In developed countries, the notion of cash on delivery – COD – is a payments relic borne out of the days of mail order purchases...
Japan’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Paidy announced it has closed a Series C extension funding round led by previous investor ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU previously...
In response to the coronavirus crisis, Japan will provide households with $2,768 as part of its record-setting stimulus package. Bloomberg reports that Prime Minister Shinzo...
Tokyo, Japan’s digital banking startup Kyash has closed a $45 million Series C funding deal co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital, Kyash said in...
A postponement is not a cancellation. But when the time comes for the Olympics to be held, after a year’s delay, the bills tied to...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have moved to postpone the Tokyo summer games until 2021, according to a joint...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus from around the world. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have...
As reservations plummet in a country strongly impacted by the coronavirus, OYO Hotels is reportedly planning to provide funds to hotels in Japan. The startup said it...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mandating that visitors from China and South Korea be quarantined for two weeks due to the expanding Coronavirus outbreak,...