Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank is taking control of WeWork, and it’s giving WeWork founder Adam Neumann the equivalent of nearly $1.7 billion to sever most of his ties with the shared off…

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He had never picked up a ball before, but he and his friends were so excited about the Rugby World Cup that they played a game in the break on Monday morning.
Eddie in Wonderland: Jones cuts a cartoo…

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Once valued at as much as $65bn, WeWork is now thought to be worth $8bn – less than the $10bn SoftBank had invested in the company before the rescue package.
The payout to Neumann comes as WeWork wei…

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The throne, called the t akamikura, is a 6.5-metre high decorative structure resembling a gazebo.
It was dismantled into 3,000 pieces and transported last year from the former Imperial Palace in Japa…

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Japanese hotel chain HIS Group has apologised for ignoring warnings that its in-room robots were hackable to allow pervs to remotely view video footage from the devices.
The Henn na Hotel is staffed …

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The prime minister, dressed in a tailcoat, then led the guests in three banzai cheers, wishing longevity for the emperor.
In the evening, the couple welcomed guests at a court banquet held for the at…

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KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 19:45 | All, JapanJapanese Emperor Naruhito officially proclaimed Tuesday his enthronement before roughly 2,000 guests, including dignitaries from about 190 countries and …

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By Toma Mochizuki, KYODO NEWS - 11 hours ago - 18:12 | All, Japan, WorldForeign media organizations gathered Tuesday to observe Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, which saw roughly 2,…

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the Tokyo Expressway running through Ginza could be turned into a park filled with greenery.
(Illustration courtesy of Tokyo Expressway)The economic benefits of New York’s High Line have been made cl…

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Japan’s Goddess of the Sun has postponed a typhoon scheduled to hit Japan today until later in the week to allow for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito.
The postponement of Typhoon Neoguri…

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