It is the second time an entire stable will sit out a tournament due to COVID-19 infections and the first time since January. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks record ninth straight ‘extremely hot day’ as heat wave continues
The Meteorological Agency said the streak for days above 35 degrees Celsius bested the previous record set in 2015. ( read original story ...)
Mitsui OSK chief says Japan has no choice but to buy Russian gas
Japan will have to continue importing Russian liquefied natural gas because of soaring energy prices and limited prospects of rebooting nuclear plants, according to the head of on ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank’s Fortress offers $1.5 billion to buy Japan’s Sogo & Seibu – Nikkei
Softbank-owned Fortress Investment Group has offered around 200 billion yen ($1.48 billion) to buy Japanese department store unit Sogo & Seibu from parent Seven & i Holdings, Nikkei reported on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
New private financial exchange opens in Japan, first in 12 years
The Osaka Digital Exchange or ODX offers trading of stocks and exchange-traded funds from 8:20 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, longer than the TSE's trading hours o 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a plan to ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation
North Korea on Sunday slammed the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea says U.S.-South Korea-Japan agreement materialises U.S. plan for ‘Asian NATO’
North Korea criticised the United States, South Korea and Japan's recent agreement on strengthening military cooperation to be a means to materialise a U.S. plan for a military alliance like NATO in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s land prices rebound in 2021 from pandemic hit – tax agency
Japan’s land prices rebounded in 2021 from the previous year’s decline, the government said on Friday, showing signs of recovery in the country’s property market battered by rounds of coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Meta shuts down Novi, the last remaining sliver of its crypto efforts
One of the biggest tech companies in the world is apparently feeling the effects of the crypto crash, too.Novi, a digital wallet for cryptocurrency that Meta debuted in 2021, is on its last legs. Per ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Japanese food exporters eying global market
Japan is keen to tap the international food market. In a recently held food export fair in Tokyo, around 400 exporters and producers exhibited their produce to attract foreign buyers. Most of the ... ( read original story ...)
Celebrities Erase Their Crypto Ties As Crypto Mania Turns Into Crisis
Celebrity endorsements have a long history, but some famous people may be regretting their decisions to push crypto companies. Some say it started with Lillie Langtree. The British actress and ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto-sceptic Molly White could be the new JK Galbraith… just much tougher
This remarkable young woman is the sharpest critic of crypto on the web - and predictably, the trolls are after her ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows files for U.S. bankruptcy
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, according to a court filing in the ... ( read original story ...)
How the BOJ Created “Noninflationary” Money While Ruining the Japanese Economy
Milton Friedman (1963) argued that "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in ... ( read original story ...)
Sumo: Former ozeki Takayasu, Tagonoura stable to miss Nagoya tourney
Former ozeki Takayasu, currently wrestling as a No. 4 maegashira, and the rest of the Tagonoura stable will miss the upcoming Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Leo Cera hat-trick powers Marinos past S-Pulse
Leo Ceara set up Yokohama F Marinos' first goal and followed that with a hat-trick in the J-League first-division leaders' 5-3 win ov ... ( read original story ...)