German bank inundated with damaged money Posted November 16, 2021 Germany’s central bank says it has been inundated with damaged bank notes after deadly floods that hit part of the country in July. The notes are worth more than €50 million (¥6.1…
Business Spotlight: Line Part 2 Posted November 14, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Line has also striven to become a fully comprehensive social network. As early as 2012, it introduced its Home…
Business Spotlight: Line Part 1 Posted November 13, 2021 The Line messaging application has been a mainstay during the pandemic. Thousands of businesses, local governments and individuals across Japan use it to keep the…
Views and Visions: Group buys Part 2 Posted November 7, 2021 Continued from Part 1… A lot of trust is involved since Audrey pays for everyone first. Also, her neighbours collect the eggs on their own. So far, no…
Views and Visions: Group buys Part 1 Posted November 6, 2021 Once every fortnight, my friend Audrey has at least a few hundred eggs delivered to her doorstep. They sit neatly in trays, arranged according to weight and type.…
Slitherin’ snake! Sydney supermarket surprise Posted November 1, 2021 Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face to face with a huge snake. The head of the 3-meter-…
Ancient Solar Boat is moved from pyramids at Giza to Egypt’s new grand museum Posted October 22, 2021 A 4,600-year-old boat in Egypt now has a new home in Giza. King Khufu’s Boat was exhibited for decades at a museum in Giza Plateau. But on Aug. 7, the boat —somet…
Business Spotlight: Japan Airlines Part 2 Posted October 3, 2021 Continued from Part 1… The burst of Japan’s bubble economy also hit JAL, and it started several low-cost airline subsidiaries, including JAL Express, …
Business Spotlight: Japan Airlines Part 1 Posted October 2, 2021 Now that we are over a year into the pandemic, it has been a long time since many of us have been on an airplane. However, if you were to take a flight, it is quite likely that it…
News Mash-up: Media Posted September 13, 2021 HK pro-democracy Apple Daily closes The pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily closed for good June 23 following p…