Investors from Alphabet's CapitalG, Point72 Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and others placed their bets on key fintech trends in 2022 for B2B startups. ( read original story ...)
What Crypto’s Breakout Year Means for the Market in 2022
The cryptocurrency market roughly tripled in 2021, adding $1.5 trillion of value as meme coins such as Dogecoin and Shiba Inu challenged the dominance of Bitcoin. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Mike McGlone ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks fell sharply on rising concerns over Omicron variant
Tokyo stocks finished sharply lower on Monday, with the Nikkei index falling more than 2 percent to below the 28,000 mark, dragged down by losses in the U.S. market late last week and renewed concerns ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Down More Than 2% Over Omicron Fears
Tokyo stocks closed more than two percent lower on Monday over fears of the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Europe and the US. ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs record $317 B extra budget for COVID, economy
Japan’s parliament on Monday approved a record extra budget of nearly 36 trillion yen ($317 billion) for the fiscal year through March to help out pandemic-hit households and businesses. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Govt OKs Taiwan Semiconductor’s New Chip Plant in Japan
World No.1 contract chipmaker TSMC said last month it would build a $7 billion chip plant in Japan with Sony Group. "The technology that will be used in TSMC's new plant in Japan is lagging behind ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, back-to-back tragedies renew calls for boosting neglected mental health resources and education
A pair of high-profile tragedies in Japan over the weekend have highlighted growing concerns about the country’s mental health crisis, which has been linked to the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka Gas enters India’s urban gas distribution market
Japan's Osaka Gas Co said on Monday it has entered India's urban gas distribution market by investing in the local unit of Singapore-based AGP International Holdings (AG&P) as part of its overseas ... ( read original story ...)
Japan enacts record extra budget to boost virus-hit economy
Japan's parliament enacted a record supplementary budget worth over $300 billion on Monday as part of measures to bolster the world's third largest ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Steel product prices unchanged in January for second month
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd, Japan's top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, on Monday said it will hold steel product prices steady in January to ensure an increase implemented in November would be ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese intelligence agency warns of Chinese security threats
A Japanese intelligence agency has warned of economic security threats emanating from China which it says is heading to acquire technology that can be used for ... ( read original story ...)
【2018 Edition】Top 10 Things to Experience in Japan from Spring to Early Summer
Spring to summer is the time in Japan when numerous plants, including cherry blossoms, bloom, and a variety of traditional events are held. This article introduces 10 seasonal events around the ... ( read original story ...)
Omicron and Manchin deliver a one-two punch to global stock markets—crude, crypto and equites plunge
Crude, crypto, Treasury yields and global equities are taking a pounding on Monday. The culprits? D.C. politics and a new wave of pandemic lockdown measures. The first jolt for investors landed ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Barrels Toward 2022 After Adding $1.5 Trillion in Value
Cryptocurrencies were peerless conduits of greed and fear in 2021, alternately minting and wiping out fortunes as they swung wildly while adding some $1.5 trillion in overall market value along the ... ( read original story ...)
Carlyle to have 20th exit in Japan, selling Sunsho Pharmaceutical
Carlyle has agreed to sell its entire investment in Sunsho Pharmaceutical, a Japanese contract manufacturer of health and nutrition products. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 dives 608 points, U.S. dollar in demand
Stocks in Asia recorded solid falls on Monday with futures trading suggesting sharp falls on Wall Street will follow. ( read original story ...)