NEM News
Police are questioning a Japanese man who accepted a cryptocurrency called NEM in exchange for another virtual currency. Sources close to the investigation say that Tokyo Metropolitan Police inv…
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Illumination
An annual lighting up the famous Zenkoji temple began on Wednesday evening in Nagano, central Japan. The event commemorates the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The temple's main buildi…
1,500 vehicles stuck in heavy snow
About 1,500 cars and trucks are stuck on a 10-kilometer section of a road in Fukui Prefecture due to a snowstorm on Tuesday. A team of rescuers from the Ground Self-Defense Force arriv…
More Henna Hotels
Travel agency H.I.S. Co. is eyeing an ambitious plan to build eight more android-staffed Henn na Hotels in addition to the one it opened in Tokyo's high-end Ginza shopping district on …
Nikkei starts to fall
Tokyo stocks plunged to a 19-month low Tuesday as Wall Street's sell-off delivered heavy blows to investor risk appetite. The Nikkei Stock Average at one point fell more than 1,250 poi…
Snow festival opens in Sapporo
The annual snow festival has opened in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. The 69th Sapporo Snow Festival began in the capital city of Hokkaido on Monday at the main site in Odori Park and an…
Tokyo hosts forum on free-meal program for kids
About 200 people gathered on Sunday in Tokyo to discuss better ways of feeding children from low-income and other disadvantaged families. The subject of discussion was a free-meal prog…
New technique for early detection of Alzheimer's
Researchers in Japan say they have developed a simple technique to detect Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear. The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, or NCGG, and precis…
Court: Ex-US base worker must pay damages
A court has decided that a former civilian worker at a US base in Okinawa must compensate the family of a Japanese woman he has been convicted of killing. The Naha district court on Wednesday ap…
Coincheck to be sued over digital currency theft
A group of lawyers says it is preparing a lawsuit against virtual currency exchange Coincheck in connection with the computer hack that stole a massive amount of digital currency last week. The …