3.5 bil. yen of cryptocurrency stolen from Bitpoint Japan
The Tokyo-based company, established in 2016, said it will compensate the holders of the stolen assets totaling about 2.5 billion yen. The remaining 1 billion yen was lost from the company…
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Japan Just Landed a Spacecraft on an Asteroid, And The Photos Are Nuts
But on Wednesday, the asteroid Ryugu welcomed a special visitor: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe successfully landed on the asteroid's surface at 21:06 ET (01:06 UTC on Thursday). The sp…
Scent of vanilla helps to ease pain: Japanese researchers
KYODO NEWS - Jul 13, 2019 - 16:37 | All, Japan, LifestyleThe aroma of vanilla extract can help to ease muscle pain and tension and may eventually factor into a treatment for stress headache…
Ski resort tackles growing tension between Japanese, foreign residents
Some foreign residents have also been raising their voices to ask that improvements be made to administrative facilities and financial institutions to make life easier for them. A survey conduct…
Debate brewing over Western taste in traditional Japanese tea bowl
Bonnie Kemske, an expert on ceramics and tea bowls and author of "The Teabowl: East and West," regards some of these contemporary bowls highly. Indeed, contemporary Western takes on te…
Tokyo Events This Week: Brazil Day, Fireworks and Handmade in Japan Festival
AITEN Pub Quiz Dates: 17th Jul, 2019 Entry: Adults:On the door: ¥1,000Read morePechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. Touring the Vanishing and Overlooked Architecture of Hong Kong – read more Hong Kong Ch…
Japan Polled Over Nintendo Switch Lite Interest
Are folks in Japan interested in buying a Nintendo Switch Lite? The poll asked Switch owners and non-owners whether or not they planned to purchase a Nintendo Switch Lite. “I already h…
Tackling signs in Japan that you're not welcome
“Foreigners couldn’t stay there.”In recent years, a number of reports of discriminatory expressions on signs have made it into the headlines in Japan. Passing the buck to localitiesThe hate spee…
Japanese airport hotel puts flight simulator in room
Tokyo (CNN) — If you've ever gotten off a long flight and thought to yourself, "I miss being on a plane," then the Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu has the room for you. The airport hotel…
Store featuring Osamu Tezuka's manga characters opens in Asakusa
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 20:22 | Arts, All, JapanA store themed around the work of "Astro Boy" manga artist Osamu Tezuka opened earlier this month in Tokyo's Asakusa distri…