Tokyo hotels 30%-40% cheaper than New York, Singapore in dollar terms

TOKYO -- A weak yen has helped make Tokyo hotels more affordable for growing numbers of international visitors, and is giving operators an opening to raise their prices.

Tokyo room rates in the fiscal year ended in March averaged $177.30, around 30%-40% cheaper than New York or London, hospitality industry analytics company STR reports.


Japan's Norinchukin Bank eyes raising $7.7bn in fresh capital

TOKYO -- Japanese agricultural lender Norinchukin Bank is considering raising 1.2 trillion yen ($7.7 billion) in capital, aiming to cover unrealized losses stemming from the declining value of overseas bond holdings.

Discussions have begun with Japan Agriculture Cooperatives, one of its main investor, and others, it became known on Saturday. It expects an over 500 billion yen net loss for fiscal year ending March 2025. A large recapitalization is necessary to maintain financial health.


Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX Ice Motherboard Review: Icy, a bit pricy, plenty of USB

Tom's Hardware Verdict

If you’re in the market for a reasonably-priced board with a unique icy white appearance, check out the Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX Ice. It performed well in our tests and has a lot of USB ports, but is missing a PCIe 5.0 M.2 socket.

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    Icy appearance

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Georgia’s president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Critics of the bill say […]

Israel-Hamas war protesters temporarily take over building on University of Chicago campus

CHICAGO (AP) — A group protesting the war in Gaza and demanding that the University of Chicago divest from companies doing business with Israel temporarily took over a building on the school’s campus. Members of the group surrounded the Institute of Politics building around 5 p.m. Friday while others made their way inside, the Chicago […]

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have developed specific and highly credible intelligence suggesting that an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died, the man’s daughter said Saturday. Maryam Kamalmaz said in an interview with The Associated Press that during a meeting in Washington this month with eight senior American […]

Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president’s backers say he shares faith, values

As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians. “Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president […]

Dr. de Villa joins call for federal, provincial collaboration to address Toronto’s drug toxicity epidemic

Toronto’s top doctor says the federal government’s refusal of the city’s request to decriminalize personal possession of controlled drugs and substances further highlights the need to invest in other available evidence-based interventions. On Friday, Federal Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks said Toronto Public Health’s request did not adequately protect public health and maintain public safety. She […]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly released video appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. The video was aired by CNN Friday six months after the R&B singer filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of similar cases and public allegations […]

Linux 6.10 NFSD Brings Optimizations & Preps For New nfsdctl Utility

The Linux Network File System (NFS) server code (NFSD) is seeing a new Netlink protocol introduced in Linux 6.10 as part of laying the groundwork for the new "nfsdctl" utility.

NFSD with Linux 6.10 is adding a new Netlink protocol intended for handling configuration of the NFSD server. The nfsdctl utility is being added to the nfs-utils user-space utilities for leveraging this new protocol.

Oracle's Chuck Lever comments in the pull request :
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