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Fintech lender Zype raises Rs 90 crore in round led by Japanese VC fund Unleash Capital Partners

The Economic Times · August 6, 2025

Mumbai-based digital lending startup Zype has raised Rs 90 crore in a fresh funding round led by Japanese venture capital firm Unleash Capital Partners. Existing investor Xponentia Capital also participated in the round. This round comes after the...

5 things to know for August 6: Epstein files, Vaccine research, Texas redistricting, Gifford Fire, Weather Service

Local 3 News - Tennessee ·

(CNN) — At least 58 people in New York City have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, and two have died. Authorities suspect that the bacteria, Legionella, is being spread by cooling towers on buildings in Harlem. Legionnaires’ disease...

Senate Advances Landmark Funding Pathway for Military Gambling Addiction Research

Casino Beats · August 5, 2025

Written by Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev is a gambling news writer with several years of experience in the iGaming industry. He started creating promotional content but soon found he loved reporting on the industry itself. Since...

“Like Finding a Diamond”: 16-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Elusive Ant Stuns Scientists

SciTechDaily · August 5, 2025

Photomicrograph of Basiceros enana, a newly discovered extinct dirt ant species preserved in Dominican amber, formed from tree resin that fossilized millions of years ago. Credit: Gianpiero Fiorentino (NJIT) A rare fossil in Dominican amber...

Inside Japan’s first earth-based 3D-printed home

Archinect - California ·

anchor Image courtesy: Lib Work Japanese housing firm Lib Work has completed the country’s first 3D-printed house made primarily from soil. The 1,000-square-foot scheme, located in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, is also a step forward for what the...

The Forgotten Front: How China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Shaped WWII Victory

Tehran Times · August 6, 2025

BEIJING- As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascism War, it is time to re-examine the Eastern Front – a theater of war too often overlooked, despite the...

FB friend from Japan dupes Powai businessman of ₹52 lakh in Bitcoin fraud

Hindustan Times · August 5, 2025

MUMBAI: A 65-year-old businessman from Powai lost ₹52 lakh after an allegedly Japanese woman he befriended online convinced him to invest in Bitcoins and duped him in a cybercrime fraud for a month. The West Cyber police had initially received his...

Blue Lock chapter 314 (part 1): Nigeria and Japan counter each other as Chigiri sets up Isagi

Sportskeeda · August 5, 2025

With the release of Blue Lock chapter 314 (part 1), the manga saw the match between Nigeria and Japan resume. While Nigeria managed to win the free ball, Tabito Karasu's interception allowed Japan to launch their own counterattack. With that, the...

Hiroshima, 80 Years Later: How the Japanese View America and Their History – Part 1

Tunisie Numerique · August 6, 2025

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On August 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Tunisie Numérique takes a closer look at a question rarely examined from this perspective: how does contemporary Japanese...

Garments, Shrimp, Jewellery & Engineering Exports To…

Knowledge & News Network ·

New Delhi, Aug 5 (KNN) India’s exports to the United States could fall by nearly 30 percent in the current fiscal year, from USD 86.5 billion to USD 60.6 billion, if the newly proposed 25 percent import duty by US President Donald Trump is...

A shift in Japan’s fight against child sex tourism in Asia

The Jakarta Post ·

apan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a rare and unusually direct advisory, warning Japanese men against “buying sex from children” in Laos. The move was sparked by Ayako Iwatake, a restaurant owner in Vientiane,...

[News] Solar Panels and Rice Fields Thrive Together in Japanese Agrivoltaics Pilot

LEDinside ·

As countries race to expand renewable energy infrastructure, balancing clean electricity production with land use for food remains a pressing challenge—especially in Japan, where mountainous terrain limits space. A recent study led by researchers...

Lessons from Fire: What Hiroshima, Tariffs and Japan’s Rising Far Right Have in Common

Byline Times · August 6, 2025

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features I’ve spoken extensively with survivors of a nation undone by ambition. A city mayor whose family were...

Drugmaker in Japan seeks approval for stem cell treatment for Parkinson's

Japan Times · August 5, 2025

Sumitomo Pharma said Tuesday it is seeking approval for a Parkinson's disease treatment that transplants stem cells into a patient's brain, following a successful clinical trial. The drugmaker applied to Japanese regulators for manufacturing and...

American First vs Japan First: Ishiba at the Risk of Losing his Premiership

Observer Research Foundation ·

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The United States (US) President Donald Trump’s announcement of the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs has jolted Japan. A tariff rate of 25 percent on Japanese cars and 24 percent on all other Japanese imports has led to a...

Pilots take off on friendship flight to commemorate 80th anniversary of atomic bombings of Japan

KRDO - Colorado · August 6, 2025

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — As they fly wing to wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former US military officer hope their friendship outshines the horror of the blasts that took place 80 years...

Taiwanese vessel suspected of conducting survey in Japan's EEZ for second time

Japan Times · August 5, 2025

Kagoshima – A regional branch of the Japan Coast Guard has said that a Taiwanese research vessel was confirmed to have lowered what looked like a cable into waters in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Kagoshima Prefecture. According to the...

80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped

Japan Times · August 6, 2025

It was a hot, bright morning in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Howard Kakita, a 7-year-old Japanese American, and his elder brother, Kenny, were gleefully returning home after learning that school had been canceled for the day. “We heard that the...

The first atomic bomb is dropped; the opinions of Nichols, scientists

Oak Ridger - Tennessee ·

D. Ray Smith Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. *** Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing General (then Colonel)...

ATM Managed Services Market Forecast and Company Analysis Report 2025-2033 | NCR Atleos, Diebold Nixdorf, Euronet, Fiserv, AGS Transact Technologies, Brink’s, Hitachi, and CMS Info Systems – ResearchAndMarkets.com

Fintech News · August 5, 2025

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “ATM Managed Services Market – Technology & Forecast Outlook 2025-2033” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. ATM Managed Services Market is expected to reach US$ 12.29 billion by 2033 from US$ 8.45...