Tournaments for the Basketball World Cup held in Okinawa will begin Friday, despite a North Korean spy satellite launch attempt that prompted an evacuation alert in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Surprise ‘Black Swan’ Has Primed Crypto For A $3 Trillion Bitcoin, Ethereum And XRP Price Bombshell
Dan Morehead, the influential founder of crypto investment company Pantera Capital, has called Ripple's claimed XRP legal victory "a positive black ...
Decentralized applications (DAPPs): The future of crypto
Decentralized apps reshape crypto's future, from social media platforms to transparent global shipment tracking.
Tornado Cash crypto firm founders indicted for allegedly laundering money for North Korean hackers
Two co-founders of cryptocurrency giant Tornado Cash, one of them a Russian national and the other an executive in Washington state, have been charged with operating a crypto scheme that allegedly ...
SEC files charges against former New Jersey officer in crypto fraud scheme targeting first responders
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against a former New Jersey police officer for his alleged involvement a crypto fraud scheme targeting first responders.
China bans seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant begins releasing wastewater
The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant is releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean, prompting China to ban seafood from Japan. ( read original story ...)
China bans seafood from Japan after Fukushima nuclear plant releases nuclear wastewater into Pacific
Shortly after China's announcement, TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said his company would compensate Japanese business owners for damages suffered by seafood bans over the wastewater release. Some ... ( read original story ...)
Brightly colored safety patterns tested on roads
NAGOYA >> A red-and-yellow checkered pattern has been painted on a road preceding a pedestrian crossing in Chiryu, Aichi prefecture. ( read original story ...)
A Strong IPO Market Awaiting in 2024? ETFs in Focus
There is renewed optimism in the initial public offering (IPO) market. Normally IPO activity gains momentum in the second quarter, and peaks in June. And this year was also no exception to this trend.
$400 Putter Maker Becomes 2023’s Hottest IPO With 624% Gain, But Then Something Happened
The stock closed Tuesday trading at around $26 a share, good for a more than 600% gain, which made it 2023’s hottest IPO of the year. Sacks Parente’s stock was halted 19 times for volatility ...
S.Korea police arrest 16 Fukushima protesters targeting Japan embassy
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police arrested 16 people on Thursday for entering a building housing the Japanese embassy in Seoul, carrying off and bundling some into a bus after banners were unfurled to protest Tokyo's release of waste water from its Fukushima plant. ( read original story ...)
South Korea, US and Japan ‘Strongly Condemn’ North Korea Launch
South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin and his U.S. and Japan counterparts on Thursday "strongly condemned" a North Korean rocket launch which they said was a ballistic missile disguised as a space rocket, ( read original story ...)
China bans seafood from Japan after Tokyo begins releasing treated radioactive water
China announced Thursday it was banning all seafood from Japan in response to Tokyo’s decision to begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, dramatically ... ( read original story ...)
North West Channels ‘College Dropout’ Era Kanye West While Vacationing in Tokyo with Kim Kardashian
In a new TikTok video, North West danced and sang along to "American Boy," the 2008 hit from Estelle featuring a verse from her dad Kanye West. Take a look at her outfit that paid homage to one of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Man At Ikebukuro District In Tokyo
A man brandishing a knife was arrested by police in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on early morning Thursday, August 24. The man in his forties pointed a 15-cm kitchen knife at a female police officer at ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks extend rally to 4th straight day as chip shares gain
Tokyo stocks gained for the fourth consecutive day Thursday, led by heavyweight semiconductor-related shares following positive earnings from U.S. chip giant Nvidia Corp. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ... ( read original story ...)