The Japanese stock market is declining on Friday, with the Nikkei 225 staying just below the 30,000 mark, following the negative cues overnight from Wall Street on another spike in treasury yields. ( read original story ...)
All aboard the Rei Ayanami Line! Nagoya train line gets makeover to celebrate final EVA film
After 13 years since its initial announcement, the last Neon Genesis Evangelion film remake has finally been released. To commemorate its arrival in movie theaters, the Aonami Line –which runs within ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million to be the ‘Amazon of NFTs’
Subscribe to The Ledger for expert weekly analysis on fintech’s big stories, delivered free to your inbox. When CryptoKitties roared onto the scene in 2017, most people regarded the collectible ... ( read original story ...)
Takung Art, Sino-Global Higher on Crypto-Related Reports
Takung Art jumped amid talk the Chinese-based online art trading platform will dive into the crypto art game. Sino-Global is launching an NFT exchange. ( read original story ...)
Game on: Blank-check firm, advised by athletes, seeks $250 mln in U.S. IPO
March 18 (Reuters) - A blank-check firm that counts athletes Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, and Robert Lewandowski among its advisers is looking to raise $250 million through a U.S. initial public ... ( read original story ...)
A Court Ruled Japan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban ‘Unconstitutional.’ Here’s What’s Next for LGBTQ Rights
The Sapporo District Court said Japan’s definition of marriage, which excludes same-sex couples, violates the constitution’s guarantee of equality. However, judges dismissed a request from the ... ( read original story ...)
Ratchaburi, Pohang join JDT in Group G
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have confirmed that Pohang Steelers of South Korea and Thailand’s Ratchaburi will join reigning Super League champions Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
76 years after Osaka air raid, 91-year-old survivor ends half century of storytelling
March 13 marked 76 years since the first air raid on Osaka, which claimed the lives of about 4,000 people and left about 500,000 homeless. A ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Official Resigns After Plus-Sized Model ‘Pig’ Comment
The head of the Tokyo Olympics’ creative team has recently resigned after making derogatory remarks about a female Japanese comedian.Hiroshi Sasaki, 66, mentioned in a group chat last year that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Pot Laws Are Harsh, But Its Pensioners Invest in Growers
The sovereign wealth fund of Norway, where recreational pot use is illegal, invested in Canopy and other pot companies but sold the shares after complaints from the Norwegian Narcotic Officers ... ( read original story ...)
These Japanese Startups Are Powering Space Development
Japanese startups are helping power global space industry growth by supplying two essential tools for space development: robots and satellites. ( read original story ...)
Japanese company picks North Carolina over Texas for massive 725-job project
Project Galaxy, identified as Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, has made it official – picking the Raleigh, North Carolina area over a competing site in Texas for a $1.5 billion, 725-job biologics ... ( read original story ...)
Here we go! Japan’s Super Nintendo Park opens after almost yearlong delay due to pandemic
Children and adults alike waited in line for their turn to experience the world's first Super Nintendo World and its life-sized Mushroom Kingdom, which opened Thursday at Universal Studios Japan in ... ( read original story ...)
Video: Insider’s look at new Super Nintendo Park at Universal Stuidos Japan
After several delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, "Super Nintendo World" at Universal Studios Japan is now open. ( read original story ...)
FAUCHON L’Hotel Kyoto Opens In Japan
FAUCHON Hospitality, which debuted its first hotel in Paris in September 2018, opened its second hotel in Kyoto, Japan. The property is already a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. ( read original story ...)
Local volunteer remembers 2011 Japan earthquake relief efforts
Ten years later, Flores is a staff accountant with property management and real estate development company Tarragon Northwest in Walla Walla. As he and partner Kiley Keatts had daughter Quinn Flores ... ( read original story ...)