In a welcome move, the UK authorities have taken long-awaited decisions to bring the promotion of crypto assets under the umbrella of financial services regulation. But the devil will be in the ... ( read original story ...)
Can crypto and blockchain gaming change the creator vs corporation narrative?
The CEO of Star Atlas talks about blockchain games, why gamers need to educate themselves about crypto, and what's really in it for them. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei ends at 14-month low as tech stocks fall on Fed tightening timeline
The Nikkei share average lost 3.11% to 26,170, its lowest close since Nov. 24, 2020. The index, which fell for a third straight day, marked its biggest daily decline since June 21, 2021. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei tumbles over 3 pct to 14-month low on Fed rate hike concerns
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index tumbled over 3 percent on Thursday to close at its lowest level in 14 months, as an early sell-off gathered steam on mounting concerns of a U.S. Federal Reserve ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei index losses over 3 pct, lowest intraday level in 14 months
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index lost over 3 percent momentarily on Thursday afternoon, marking its lowest intraday level in around 14 months. The Nikkei index fell 888.58 points, or 3.29 percent, ... ( read original story ...)
Sellers swarm Asian stock markets, Nikkei 225 dives 841 points
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 shattered, losing 841.03 points or 3.11 percent to close Thursday at 26,170.30. The Australian All Ordinaries fell 133.60 points or 1.84 percent to 7,114.50. In late trading, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 2-, 5-year bond yields hit 6-year high on Fed’s rate hike plans
The two-year JGB yield JP2YTN=JBTC jumped 1.5 basis points (bps) to minus 0.055%, and the five-year yield JP5YTN=JBTC gained 1.5 bps to minus 0.010%, their highest since Jan. 29, 2016, when the Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Osaka Steel keeps section prices flat for Feb sales
Osaka Steel, Japan's largest steel sections producer, has decided to keep its prices for February domestic sales unchanged for the third month, to give another month for the spot market to digest the ... ( read original story ...)
Thick fog causes pile-up on expressway near Tokyo, 19 injured
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- A pile-up involving 12 vehicles on an expressway in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo amid dense fog injured 19 people, local authorities said on Thursday. The multiple-vehicle ... ( read original story ...)
19 injured in expressway pileup near Tokyo amid fog advisory
Nineteen people were injured on Thursday after a pileup involving 12 vehicles on an expressway in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
How the Mayor of Tokyo Helped Give Citizen Watches Its Name
Unlike Seiko and Casio—the remaining Japanese Big Three—local language and family lineage didn’t play a part. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsubishi, energy body join Gates’ nuclear project
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency say they have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear energy project with TerraPower, a company started by Bill G ... ( read original story ...)
Only 4% evacuated in northeast Japan area hit by tsunami after Tonga volcanic eruption
Following the massive volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean on Jan. 15, only around 4% of residents in coasta ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average falls 3.01 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average falls 3.01 percent to 26,197.29 on Thursday, while the broader Topix shed 2.42 percent to 1,846.13. TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike
Umaibo, a crunchy corn snack that means ‘delicious stick’, increases in price from ¥10 to ¥12 – the first rise in the face of higher import costs ... ( read original story ...)
Facebook’s foray into crypto is quietly ending
The Diem Association, the consortium Facebook founded in 2019 to build a futuristic payments network, is winding down and selling its technology to a ... ( read original story ...)