Toshiba is considering a $20 billion offer from private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. ( read original story ...)
Regulation could dampen the momentum in the crypto market: WEF official
The big concern is that there will be some kind of regulation that bans the way that people want to hold bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general, or in some cases, might make holding any type of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s FSA and BOJ to investigate high-risk trades by domestic firms after Archegos: Nikkei
Japan's Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan will investigate high-risk trades by domestic firms after the Archegos fallout, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases. The move is a setback for Tokyo organizers, who began the ... ( read original story ...)
Governor of Japan’s Osaka to cancel Olympic torch relay on prefecture streets
TOKYO (Reuters) - The governor of Japan’s major western prefecture of Osaka, Hirofumi Yoshimura, said he would cancel Olympic torch runs slated to take place on the public streets due to a surge in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka cancels Olympic torch run, declares COVID-19 medical emergency
Osaka governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said the street runs would ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Supermicro Delivers the Broadest Portfolio of Application Optimized Systems based on the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
“Researchers and scientists in Osaka University are now working on their own research ... All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ( read original story ...)
Restoration of Japan’s Kumamoto Castle completed after heavy quake damage
KUMAMOTO -- Restoration work on Kumamoto Castle in southwest Japan, which was heavily damaged in the Kumamoto earthquakes in April 2016, has been completed. The iconic castle will reopen to the ... ( read original story ...)
Why Crypto Billionaire Mike Novogratz Bought Facebook Stock
Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz said he’s bought Facebook Inc. stock to benefit from crypto’s ascent and is also shorting the five-year Treasury as a hedge against policy makers pulling back ... ( read original story ...)
Binance CEO Goes All-in on Tokens: ‘I Just Want to Keep Crypto’
OLGA KHARIF: Can you talk a little bit about your early years, starting in China? CHANGPENG ZHAO: My family has been always a little bit nomadic. My mom is an elementary and high school teacher, and ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase’s Nasdaq Listing Fuels Frenzy in Korean Crypto Stocks
(Bloomberg) -- The upcoming Nasdaq listing of Coinbase Global Inc. has fueled a frenzy among Korea investors to pile into the nation’s cryptocurrency stocks, making a broker with a minority stake in a ... ( read original story ...)
Archegos Losses Test Japanese Bank Risk Controls, Fitch Says
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. last week emerged as the third Japanese bank to face losses stemming from the collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management under the weight of billions of dollars ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka set to declare emergency amid record COVID-19 cases – media
Japan's vaccination drive is far behind that of most major economies. About 1 million people in Japan have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot since February, which is less than 1% of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan households’ confidence hits 8-year high, inflation expectations rise
The ratio of households which expect prices to rise a year from now stood at 62.4% in March, up from 60% in December, the Bank of Japan's survey showed on Wednesday. A diffusion index measuring ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to set new record with more than 800 new COVID-19 cases
Osaka Prefecture was set to log more than 800 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, breaking its daily record for the second straight day. The prefecture reported 719 new infections on Tuesday amid growing ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to log record of over 800 new virus cases amid hospital strain
Osaka is set to log more than 800 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a fresh single-day record high, and declare a state of medical eme ... ( read original story ...)