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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 WeWor…
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 Pala…
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 i…
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 t…
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 coun…
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…
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 ma…
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 Ne…
All except for one character in particular who SNK has made clear no longer has a place in their flagship fighting franchise. The character in question, K9999, first debuted in King of Fighters …
SoftBank will take control of embattled work space company WeWork, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal will value WeWork between $7.5 billion to $8 billion on a pre-fundi…
