Reuters has hired Sam Byford to cover markets out of its Tokyo bureau. He will start next week. Byford has been at The Verge for the past 10 years, most recently as a senior editor. ( read original story ...)
The crypto shake-out shows boring is back
When Coinbase first listed on public stock markets last year, it was quite the moment for the crypto exchange itself and for the digital assets industry more broadly — the moment crypto was allowed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-EU ties should keep China’s internal affairs off limits
Rather than attempting to revive the mirage of foreign interference in Hong Kong, it serves Tokyo and Brussels' interests to insulate bilateral interests from China's firmly defined red lines. ( read original story ...)
Japan to offer up to $100 mln in aid to help Indo-Pacific nations fight COVID
TOKYO, May 13 (Reuters) - Japan plans to extend up to $100 million in aid to developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region to help them better battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Smart City Market Global Size, Growth Insight, Trends, Industry Regional Forecast To 2022-2027
The Japan smart city Market held a market value of USD 44,851.2 Million in 2021 and is forecasted to reach USD 93,718.9 Million by the year 2027. The ... ( read original story ...)
Ukrainian evacuee, daughter reunite in Japan after gov’t secures seats on regular flights
A Ukrainian woman living in Tokyo was reunited with her mother at Narita International Airport east of the Japanese capital earlier t ... ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Why frustration lingers in Okinawa 50 years after reversion to Japan
Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Office spaces in Japan could be replaced by ultra luxury condos: Savills
According to Savills, these large-scale, mixed-use projects will help the city’s transformation, and introduce new landmarks and city amenities. However, the environment surrounding the real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Leicester, Ashby, Coalville and Groby among Japanese knotweed hotspots as 100 cases found so far in 2022
Under UK Law, Japanese knotweed is legally a controlled plant under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. While it is not illegal for you to have knotweed on your property, it is against the law to ... ( read original story ...)
Blackout hits Tokyo, Kanagawa prefs., damage to underground cable suspected
A major power cut hit Tokyo and the neighboring prefecture of Kanagawa on the evening of May 13, affecting up to around 69,000 households, To ... ( read original story ...)
Douglas Galbraith died without ever seeing his abducted sons. His sister is determined to find them
Interpol initially tracked Tomoko and the children down to their temporary address in Osaka, shortly before they moved to a new property, but reported back that there was nothing in the situation that ... ( read original story ...)
Terra’s $45 Billion Face Plant Creates a Crowd of Crypto Losers
This week’s undoing of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and its sister token Luna has ramifications for all of crypto. First, there’s the immediate impact: The rapid collapse of a once-popular pair ... ( read original story ...)
Major sell-off sends crypto values plummeting
The high-risk world of cryptocurrency is recently showing little reward for investors after losing about $200 billion in value in just 24 hours. Manuel Bojorquez takes a look. ( read original story ...)
The Fabulous, Fake Life of an Accused Crypto Scammer
In promotional materials for his business, he claims to have spent a period of his life homeless “in freezing weather.” Records show he filed for bankruptcy as recently as 2008. But all that changed ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto winter for the summer? How a bitcoin market ‘in extreme fear’ compares with the past, and what to expect next
More than $400 billion has been wiped out from the crypto market during the past seven days, according to CoinGecko. All sectors within the crypto space have seen double-digit losses during this ... ( read original story ...)
Phishing attack pop-up targets MetaMask users visiting popular crypto sites
As if this week weren’t bad enough for many cryptocurrency owners, with stablecoins crashing and Coinbase suffering an outage at a particularly bad time, now they’ve reportedly been targeted by a new ... ( read original story ...)