The Nordic nation has been evaluating the possibility of a tie-up with Britain for a future combat air requirement, better known as Tempest, for several years but in recent months has cooled on the idea. ( read original story ...)
London, Rome and Tokyo form defense partnership to build next-generation fighter jets
The United Kingdom, Italy and Japan have agreed on the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) for defense that allows them to develop a military plan to build new generation fighter aircraft. «GCAP will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister says govt must stick to budget balancing goal
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that the government must stick to its aim of achieving a primary budget surplus in fiscal year 2025 despite a planned increase in defence ...
Japan vows to stick to budget balancing goal despite defence boost
Japan must stick to its target of a primary budget surplus by the 2025 fiscal year, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday, even as a planned increase in defence spending raises the spectre ... ( read original story ...)
Gauging the most expensive expat cities
Twice a year, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) publishes its “Worldwide Cost of Living Survey”. Asian cities typically feature high in the rankings, with Singapore tied with New York for the most ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: These are not the most expensive cities – unless you are an expat
Asian cities like Singapore and Hong Kong typically top cost-of-living rankings, but these measure the cost of living for expats with a fixed way of life, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka says she initially felt ‘ashamed’ after withdrawing from 2021 French Open to address mental health
The four-time Grand Slam winner stepped away from tennis for a few months in 2021 to seek mental health treatment ... ( read original story ...)
Global Perspective on Patenting of Blockchain, Crypto, and DeFi Technologies
However, a device, a method, and/or a program for implementing a process using blockchain/crypto is generally considered patent eligible by the JPO. To date, there are approximately 1700 patents in ...
Is Sam Bankman-Fried Crypto’s Bernie Madoff? This Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Thinks So
Before co-founding Alameda Research in 2017, Bankman-Fried interned at the proprietary trading firm Jane Street Capital in 2013, returning to work full-time there after graduating from MIT. He owned ...
Crypto was a ‘bubble of a generation,’ and ‘doomed to burst,’ says ECB official
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SEC Presses Firms to Disclose Exposure to Crypto Bankruptcies
Publicly traded companies exposed to the “crypto winter” and the collapse of FTX or other digital-asset companies might have to disclose those details to investors under new guidance from the US ...
Frozen food named ‘dish of the year’ in Japan
A Japanese restaurant guide has named frozen food Japan's "dish of the year." According to the Gurunavi Research Institute, which runs a search engine for restaurants in Japan, the company chose ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Price Check: Lawmakers Want Answers in Light of FTX Collapse
FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11 in the face of a cash crunch caused by a withdrawal run by FTX clients. The firm's founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, has denied wrongdoing.
Spider robots could soon be swarming Japan’s aging sewer systems
The SPD1 is meant to mitigate some of Japan's ongoing labor shortages as infrastructure ages and needs upgrades. ( read original story ...)
Two Tiny EVs From Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance Win Japan Car Of The Year
The fully electric Nissan Sakura and Mitsubishi eK Cross EV became the first-ever minicars to win the Japan Car of the Year today in Yokohama. ( read original story ...)
Buying a bomb shelter in the Tokyo suburbs
STORY: When North Korea sent a missile over Japan in October, Megumi Morohoshi made a decision: she was going to buy a bomb shelter."The trigger for this was that with the Ukraine invasion going on, ... ( read original story ...)