Wider use of the digital currencies planned to be introduced by the Central Banks of several countries, including China and the UK, can boost the demand for crypto tokens, suggests a new study by the ... ( read original story ...)
This Solar Crypto Mine Plan Is Stranger Than Fiction
A Montana crypto empire wants to build out one of the nation’s largest solar projects, promising it will power a technological revolution in the state. But some residents are worried about the impact ... ( read original story ...)
SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook
The idea of directly incentivizing users is a common rallying cry in the crypto community: Imagine an internet free from monopoly tech giants where users control and monetize their own data. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Slide, Gaming Slowdown Wipe Billions Off Tycoon’s Fortune
Kim Jung-ju, the billionaire behind Nexon Co., is having a turbulent month.Shares of the Tokyo-listed gaming company have plunged 21% since it forecast a decline in profit on May 12, suggesting its ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ to consider extending pandemic-relief scheme by 6 months -Nikkei
The Bank of Japan will consider extending a September deadline for its coronavirus pandemic-relief programme by six months, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She’s OK With Paying a Fine to Skip Press Conferences
Naomi Osaka is skipping out on post-match interviews at this year's French Open, NBC News reports. The superstar, who is currently ranked no. 2 in the world, cited her own mental health for the ... ( read original story ...)
Compellingly creepy collection of retro mailboxes stands in rural Japanese town【Photos】
Saitama Prefecture’s Ogose seems like the quintessential nondescript small town, too rural to be exciting yet also too developed to be ideally bucolic picturesque. But sometimes it’s the most ordinary ... ( read original story ...)
Canada basketball loads camp roster for Tokyo qualifying bid
Virtually all of Canada’s top NBA players, excluding those who are injured, have accepted invitations to attend training camp next month in advance of that country’s last chance to qualify for the ... ( read original story ...)
NBC Announces Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce, Jimmy Roberts Returning As Commentators For 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Summer Games just weeks away, the NBC Olympics team is full steam ahead. The network announced on Thursday that veteran broadcasters Mary Carillo, Andrea Joyce and Jimmy Roberts will once again serve ... ( read original story ...)
Death of Wishma in a detention cell in Japan is shrouded by mysterious circumstances
The tragic death of a Sri Lankan girl, Wishma Rathnayake in a detention camp in Nagoya, Japan despite her repeated calls for hospitalisation and medication has received publicity in New York Times of ... ( read original story ...)
French Open: Will Naomi Osaka’s decision not to speak to media prompt change?
Naomi Osaka is not speaking to the media at the French Open to protect her mental health - will her move change anything? ( read original story ...)
Forthcoming, insightful, eloquent: Naomi Osaka’s media snub is a big loss for tennis
The grand slam winner is one of the sport’s most engaging characters and her silence will be keenly felt at the French Open ... ( read original story ...)
Doctor warns new COVID-19 variant could emerge during Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics could generate a new strain of the novel coronavirus, according to a Japanese physician Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Olympic Games could create an ‘Olympic strain,’ warns head of Japan Doctors Union
Japan has one of the slowest coronavirus vaccine rollouts among developed countries, with only 2.3 percent of a population of 125 million fully vaccinated. ( read original story ...)
2021 Olympics: Head of Japan Doctors Union says Games may produce new COVID-19 strain
The COVID-19 situation is still so bad in Japan that on Thursday the head of the Japan Doctors Union said he believes that it could be a huge mistake to hold the Tokyo Olympics in July. Naoto Ueyama ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese COVID-19 related business failures hit 1,500
Around 1,500 Japanese businesses have either declared bankruptcy or shut down due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, credit research firm Teikoku Databank said Thursday. Its latest figure, ... ( read original story ...)