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17Nov/21

Startup Global Challenge

November 17, 2021InnovationAnup Dange, Cantons of Switzerland, City: Davos, Company: KPMG International, Company: Twitter, Computing, Davos, Graubünden, Haya, Japan, Organizations, Software, Tanisha Scott, Tourism, Twitter, United Nations Development Group, World Economic Forum, World Tourism Organizationsmbale

Open challenge for accelerating gastronomy tourism initiatives that can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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22Aug/21

PowerX Announces Its Business to Innovate Power Storage and Transmission with “Power Transfer Vessels” and In-house Battery Manufacturing

August 22, 2021InnovationBhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, Embedded, Japan, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Mass mediasmbale

Founded with a vision to change how the world consumes and transfers renewable energy, PowerX today announces its business to innovate power storage and transmission by developing a Power Transfer Vessel to carry electricity from offshore wind farms to shore and also by building a large-scale battery packing facility in Japan to produce EV fast-charging, grid, and marine batteries. Continue reading

15Jul/21

Horses really can fly, even if they’re not called Pegasus

July 15, 2021OlympicsHaneda Airport, Japan, Kantō region, Ōta, Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, Transport in Japansmbale

Can horses fly? Well yes, they can if they’re Olympic athletes!
And in a piece of history-making, 36 of them flew into Japan last night – the first full cargo load of horses ever to land in Haneda, the waterfront airport that serves the greater Tokyo area and which is now welcoming a very different group of Olympic athletes. Continue reading

11Jul/21

Genetic factors linked to response to common antiviral medications

July 11, 2021ResearchAciclovir, acyclovir, Antiviral drug, Clinical medicine, Diols, Ethers, Ganciclovir, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Japan, Medical specialties, Medicine, Organ transplantation, Purines, st. jude children's research hospital, Sweden, Virussmbale

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists and collaborators in Sweden and Japan are reporting that the enzyme NUDT15 plays a role in how patients respond to antiviral therapy with the common drugs ganciclovir and acyclovir. The researchers showed that NUDT15 status can help predict how individuals will respond to treatment for cytomegalovirus, a serious infection common among people who receive bone marrow transplants. The paper was published today in Nature Communications. Continue reading

25Jan/21

Who Knows Generation Z Best? Soul App Gives the Answer as A New Social Playground for A Hundred Million Gen Z

January 25, 2021InternetChina, Comparison of user features of messaging platforms, Computing, Facebook, Internet privacy, Issues relating to social networking services, Japan, Operating systems, Shanghai, social media, Social networking service, Software, South Korea, Zsmbale

SHANGHAI, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Social networking has not been a “blue ocean”, but a rising star is indeed leading the market. Soul App – Chinese version, a representative of new social connections, has recently reached over 100 million registered users and over 30 million monthly active users (MAU) around the world. Topping the Social category list of the App Store in mainland China, SOUL has been a key player in this industry. With their aggressive market entry plans into oversea markets, Soul App has already launched in North America, Japan, and South Korea. Continue reading →

25Jan/21

“A Smartphone Will Become a Car Key”, LG Innotek Develops a “Digital Car Key Module”

January 25, 2021MobileAutomotive electronics, Cheol-dong Jeong, Computer security, Computing, Consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Show, Innotek, Insoo Ryu, Japan, LG, LG Corporation, LG INNOTEK, Science and technology, Seoul, smartphone, South Korea, Technology, Telematics, Ultra-wideband, United Statessmbale

Ultra-wideband technology applied
Industry’s top-level location detection precision with improved security
“Accelerating inroads into the digital key module market”

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — LG Innotek (CEO Cheol-dong Jeong) revealed on the 25th that it had succeeded in developing a digital car key module with improved location detection precision and security. Continue reading →

01Jan/21

CGTN: After ‘extraordinary’ 2020, what are Xi Jinping’s expectations for 2021?

January 1, 2021EconomyASEAN, Asia, Beijing, Chang, China, China–United States relations, Countries, COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, Geography of Asia, Japan, Shenzhen, South Korea, Wuhan, Xi Jinpingsmbale

BEIJING, Jan. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — 2021, a year that marks the beginning of China’s new five-year plan period and the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is knocking at the door. Continue reading →

29Jan/18

Japan to punish hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

January 29, 2018FinanceBitcoin, Blockchains, Business/Finance, Coincheck, Coincheck Inc, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency bubble, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Finance, Financial Regulator, Japan, Japanese yen, Modern currencies, Money, NEM, Politics, Tokyo, Volunteer computing, Yoshihide Sugasmbale

TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 29, 2018) (REUTERS) – Japan’s financial regulator plans to slap an administrative punishment on cyrptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc on Monday (January 29), the top government spokesman said, after the firm lost 58 billion yen ($534 million) worth of NEM coins to hackers. Continue reading →

28Jan/18

Nearly $530 million lost in world’s biggest crypto-currency theft in Japan

January 28, 2018SecurityBitcoin, Business/Finance, China Central Television, City: Tokyo, Coincheck, Company: CCTV, Company: Coincheck, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency and security, Cryptocurrency exchange, Currency, Digital currency, Economy, Exchange, Finance, Foreign exchange market, Grand Theft Auto V, Japan, Japanese yen, Monetary hegemony, Money, NEM, Tokyo, United States dollarsmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – A major Japanese crypto-currency exchange has lost 58 billion yen (about 528 million U.S. dollars) in digital assets after a hacking attack, making it the world’s biggest ever digital currency theft. Continue reading →

13Jan/18

Japan’s latest idol group chants cryptocurrency choruses

January 13, 2018MusicAlternative currencies, Bandwagon, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Currency, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Economy, Edward Baran, Entertainment/Culture, Financial technology, Japan, Legality of bitcoin by country or territory, Money, RARA NARUSE, Tokyo, Uberisationsmbale

A Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon on Friday (January 12), dedicating themselves to singing and dancing about the cryptocurrencies that have taken the world by storm this last year. Edward Baran reports. Continue reading →