Photo: Nagoya Air Catering Co. Late last year, the company launched in-flight meals as bento at supermarkets and other outlets in Aichi. In February, it set up a limited-time-only sales stand for such ... ( read original story ...)
Prewar photo negatives vividly display Yokohama after Kanto quake
YOKOHAMA--Historic negatives that capture the destruction to this port city close to Tokyo caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are causing a stir among researchers. Twenty-eight glass dry plates ... ( read original story ...)
SPONSORED: Japanese City of Yokohama eagerly awaits Scottish visitors
In July 2018, the Scottish Government and the City of Yokohama declared their intentions to collaborate on the areas of culture and tourism, marine and subsea industries, sports and education. ( read original story ...)
Rough ride: Drive-in haunted house in closed hotel to open in Osaka
A drive-in haunted house will open on March 12 in this western Japan city, using a hotel that is currently closed and casting foreign residen ... ( read original story ...)
Aggreko in red but hopes to strike gold with Tokyo Games
The supplier of temporary power generators to the Tokyo Olympics is confident the sporting event will go ahead this summer.Aggreko said that it expects to have more than 70 people in the country by ... ( read original story ...)
Two Americans Tied to Carlos Ghosn’s Escape Are Extradited to Japan
The father and son face trial on charges that they helped Mr. Ghosn, Nissan’s former chief, flee in a speaker box to Lebanon in 2019. ( read original story ...)
Father and Son Accused of Helping Carlos Ghosn Escape Are Taken to Japan
Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor haven’t denied helping the former Nissan Motor chairman escape, but they say they don’t think they committed any crimes under Japanese law. ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs To Launch Crypto Trading Operation This Month After Bitcoin’s Big Surge
Banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs is setting up a cryptocurrency trading desk after backing away from a previous effort to enter the market after bitcoin crashed in 2018, making it the latest ... ( read original story ...)
New York Blasts Crypto Market as ‘High-Risk’ and ‘Unstable’
New York’s top law enforcement officer issued a scathing statement on the cryptocurrency market, warning consumers about its susceptibility to “speculative bubbles” and abuse by criminals. ( read original story ...)
Investor Dan Loeb doing ‘deep dive’ into crypto
While Third Point CEO Dan Loeb may not have announced a Bitcoin purchase, his tweets may suggest he may be open to crypto investments in the future. ( read original story ...)
The Bank of Japan Might Just Be the Newest Meme Stock
A surge in the stock of Japan’s central bank bewildered investors on Monday. The Bank of Japan, which trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Jasdaq section, surged by the daily limit of 18%, the most ... ( read original story ...)
Column: How did a home built for Japanese American seniors become the state’s deadliest nursing facility?
Three of the four most lethal outbreaks at nursing homes in California were at facilities that volunteered to receive COVID-19 patients from overtaxed hospitals. Kei-Ai Los Angeles led them all. ( read original story ...)
Dan Loeb Is the Latest Billionaire to Dive Into the World of Crypto
The hedge-fund manager referenced Steve Jobs as he called for openly engaging with the subject while maintaining healthy skepticism. ( read original story ...)
Crypto investments: how niche opportunities become mainstream
By Rhian Lewis, author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution February 2021 marked some key moments in the evolution of Bitcoin. Tesla’s SEC filing on February 8 stating that it had bought $1.5 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Coupang Sets IPO Terms Pushing Market Cap Above $48 Billion
A pricing at the $28.50 midpoint of that range would yield net proceeds of about $2.8 billion and would give the Seoul company a market capitalization topping $48 billion. Coupang said current ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Coupang Seeks Up to $3.6 Billion in New York IPO
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $3.6 billion from an initial public offering in New York, which will rank as one of the largest-ever Asian listings in the U.S ... ( read original story ...)