A local entrepreneur in the Japanese tourist destination of Nara has developed an alternative to plastic shopping bags, to protect the town's sacred deer. ( read original story ...)
Japan sticks to nuke fuel cycle despite plutonium stockpile
Japan's government said Wednesday it will pursue its nuclear fuel recycling program that would involve extracting plutonium from spent fuel, despite international concerns about ... ( read original story ...)
British and Irish Lions v Japan: England players set to miss Murrayfield warm-up
England players are set to miss the British and Irish Lions warm-up match against Japan in June because it takes place outside the window for international matches. ( read original story ...)
PayPal’s Big Crypto Move Is All Hype
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are a fun way to skirt money-laundering laws and pay for drugs, but, according to reporting by Reuters, it appears you’ll now be able to use it to pay for Beanie Babies ... ( read original story ...)
PayPal gets into crypto with new features for trading and shopping
PayPal's new cryptocurrency service will launch in the U.S. in the coming weeks and features bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin. By early 2021, the company also plans to let customers use ... ( read original story ...)
Regulation will keep PayPal’s new crypto services from looking anything like crypto
For now, PayPal's crypto payments are more about satisfying regulators than providing users with crypto capabilities. ( read original story ...)
Coinend: 1,2,3 Take off – New Gamified Crypto Prediction Platform
Coinend has announced the launch of its cryptocurrency gamified platform. GPC DIGITAL S.A operates this cryptocurrency-based gamified prediction portal, a ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin soars to new 2020 high on PayPal shift to crypto
Bitcoin, the largest digital coin, soars after PayPal announced that it would allow customers to use cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
PayPal Pledges to Bring Crypto to 26M Merchants, Confirming Market Entry
The New York Department of Financial Services license allows PayPal to offer cryptocurrency services through a partnership with Paxos. ( read original story ...)
Private equity grabs Japan’s carve-out opportunities
Japanese conglomerates have woken up to the need to divest non-core assets; international private equity houses have plenty of dry powder with which to buy them. This happy alignment appears to have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga says aims for quick decision on disposing contaminated water at Fukushima
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A large earthquake shook south-western Iceland on Tuesday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said on its website. WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automakers are gearing up for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to set emission ambition of net zero by 2050: Nikkei
Japan's government will next week pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, Nikkei reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan to pledge to cut emissions to zero by 2050 -Nikkei
Japan's government will soon commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a net basis by 2050, in a shift in its position on climate change, the Nikkei reported on Wednesday, without citing ... ( read original story ...)
Bank Of Japan Believes Global Finance Won’t See Single CBDC Dominating
Kazushige Kamiyama stands as the Bank of Japan (BoJ)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative’s lead. ( read original story ...)
Hit by pandemic, Japan’s ANA to suffer $4.8 billion net loss this year – source
Japanese airline operator ANA Holdings is expected to suffer a net loss of around 500 billion yen ($4.8 billion) for the fiscal year to March after the COVID-19 pandemic battered travel demand, a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares rise on US stimulus hopes
Tokyo shares closed higher Wednesday on renewed hopes for a US stimulus package that also fuelled gains on Wall Street and optimism over ... ( read original story ...)