The number of people working at Japan’s hotels and inns is well below pre-pandemic levels, but the country has seen a 15-fold year-on-year increase in inbound tourists since fully reopening its ...
Tokyo confirms 10,114 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday
Japan's health ministry says 10,114 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Wednesday. The daily tally is up 1,102 from a week ago. It is the second day in a row that the figure has exceeded ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Tourism Surges After Dropping Covid Curbs
The number of foreign visitors, for both tourism and business, rose to 498,600 in October, more than double September’s 206,500 and surging a massive 2,155% from the year before, the Japan National ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida hopes meeting Xi will help build stable relations
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he hoped to build "constructive, stable" relations with China, ahead of a scheduled meeting with its leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign visitors in Japan surge after tourism reopening
The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of COVID restrictions, more than doubling ... ( read original story ...)
Micron launches mass output of advanced chip in Japan
Memory chip maker Micron Technology on Wednesday kicked off mass production of its new high-capacity low-power 1-beta dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips at its plant in Hiroshima, Japan. ( read original story ...)
In Osaka court, parents seek full damages over death of hearing impaired daughter
The family of Ayuka Ide, who was age 11 when she died, have pressed for her to be treated equally by the court to people without disabilities. ( read original story ...)
Wave of traffic accidents prompt police crackdown on outlaw Tokyo cyclists
Tokyo Metropolitan Police, citing a rise in traffic accidents, announced a crackdown on four of the most common cycling violations, according to a statement. ( read original story ...)
AI predicts Tokyo coronavirus numbers could top seventh wave
Researchers using artificial intelligence technology have predicted that in mid-January the number of coronavirus infections in Tokyo could surpass the number recorded at the peak of the seventh wave. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Bangkok sign deal to boost Thai manufacturing
Japanese Industry Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi and his Thai counterpart Suriya Jungrungreangkit exchanged documents at a jointly hosted manufacturing seminar in Bangkok. Nishimura said, "It's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida Hopes Meeting Xi Will Help Build Stable Relations
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday that he hoped an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping would help in building constructive, stable relations with China. Kishida, ... ( read original story ...)
China, Japan will properly handle differences -foreign ministry
China and Japan will properly handle differences and build a bilateral relationship in accordance with the new era, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Postecoglou to reject Japan approach – gossip
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou will reject any approach to take over the Japan national team because he believes he is building something special in Glasgow. (Daily Record), exte ... ( read original story ...)
China Isn’t Out Of The Economic Woods, Just Ask Japan And South Korea
In all the market euphoria over recent policy moves in Beijing, global investors seem to be missing the signals emanating from Tokyo or Seoul. ( read original story ...)
Elizabeth Warren wants to pass a major crypto bill. Sherrod Brown says not so fast.
Leaders of the SEC and CFTC are vying for pieces of the crypto market, and the split is reflected in legislation that’s started to emerge from Capitol Hill.
From $32 billion to criminal investigations: How Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire vanished overnight
Part of why SBF, as he’s also called, earned street cred for carrying out a relatively straightforward trading strategy had to do with the fact that it wasn’t the easiest thing to execute on crypto ...