TOKYO -- Business sentiment among large Japanese companies in the April-to-June period fell to minus 47.6%, the worst result in 11 years and pointing to intensifying pressure on an economy hit by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Market Loses
The Japanese stock market is declining on Thursday and the yen strengthened against the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve ... ( read original story ...)
Large-scale retail facilities add life to Toranomon Hills Business Tower
Mori Building Co Ltd on Thursday opened retail shops and restaurants at Toranomon Hills Business Tower. A total of 59 businesses on first to third floors and B1, including Toranomon Yokocho featuring ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo expected to lift its coronavirus alert
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is expected to lift its alert for the spread of the coronavirus unless there is a surge in infections on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Organizers Aim To ‘Simplify’ Games
Japanese organizing officials said Wednesday that they want to "streamline" the games, which may include seeking to reduce the total number of participants. They haven't provided specific details. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Startup School: How to build companies by building communities
In week four of a16z’s Crypto Startup School, the spotlight shifts to building companies by growing communities of users, developers and employees in a decentralized context. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: ‘Careless’ Ethereum Users May Be Blowing Their Cover
A recent academic paper revealed that Ethereum is losing its privacy, because people are “carelessly” connecting their real-world identities to their on-chain addresses. Unlike Bitcoin, which creates ... ( read original story ...)
Olympians face punishment if they kneel in protest at Tokyo 2021
The International Olympic Committee has kept guidelines in place for disciplinary action for athletes who participate in protests, which includes taking a knee, for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Blackpink Is Just The Third Korean Group To Chart A Top 40 Hit In The U.S.
With their first placement between Nos. 1 and 40, Blackpink has now become just the third group from South Korea to score a top 40 hit on the Hot 100. ( read original story ...)
Why A Mysterious Crypto User Paid $2.6 Million To Send Merely $130 In Ethereum
An unknown user or company sent $130 in Ethereum (ETH) on June 10. It shocked the crypto community with a fee of $2.6 million. ( read original story ...)
Sane’s summer move still on, as Bayern plan new strategy
Bayern Munich are set to employ a new tactic in their bid to sign Leroy Sane from Manchester City. Sane has been linked with a move to the Bundesliga giants since last summer, and he appeared to be ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games will not be done with splendour, but will be simplified, says CEO Muto
CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday that the rearranged Olympics will "not be done with grand splendour", but will be simplified. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics talk of simplifying, but no specifics so far
Tokyo organizers want to somehow simplify next year's postponed Olympics to keep costs down. Estimates in Japan say the delay alone could cost ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Olympics will be ‘simplified’ in 2021
Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto added that the Olympics will "not be done with grand splendour". Organisers said that they are working on more than 200 ideas to simplify and reduce costs for ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain And Crypto Need To Copy Banks, And That Is A Good Thing
To go mainstream, blockchain and crypto organizations might have to copy the very same banks they were intended to disrupt. ( read original story ...)
Top 10 books about Tokyo
From quiet stories of domestic life to accounts of horrific crime, these books introduce the reader to a vast, almost unknowable city ... ( read original story ...)