Bitcoin and crypto are braced for a "huge" BlackRock crypto market bombshell that has suddenly appeared on the ...
Tokyo Metro shares surge 45% on debut after Japan’s largest IPO in six years – MSN
The company had raised 348.6 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in the largest initial public offering in Japan in six years. Shares were priced at the top-end of the IPO price band of 1,100 yen to 1,200 yen.
All four pandas at west Japan zoo depart for China
The lease agreement for the four was set to expire in August. Japan's two remaining giant pandas, Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, are at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens and are due to return to China by next ...
Japan targeting June 28 for launch of GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket
Japan is poised to launch a dual-purpose satellite to monitor sea temperature and greenhouse gases. ( read original story ...)
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people
Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. ( read original story ...)
Fake evidence, induced statements: Japan’s criminal system faces reckoning
The damning indictments in two cases expose flaws in a system that prides itself on a 99.8 per cent conviction rate. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
The billionaire betting on crypto — and the skeptic betting against him
Michael Saylor earned billions selling company stock to buy bitcoin. Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, thinks that’s “ridiculous.” ...
Japan’s NTT lodges IPO prospectus for US$1.6 bil data centre portfolio
Of the six data centre assets in the IPO portfolio, only one is located in Singapore. This asset is also the only one located on leasehold land, expiring 2070.
Nagoya teacher ‘used school’s digital camera’ to take underwear shots of girls
A Nagoya City elementary school teacher in custody for allegedly taking secret photos of female students has admitted that he "used the school's digital camera" ... ( read original story ...)
4 pandas leave Japan for China, leaving only 2 in the country
Their departure means that only two giant pandas remain in Japan. Both are at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens and are also due to return to China next February. About 1,400 visitors queued at the park ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei Hits 40,000 Level as Trade Hopes Fuel Japan’s Stock Rally
Japanese shares rose for a fourth day, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average closing above 40,000 for the first time since January, on trade optimism after the US and China signed a deal and the White ...
Japan Hangs Man Convicted in Serial Killings of Nine People
Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years. ( read original story ...)
Aston Martin completes its first Tokyo townhouse, crafted by the brand’s design team
The project was undertaken in partnership with luxury real estate developer Vibroa Inc and continues the firm’s ongoing dabbling in architectural design, most notably at the Aston Martin Residences in ... ( read original story ...)
Ripple to drop cross appeal against US SEC in crypto lawsuit, CEO says
Ripple Labs will withdraw its cross appeal against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a prolonged legal battle tied to the sale of its XRP tokens, the crypto firm's CEO said on Friday.
Japan’s NTT files prospectus for DC REIT listing on SGX
The IPO could raise up to $1b. Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has filed a preliminary prospectus for its data centre real estate investment trust, NTT DC REIT, on the Singapore ...
Japan loves them. And now they’re in the UK – strawberries and cream sandwiches
Strawberry sandwiches are available at some Japanese bakeries in the UK, but M&S's offering appears to be the first time they have been widely available on supermarket shelves. ( read original story ...)