The sale may signal a potential change in strategy for the Japanese parent group that owns Jil Sander, which is said to be courted by OTB. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: You Just Can’t Keep Tether Down
This controversial stable coin has been in the cross-hairs of the feds, but it's still a hugely popular crypto player. ( read original story ...)
High-Flying Crypto Fund Dumps XRP With Ripple in SEC ‘Hot Water’
Bitwise Asset Management is dumping what was the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency after Ripple Labs Inc. and its top executives were accused by U.S. regulators of selling more than $1 billion of ... ( read original story ...)
The Biden administration can change the world with new crypto regulations
Devoid of any regulatory framework in the past four years we’ve been operating in limbo when it comes to the development and advancement of crypto products. Innovators in the fintech and blockchain ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies pared back
The opening and closing ceremonies of Tokyo's Olympic Games will be carried out with a "simpler, more restrained approach," the Organizing Committee announced on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
5 Great Places for Tokyo Hatsumode – The Biggest New Year’s Event In Japan! (2021)
Many residing in Japan will be unable to travel overseas or back home for the 2020/2021 new year holiday season due to the ongoing pandemic. If that is the same for you, why not take this opportunity ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto-currency firm Ripple charged by US watchdog
Crypto-currency firm Ripple has been charged with conducting investments without proper licences by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The SEC asserted that Ripple's XRP token is a tradable ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks end higher on gains in drugmakers, tech stocks
Japanese stocks ended higher on Wednesday as investors bet the healthcare sector would continue to benefit from a prolonged battle with the coronavirus, while technology shares rose on signs that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan government adviser pressured Harvard with talk of probe before Toshiba vote -sources
A Japanese government adviser told the Harvard University endowment fund that its vote at Toshiba Corp's annual shareholders meeting could be subject to a regulatory probe should it vote against the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Cuts Bonuses to Put More Pressure on Spending
Japanese companies have pared back year-end bonuses for employees by the most since the global financial crisis, putting additional pressure on consumer spending amid signs of a slowing economic ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Account comments
Apart from Japan, only New Zealand (after an overt and brutal lockdown), China, Macau, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, UAE and Qatar. I doubt that any country in Europe or the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Top Court Allows Retrial For ‘Longest’ Death Row Prisoner
Japan's highest court has upheld a ruling granting a retrial to a man described as the world's longest-serving death row inmate, a lawyer for the 84-year-old said on Wednesday. Iwao Hakamada has lived ... ( read original story ...)
White & Case Continues Asia Finance Expansion With Tokyo Partner
White & Case has hired a new partner in Tokyo specializing in debt financing deals. Clara Shirota joins from Clifford Chance where she was a Hong Kong-based consultant advising on leveraged finance ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka firm starts selling ‘fastest accelerating EV in the world’
WAKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A company in western Japan started selling earlier this month what it calls "the fastest accelerating electric vehicle in the world" which takes only 1.69 seconds to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics name Hiroshi Sasaki director for ceremonies
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee appointed Hiroshi Sasaki on Wednesday as the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics and ... ( read original story ...)
Health panel: Tokyo area must do more to stop spread of virus
A health ministry expert panel on Dec. 22 said authorities in the greater Tokyo area must do more to reduce business operating hours and prevent travel to halt the widening spread of novel coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)