Large Japanese firms will from next year be required to disclose wage differences between male and female workers. ( read original story ...)
Russia Delivers a Scathing Setback to Crypto
Hardly a week goes by without the young crypto industry receiving some bad news. The industry is currently playing a guessing game which consists of trying to guess which crypto company or crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Warrantee Inc. (WRNT) to Raise $15 Million in IPO
Warrantee Inc. (WRNT) is planning to raise $15 million in an IPO on Tuesday, July 12th, IPO Scoop reports. The company plans to issue 2,100,000 shares at $6.00-$8.00 per share. In the last 12 months, ... ( read original story ...)
Private equity in Japan: a perfect storm
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” He is a venture ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Caster, offering WFH jobs for freelance workers, expanding into Germany, UAE
Caster Japanese WFH (work-from-home) jobs offering startup Caster, headquartered in the country’s western prefecture of Miyzaki, announced on Friday that it will be expanding ... ( read original story ...)
Concacaf title game gives USWNT chance to exact revenge on Canada for Tokyo loss | Opinion
US-Canada winner qualifies for Paris Olympics while second- and third-place teams at Concacaf championship will play for region's second spot in 2023. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic medalists take home titles at SLS Championship Tour stop in Jacksonville
Rayssa Leal won first place in the women's final, while Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Yuto Horigome took home the men's title. ( read original story ...)
‘Utoro is my identity’: can a museum heal the scars of Korean migrants in Japan?
The new museum aims to reconcile a neighbourhood near Kyoto wracked by racism and inflamed by the legacy of war ... ( read original story ...)
Japan struggles with self-regulation during crypto meltdown
Visions of a deepening crypto crash and the ruin of global investors were set aside at a luxury hotel in Okinawa recently where one of the industry’s most important annual conferences celebrated the ... ( read original story ...)
Business owner Kyoko Nagano shares what’s behind her passion
A desire to help safeguard the future of Japan’s traditional industries is driving Kyoko Nagano forward. Since 2018, Nagano has been running three companies, each centered around an aspect of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Truck driver arrested over fatal hit-and-run in Osaka Prefecture
Police in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, said Sunday they have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after his semitrailer fatally struck a 68-year-old man. ( read original story ...)
Peach to resume Osaka-Taipei service on Sept 16
Taipei (Taoyuan) route on Sept 16. The service will resume after almost one and a half years since its suspension on April 8, 2021, with two round trip flights per week for the time being. Peach has ... ( read original story ...)
From $25 billion to $167 million: How a major crypto lender collapsed and dragged many investors down with it
But just because the fall of this embattled crypto lender didn’t come as a shock, doesn’t mean it wasn’t a really big deal for the industry. In October 2021, CEO Alex Mashinsky said the crypto lender ... ( read original story ...)
All eyes on ECB, Japan central bank for rate hikes next week
Central banks from the euro zone to Japan are about to reveal if they can resist the global urge for aggressive monetary tightening led by the US Federal Reserve. Almost all economists reckon the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s COVID-19 cases surge past 100,000 daily in near record
COVID-19 cases are spiking again in Japan with infections topping 100,000 for the first time since a record in February during the Omicron subvariant. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Failures Highlight The Need For Better Accounting Standards
It would be safe to say that the role of stablecoins is difficult to overstate for the further development of the blockchain and crypto sector more broadly. Once considered by some a less exciting ... ( read original story ...)