Sushi train restaurants have long been an iconic part of Japan's food culture. Now, videos of people licking shared soy sauce bottles and messing with plates of food on conveyor belts are prompting ... ( read original story ...)
Craft brewers drink to success of Yokohama startup’s new ‘beer paper’
To tackle the problem, a startup in Yokohama, began an upcycling operation using brewers' dregs to produce "craft beer paper," which is appearing at beer promotion events in various forms, including ... ( read original story ...)
TikTokers Are Marveling Over This $450/Month Tokyo Micro-Apartment
Making the most of a teeny tiny living space is no easy feat, but one TikToker’s super-charming, seriously tiny Tokyo apartment proves it’s absolutely doable.College student Ryan Crouse frequently takes his more than 400, ( read original story ...)
Funds That Inflate Green Credentials Face Strict New Rules in Japan
Japan’s financial regulator says it suspects “more than a few cases” of greenwashing by asset managers running ESG portfolios and will take “regulatory action against malicious cases,” Hideki Takada, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan insights: 89% of Chinese investors are interested in taking a real estate tour in Japan
Tokyo is still the most popular city to investors TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Shenjumiausuan released a research result recently on "the interests of investing in Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchange Kraken Faces SEC Probe Over Unregistered Securities
(Bloomberg) -- Kraken, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is embroiled in a probe by a top US financial regulator over whether it broke securities rules related to certain offerings ...
Crypto exchange Kraken under scrutiny for sale of unregistered securities- Bloomberg
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of unregistered securities, according to a Bloomberg report.
With crypto banking on the brink, rumors are flying
Crypto has a way of generating intrigue around the most esoteric of institutions. How else could Rostin Behnam, the chair of the decidedly unglamorous Commodity Futures Trading Commission, become one of the most sought-after speakers after the collapse of FTX?
Kura Sushi to open first China store in Shanghai, eyes Chinese IPO
Japanese chain Kura Sushi will open its first restaurant in China by summer, focusing on Shanghai first and aiming to reach 100 locations in the country over the next 10 years. By continuing to browse ...
SCAAA Expands to Texas and Japan
Founded in Los Angeles in 2012, SCAAA designs hospitality and commercial commissions in the Pacific Rim and in the U.S., delivering projects such as RYSE, a boutique hotel located in Seoul, South ...
Osaka announces pregnancy and promises return in 2024
Former world number one Naomi Osaka announced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and will be taking a break from tennis until 2024. "I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one ...
Gawr Gura, Mori Calliope, and Sakura Miko Named Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors
Hololive announced three of its Vtubers are going to be 2023 Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors. Sakura Miko, who is a Japanese Vtuber, and the Hololive EN members Gawr Gura and Mori Calliope were picked. This means that the three will all talk about the city of Tokyo and their experiences there. ( read original story ...)
Marcos on Tokyo meetings: Very specific, each has purpose
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday described his working visit to Japan as "very specific," indicating that every meeting he would have with the Japanese would have set objectives. “Japan is very different from the places that we’ve been, ( read original story ...)
FTX’s old rival Binance is enjoying a growth in dominance now that Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange has collapsed
Binance has picked up even more customers and logged its largest-ever share of the crypto exchange market, according to data seen by the Financial Times.
Japan says it has ‘legal right’ to destroy any foreign balloon as it probes reports of past sightings
Japan's defence minister said under existing laws, that it would have the legal right to destroy any balloon that intrudes into its domestic airspace; Tokyo is investigating if ba ... ( read original story ...)
A YouTuber tricked an MMA fighter into sharing allegations that 20 crypto projects he plugged were scams
Coffeezilla uploaded videos showing he offered Dillon Danis $1,000 to unwittingly post allegations that he scammed his follows with crypto schemes.