BIOMETRICS: Life Card is to start issuing payment cards with fingerprint verification Japanese credit card issuer Life Card is to begin issuing cards containing a built-in fingerprint verification ...

Nintendo has announced that starting later this year, you'll no longer be able to use overseas-issued payment cards or PayPal accounts in order to pay for content from the Japanese Switch eShop. In a ...

IDEX Biometrics enters a new market, together with LIFE CARD, Japan’s most innovative credit card issuer. This marks the market introduction of biometric payment cards in Japan. LIFE CARD is targeting ...

Oslo, Norway and Tokyo, Japan - 27 January 2025 – IDEX Biometrics enters a new market, together with LIFE CARD, Japan’s most innovative credit card issuer. This marks the market introduction of ...

World Bank Deputy Chief Economist Ayhan Kose has said that the Japanese economy is expected to "deliver healthy growth" over the next two years driven by increased consumption backed by rising wages.

In late December Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi visited China, where he took part in a series of meetings with his counterpart Wang Yi and other Chinese officials. The trip gave the ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

SRS (Anki/Memrise) toolbelt: automate conversion of a list of English/Korean/Norwegian words into Anki cards or course in Memrise, with pronunciation ...

A Japanese man became another victim of credit card fraud in Bangkok while travelling on the Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) train. This incident comes hot on the heels of another credit card fraud ...

Moreira will team up another strong Japanese fancy, Stellenbosch, in Sunday’s Group One Hong Kong Vase (2,400m). The Sakae Kunieda-trained filly won the Group One Japanese 1,000 Guineas (1,600m ...