Amazon aims to differentiate its service from other sites by delivering gifts as quickly as one day after donations are made. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Holds Rates Steady: How Carry Trade Can Fuel Bitcoin Price
The BOJ’s decision to maintain low interest rates has different implications for the Japanese yen and Bitcoin. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy, keeping interest ...
Crypto Sicko Mode Is Here to Stay
We have now entered Crypto Sicko Mode. After years of complaining that the federal government was trying to kill off the industry, it is roaring with raw confidence. As with the appeal of Donald Trump ...
Hailey Welch Crypto Project Sued Over Hawk Tuah Memecoin
Welch said she had changed her mind about crypto after attending conferences and realized that it was a "good way to interact with my fans." At the time, her manager, Jonnie Forster, clarified that ...
Yokohama Rubber conveyor belt sensing technology detects abnormalities in real time
The new system integrates a proprietary RFID tag with Yokohama Rubber conveyor belts, enabling detection of minute changes in the belt’s wear, damage, temperature and other conditions that cannot be ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama-ATG appoints Angelo Noronha as President & CEO
Angelo Noronha is set to lead Yokohama-ATG. He will take over as President and CEO from January 1, 2025. Noronha has served Y-ATG for over 15 years. Y-ATG makes off-highway tires. Its brands include ... ( read original story ...)
Vacuum cleaner robots help in major housecleaning at ‘sento’ bathhouse in Tokyo
A long-established public bathhouse or "sento" in Tokyo has cleaned up the whole facility with the assistance of robot vacuum cleaners. ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: Asian shares track Wall Street’s selloff after Fed hints at 2 rate cuts in 2025
Shares skidded Thursday in Asia after U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year when the Federal Reserve hinted it may deliver fewer rate cuts in 2025 than earlier thought. The Fed ...
Osaka police mulling action over alleged assault, harassment by officers on duty
The prefectural police force headquartered here is considering disciplinary action for officers dispatched to a convention in another prefect ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka High Court flips ruling in Fukushima evacuees lawsuit
The Osaka High Court ruled on Dec. 18 that the Japanese government was not responsible for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, in a lawsuit filed by evacuees who fled to Kyoto Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Japan economy in ‘delicate state’, says banking lobby head
TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The chair of the Japanese banking lobby echoed Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's cautious view on the Japanese economy on Thursday and said the central bank needed to see ... ( read original story ...)
David Roche discusses the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged
David Roche, strategist at Quantum Strategy, discusses the Bank of Japan's latest interest rate decision and its outlook in 2025. ( read original story ...)
Announcing the first 7 chefs and restaurateurs coming to Time Out Market Osaka in March 2025
More than a decade after the first Time Out Market opened in Lisbon back in 2014, Asia is finally set to join the club with the opening of Time Out Market Osaka next year. Scheduled to start business ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka states reason for admiring Nick Kyrgios – ‘That is a quality I admire about him’
Nick Kyrgios’ controversial views have not won him too many friends in the tennis world over the years, but Naomi Osaka is going against the norm as she has revealed just why she is “drawn” to the ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan holds rates at 0.25%, yen weakens to one-month low
The decision comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points, bringing the federal funds rate to 4.25%-4.5%. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Central Bank Holds Rates as Uncertainties Complicate Outlook
TOKYO—The Bank of Japan held its policy rate steady as it waits for uncertainties abroad to clear and for more evidence of economic recovery at home, but expectations of rate hikes on the horizon ... ( read original story ...)