Rising inflation and the weak yen are seen as a crisis, but in fact provide a rare opportunity for real change in wage growth. ( read original story ...)
Osaka police ask public for help on girl missing since 2003
Osaka prefectural police this week appealed to the public for any information that might help them find out what happened to a nine-year-old girl who went missing on May 20, 2003 in the town of ... ( read original story ...)
Tour of Donald Keene’s Tokyo neighborhood reveals scholar’s modest life and love of Japan
A tour tracing the footsteps of U.S.-born Japanologist Donald Keene showed him as not only a devoted scholar but a pacifist and down-to-earth ... ( read original story ...)
Get Pumped: There’s Going To Be a One Piece-Themed Gym in Tokyo
For me, the saddest location-casuality of the COVID-19 pandemic was One Piece Tower: an indoor theme park dedicated to the series nestled within the lower floors of Tokyo Tower. Nothing except another ... ( read original story ...)
The endurance of Japan’s simple street snack
Eaten right off the coals, yaki-imo (roasted sweet potatoes) are a beloved centuries-old food, whether they're served by old-fashioned street vendors or modern "imo" girls and boys. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Law Office Receives Bomb Threat Following Touhou Project Fans’ Trademark Rights Controversy
YouTuber Yuzuha registered trademark of "Yukkuri Chabangeki" to Touhou Project fans' ire The Mainichi reported on Tuesday that in the early morning of May 16, a person sent a bomb threat to the Kai ... ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Crash Feels Amazing
Now all the losers—the ones like me and my parents (sorry, Mom)—are standing on the shore with our binoculars, wondering if the USS Crypto is about to sink into the sea. This month’s crash occurred, ... ( read original story ...)
Galaxy’s Mike Novogratz Says ‘Crypto Revolution Is Here to Stay’ Despite Selloff
Galaxy Digital Holdings’ Mike Novogratz assured investors that “crypto is not going away,” even as inflation, rising interest rates and a massive selloff have rattled the markets for digital assets. ( read original story ...)
Brothers behind Democrats’ ‘crypto PAC’ say they’re actually pandemic focused
Critics see a cynical ploy to boost the crypto industry, but Gabe Bankman-Fried says time will show they are really focused on preventing pandemics. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Prices Tumble as Stock Market Falls
Cryptocurrency prices were falling on Wednesday as tumbling retail stocks and inflation fears battered Wall Street. Bitcoin was down about 4% to $28,998, and down nearly 60% from its Nov. 10 high of ... ( read original story ...)
One-time Luna bull Mike Novogratz offers 4 investing tenets as crypto heads for more post-crash volatility; ‘There is no cavalry coming’
"It was a big idea that failed," the Galaxy Digital founder and CEO said in a letter to investors about Terra, which crashed last week. ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Cult of Do Kwon: ‘If It Was a Ponzi Scheme, They Did a Good Job’
The volatile, charismatic founder created a $60-billion empire by calling people “poor.” It all came crashing down in a couple days. ( read original story ...)
Crypto crash unlikely to reduce its climate impact, expert says
Enormous energy consumption has barely reduced despite $1tn being wiped off the sector ... ( read original story ...)
One man in Japan accidentally received over $350,000 in COVID relief funds intended for his whole town — and he says he gambled it away online
After the Japanese government accidentally gave a 24-year-old man his entire town's COVID relief funds, the man says he gambled it away online. ( read original story ...)
Man in western Japan arrested for spending mistakenly sent 46.3 mil. yen in COVID funds
A man in western Japan, who received 46.3 million yen ($359,000) in COVID-19 relief money from his town by mistake before gamblin ... ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant waste water
Japan’s nuclear regulatory body approves plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive waste water into the sea in 2023. The chair of the Japan ... ( read original story ...)