SmartHR, a startup helping Japanese employers run HR and staffing smarter — because that’s of course its name — has raised a JPY 1.5 billion ($13.3 million) Series B round led by 500 Startups Japan.

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Japanese bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange BitFlyer has expanded into Europe after it landed a payment license to operate across the EU.

Data from Coinmarketcap.com shows that BitFlyer is the world…

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In the years following World War II, American auto executives visited Toyota manufacturing plants in Japan to examine how the company was able to produce so many vehicles so quickly. They discovered …

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A special week of coverage begins January 22, with a 30-minute special airing from January 27 and features: Lily, Danny Choo, Shinji Nohara, Peter Augustus Owen and Ryotaro Aoki.

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Weather officials say a volcano in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, erupted on Tuesday morning.
At almost the same time, an avalanche nearby left one member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces dead.

The …

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On a day when billions in profits and losses would be determined by split-second trades, the salaried professionals of Japan’s financial markets were glued to their news terminals. Another group was …

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Specialty Yu-Gi-Oh! cards can be expensive and run in the thousands of dollars, like Doomcaliber Knight, worth about $700, and the first Japanese promo version of Dark Magician Girl, which could set …

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Tokyo gets at most one round of heavy snow every winter, and there is one today!

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A group of monkeys at a zoo in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, has been taking refuge from the chilly winter conditions in a hot bath.

Staff at the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden filled a pool wit…

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Japan's business and labor leaders are kicking off their annual wage negotiations, with the focus this year on whether managers will agree to a bigger pay hike amid robust corporate earnings.

The Jap…

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