The digital-asset industry and its allies in Congress on Tuesday criticized the Biden administration for blaming cryptocurrency for its failures to ...
Japan finance minister warns against excessive yen volatility
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that excessive volatility in the exchange-rate market was undesirable. He also told a news conference that authorities wouldn't rule out any ...
The Times view on Japan’s role: Pacific Alliance
Tokyo is adopting a more muscular posture to maintain peace and counter China ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft to Invest $2.9 Billion in Japan Data Centers: Nikkei
Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.9 billion in data centers in Japan by 2025, marking its biggest investment in the country, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing an interview with President Brad Smith. ( read original story ...)
UW joins $110M U.S.-Japan academic partnership for AI that includes support from NVIDIA, Amazon
In 2017, the UW established a U.S.-China graduate tech institute program with Beijing’s Tsinghua University, which included support from Microsoft and the opening of a Global Innovation Exchange ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese ambitions for US allies prompts Washington security summit with Japan, Philippines
China continues to press claims over waterways and fishing shoals around the Philippines, prompting increased military and security focus on the country. ( read original story ...)
Crypto analysts outline supply impacts of upcoming bitcoin halving
Influential crypto market analysts gathered to discuss the potential price implications following the next bitcoin supply shock.
Crypto Trader’s $110 Million Haul Was Not a Theft, Lawyer Says
A jailed trader accused of manipulating the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange to steal $110 million was actually executing perfectly legal, high-risk trades and had no intent to defraud anyone, ...
Microsoft to invest $2.9 billon to expand AI, cloud infra in Japan
The investment - the company's largest in the 46 years of its operations in the country - will also go towards skilling three million people in AI and setting up a Microsoft Research Asia lab in Tokyo ...
Japan Metaplanet joins the Bitcoin trend with a $6.5 million investment
The choice of the Metaplanet therby to impele an adoption of Bitcoin as an investment asset represents an important milestone of its policy regarding promotion of digital finance era in Japan. The ...
Peak bloom drapes Tokyo in pink
In Tokyo, locals and tourists fill parks for picnics and selfie shoots underneath the blooming cherry blossoms. ( read original story ...)
New Kirkenes, Tokyo, Nagoya, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius Flights on Finnair
Finnair is expanding its services for North American customers by introducing a range of new network-wide enhancements. ( read original story ...)
Heirs of original ‘Top Gun’ author lose copyright lawsuit against Paramount over ‘Maverick’ sequel
A federal judge dismissed a copyright case against Paramount Pictures filed by the widow and son of author Ehud Yonah over the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" and Yonah's 1983 magazine article. The post ... ( read original story ...)
New trailer for Netflix’s next big manga adaptation promises a fun, action-packed take on Tokyo crime-fighting
Manga adaptations have been a hit for the streamer this year, with the recently released sci-fi series Parasyte: The Grey, based on Hitoshi Iwaak's Parayste, racing up the charts to the platform's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida sees opportunities for more chip collaboration with US
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday he sees opportunities for more collaboration between Japan and the United States in next-generation computer chips. Kishida made the remark at a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mazda may temporarily reroute Baltimore auto shipments, CEO on CNBC
Mazda Motor will probably have to temporarily move shipments to another port from Baltimore to avoid delays, the automaker's CEO said in a CNBC interview. The Port of Baltimore ranks first in the U.S. ( read original story ...)