Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy 250 Digital, which will join the newly established unit Franklin Crypto, as the firm deepens its digital assets push.
Incident: ANA B772 at Sapporo on Apr 1st 2026, engine shut down in flight
An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-200, registration JA745A performing flight NH-65 from Tokyo Haneda to Sapporo New Chitose (Japan) with 317 passengers and 10 crew, was on approach to Sapporo when ... ( read original story ...)
Animatronic Rapunzel’s Hair Brutally Eaten by Crows at Tokyo DisneySea Theme Park
Looks like Mother Gothel forgot to warn Rapunzel about one of the more bizarre perils of daring to go outside: Getting eaten by hungry crows! Recent guests at Tokyo DisneySea theme park were ... ( read original story ...)
Citadel Securities-backed crypto exchange seeks bank charter
A cryptocurrency exchange backed by Citadel Securities joined a raft of companies applying to be a national trust bank under the Trump administration’s more welcoming policies for the industry.
Local non-profit using state funding to assist laid-off Yokohama employees find new jobs
After almost 60 years in Salem, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia shut down permanently on March 18. As a result, almost 600 employees suffered layoffs. Virginia Career Works ... ( read original story ...)
Property cat rates down as much as 17.5% in Japan, 25% in RoW at April renewals: Gallagher Re
Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has reported that Japanese property catastrophe programmes ran loss free, leading to risk-adjusted rate decreases of ... ( read original story ...)
April 1 renewal saw Japan property cat rates return to early 2020s levels, says Howden Re
Risk-adjusted property-catastrophe rates-on-line in Japan reverted back to levels last seen in the early 2020s at the April 1 2026 reinsurance renewals, ... ( read original story ...)
Franklin Templeton agrees to buy crypto spinoff in digital-asset expansion
The money manager’s crypto investment unit will offer strategies designed to appeal to institutional investors.
Japan, France Agree to Step up Coordination on Hormuz, Iran War
Japan and France agree to coordinate efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global oil and gas supply.
Why women, more than men, are abandoning rural Japan
Koyasu Miwa advises local governments across Japan on gender equality as young women leave rural areas at higher rates than men, threatening small municipalities. ( read original story ...)
Prabowo Calls Himself a Micromanager at Tokyo Business Forum
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto feels guilty for being a leader who is too concerned with details. During the Japan-Indonesia Business Forum in Tokyo, Japan, Prabowo referred ... ( read original story ...)
Data rigging at central Japan nuclear operator began no later than 2012
The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan said Tuesday that its civil engineering department had manipulated quake-resi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 has biggest gain of year on Iran hopes
Tokyo shares rose across the board on Wednesday, driven by hopes of a de-escalation in the Middle East conflict. The Nikkei 225 stock index surged 2,675 points for the largest gain so far this year.
Watch live: Macron gives Tokyo press conference after talks with Japan’s PM Takaichi
French President Emmanuel Macron will address reporters in Tokyo following talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday, part of a three-day visit that will include a meeting with ... ( read original story ...)
Stabbing at Pokémon Center Store in Tokyo Leaves Two Dead
On March 26, a woman was fatally stabbed inside the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo in Japan. According to Reuters, the attacker, who was in his 20s, sneaked behind the counter with kn ... ( read original story ...)
France and Japan Defense Chiefs Pledge Cooperation in Pacific
The defense ministers of France and Japan pledged to work together on security in the Pacific as the conflict in the Middle East draws away American military supplies and troops from the region. ( read original story ...)