rousing comebacks hide limitations of their counter-attacking strategy
The downside of these rousing second-halves, these brilliant Plan Bs is that Moriyasu hears criticism of his Plan A. The falling behind against Germany and Spain, and the 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to lose salary appeal for SE Asian workers by 2032
TOKYO: Japan’s stagnant wages risk making the country unattractive to Southeast Asian and Chinese workers by the early 2030s, a new analysis by the Japan Center for Economic Research shows. The JCER ... ( read original story ...)