The yen fell on Monday after new Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda signalled he would for the time being stick to the ultra-loose monetary policy overseen by his predecessor over the past decade. In ...
Best locations for living in Tokyo, Japan
Chosen by residents with an annual salary over 10 million yen "Toyosu" beats other popular competitors, and tops the list for the first time TOKYO, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Japanese luxury real ...
Blinken to travel to UK, Ireland, Vietnam, Japan this week
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to travel this week to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Vietnam, and Japan, the State Department said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
OpenAI CEO considers opening office as Japan government eyes adoption
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said on Monday he is considering opening an office and expanding services in Japan after a meeting with Japan's prime minister. ( read original story ...)
Apple supplier Japan Display teams up with China’s HKC as seeks turnaround
Japan Display Inc will team up with China's HKC Corporation Ltd to co-operate on next-generation technology for displays, it said on Monday, as the Apple Inc supplier seeks to turn around its business ... ( read original story ...)
A professional couple who make over $200,000 combined say it’s ‘hilarious’ to think they could afford a home in Los Angeles
Stan Oklobdzija and his partner live in a one-bedroom condo in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and he realizes he’s lucky ... by cutting half the floor-area ratio, the lot size of a property, and the amount ... ( read original story ...)
Ethereum’s Shanghai Update Opens a Rift in Crypto
Ether is finally untethering itself from mining—and driving renewed debate about bitcoin’s environmental impact.
S. Korean Crypto Exchange Gdac Hacked for Nearly $13M
The exchange said on Sunday hackers transferred the crypto assets from a hot wallet to an unidentified wallet.
Developer of Signature Bank’s 24/7 payment system calls crypto ‘a distraction’
Although the Federal Reserve is developing its own instant payment service called FedNow, which it recently announced will launch in July, Tassat remains the leading provider. Given the crisis for ...
Japan’s new central bank chief vows to guide policy ‘flexibly’
Japan's new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday he will communicate closely with the government and guide monetary policy flexibly, warning of high uncertainty over the economic outlook.
Video of Tokyo-born panda Xiang Xiang revealed 2 months after return to China
Tokyo-born giant panda Xiang Xiang appeared in a video released on Monday, for the first time since she left for China in February. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to consider delaying bid for Winter Olympics to 2034
Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita has revealed that talks are set to get underway over possibly delaying Sapporo's bid for the ... ( read original story ...)
Police probe link between murder and apparent suicide at Nagoya train station
An 18-year-old woman was found stabbed to death at a Nagoya train station late Saturday, soon after a 29-year-old man died after being hit by a train at the same station, police said Monday, prompting ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-employee of Kubota subsidiary in Osaka arrested on suspicion of embezzling $1.2 million
A man in charge of accounting at a subsidiary of Kubota Corp., a major machinery manufacturer, was arrested on April 10 for allegedly embezzl･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
458 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo on Monday
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 458 new coronavirus cases in Tokyo on Monday. The daily tally is up 35 from a week ago and marks ten straight days of week-on-week increases. Our site uses ... ( read original story ...)
China escalates military drills near Taiwan and Japan
Fighter aircraft took off and landed 80 times on the Shandong, China’s second aircraft carrier, in waters east of Taiwan and south of Japan as of Sunday night, while helicopters conducted an additional 40 flights from the ship. ( read original story ...)