UJPW announced that AJPW star Kento Miyahara will team up with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Naomichi Marufuji to face Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi, and Yuya Uemura) at UJPW All Together Sapporo on June 15. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s DMM Bitcoin says over $300 mln of cryptocurrency lost
Japan's cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin said on Friday that it had lost 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth about 48.2 billion yen or $308 million, in what the company called an "unauthorised leak". It gave no ... ( read original story ...)
Chobani Yogurt Founder Buys Anchor Brewing Company
Hamdi Ulukaya called the craft brewer, said to be the country’s oldest, a “grand jewel.” Anchor’s former owner, Sapporo, put it into liquidation last year, citing the effects of the pandemic. By Emily ... ( read original story ...)
Chobani CEO’s family office buys SF’s Anchor Steam Brewery
New owner pays undisclosed sum for manufacturing plant and taproom in Potrero Hill with intent to keep the beer flowing. ( read original story ...)
Sources: Anchor Brewing to be purchased by Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya
Mission Local has learned that Anchor Brewing's new owner will be the billionaire founder of Chobani yogurt, Hamdi Ulukaya. ( read original story ...)
Anchor Brewing to be purchased by yogurt billionaire
Anchor Brewing has found a buyer. Nearly a year after parent company Sapporo shuttered America’s oldest craft beer company, 51-year-old billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO of yogurt maker ... ( read original story ...)
25-year old Oregon snow and skate shop to open first international location in Japan
Tactics, a snow and skate retailer founded as a single store in Eugene about 25 years ago, is expanding its operations internationally to Japan. The company plans to open a location in Sapporo in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s DMM Bitcoin says over $300 million of cryptocurrency lost
Japan's cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin said on Friday that it had lost 4,502.9 bitcoin, worth about 48.2 billion yen or $308 million, in what the company called an "unauthorised leak".It gave no ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s $62bn support for yen provides little reprieve
Japan spent a record ¥9.8tn ($62bn) from late April to May to boost the yen, but the currency has resumed its slide towards 34-year lows even as expectations build for interest rate rises, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s household spending seen rising for first time in 14 months: Reuters poll
Japan is expected to post its first year-on-year rise in household spending in 14 months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, although the tepid growth is likely to highlight persistent weakness in the ... ( read original story ...)
Kiwami Ramen opens in former Wild Ginger location in the Highlands
Kiwami Ramen is located a more than 2,400 square foot space formerly occupied by the Wild Ginger Sushi Bistro. ( read original story ...)
Summer Heatwave? How Paris 2024 Athletes And Organisers Are Preparing
Parts of the world are now experiencing deadly heatwaves. How would Paris 2024 Olympics athletes and spectators be protected and supported in the case of a heatwave? ( read original story ...)
Running star wants world to move faster on air pollution
Kenya's 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha is urging the planet to combat air pollution, saying athletes need clean air to keep smashing boundaries at showpiece events like the Olympic Games ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka left court crying after loss to Swiatek
Naomi Osaka said she wept after Wednesday’s epic French Open defeat to Iga Swiatek, but insisted: “I’ve felt worse.” The Japanese star led 5-2 in the final set of a pulsating second-round clash and even had a match point. But defending champ ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Tokyo CPI inflation rises to 2.2% from 1.8%, recovers from 26-month low
Japan's Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 2.2% YoY in May, climbing from the previous 1.8%. May's CPI inflation in Tokyo rebounded from April's 1.8%, a 26-month low. ( read original story ...)
Venus spacecraft loses connection with Japan, threatening planet’s sole mission
Humanity's only in mission in Venus is in limbo after Japan's Akatsuki went dark last month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed. ( read original story ...)