OSAKA -- A demonstration opposing the bill to revise the immigration law was held in front of the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau in the city's Suminoe Ward on April 13, with protesters ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase’s blockbuster debut is a ‘watershed’ for crypto — but there are risks ahead
But there are a number of risks ahead, such as wild volatility in crypto prices and the potential for stricter regulations. Early Coinbase investor Garry Tan said the market was still in its infancy ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase CEO to Take Crypto Exchange Public After Bringing Bitcoin to Masses
Brian Armstrong, who is working to make bitcoin as accessible to the public as email, foresaw a trillion-dollar revolution. ( read original story ...)
First North American bitcoin ETF soars past $1 billion under management as interest in crypto booms
The first bitcoin ETF in North America has soared past $1 billion in assets under management after just two months in operation, as the crypto boom sends potential buyers piling into the innovative ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei falls 0.44%
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 130.62 points, or 0.44%, to 29,620.99. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 6.37 points, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.44%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Treasury Traders Seek Moment of Truth From Japan’s Lifers
As Japan’s life insurers lay out their annual strategies this month, traders will be looking for the answer to one question -- what do some of the world’s biggest investors plan to do about Treasuries ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Official: Fukushima Plant Water OK To Drink
Japan's Minister of Finance Taro Aso said on Tuesday that he heard that treated radioactive water stored in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is "OK to drink." His remark comes after the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Second chance: clock stopped after Japan tsunami starts ticking a decade later
The century-old temple clock has come back to life when an aftershock of the 2011 quake hit the region ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic torch runs through empty Osaka park
TOKYO -- The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics ran through a mostly empty Osaka city park on Tuesday, showing the risks of trying to hold the postponed games during a pandemic. It came on the same ... ( read original story ...)
12 coronavirus infections at Osaka police station recognized as cluster
TOKYO -- The number of Katano Police Station employees infected with the coronavirus reached 12 and the instance was recognized by the Osaka Prefectural Government as a cluster outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
100 days to Tokyo: pessimism and fear remain in Japan as Games loom
But in Osaka, as in other parts of Japan, the virus is behaving in a way that is frustrating the Tokyo 2020 countdown at every turn. Less than a year after the then prime minister, Shinzo Abe, lauded ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bustling with people at night despite COVID-19 ‘quasi-emergency measures’
Although eateries in Tokyo are subject to requests to close early under the Japanese government's coronavirus "quasi-emergency measures" that took effect on April 12, crowds of people were seen in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toshiba President Steps Down Amid Acquisition Talks
The president of Toshiba Corp. has stepped down, a week after the Japanese technology and manufacturing giant said it was studying an acquisition proposal from a global fund where he previously worked ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba: Japan’s Troubled Megacorp Facing Buyout Drama
Once a shining symbol of Japan's advanced technology and economic power ... But the conglomerate, whose vast business ranges from semiconductor manufacturing equipment and escalators to storage ... ( read original story ...)
UAE partners with Japan’s iSpace to send rover to the moon in 2022
Japanese company iSpace, founded in 2010 ... multimedia news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international news to ... ( read original story ...)