Miami, host city of the Bitcoin 2022 event we recently visited, doesn’t own or manage the MiamiCoin cryptocurrency, although the coin has enjoyed the support of Mayor Francis Suarez, who at one point ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Is Marked Down As Crypto Winter Wipes Out Billions In Market Value
We’ve gone through painful crypto wipeouts before. Find out why Bitcoin's current price offers both a risk and an opportunity. ( read original story ...)
Japan inks $100 million loan deal to rescue Ukraine economy
Japan signed a 13 billion yen ($100 million) loan agreement with Ukraine Monday, offering financial assistance as the country faces a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Geisha Go More Public
Hoping to revive a long-declining business that took a further hit from the pandemic, the entertainers are performing for large dinner shows and appearing in advertisements ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s financial crisis
TerraUSD was a "stablecoin,” a class of digital tokens supposedly engineered to hold a steady value relative to the U.S. dollar, which is meant to allow for predictable investments like those offered ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to communicate closely with BOJ on econ policy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to pull the economy out of COVID-19-induced doldrums by closely communicating with the Bank of Japan.Kishida told a meeting of his top economic ad ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan’s U.S. Treasury holdings drop to lowest since January 2020 -data
Japan's holdings of Treasuries in March fell to their lowest level in more than two years as a sharp depreciation of the yen against the dollar encouraged Japanese investors to sell U.S. assets to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan signs ¥13 bil loan deal to help Ukraine economy
Japan signed a 13 billion yen ($100 million) loan agreement with Ukraine Monday, offering financial assistance as the country faces an economic crisis due to Russia's invasion. The aid will be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida to work closely with BOJ on economic policy
Close communication between the government and the BOJ is particularly important in Japan, the world's third largest economy ... Haruhiko Kuroda took office in 2013. At the meeting, Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Launches Her Own Sports Agency
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka can relate, as its reported that she recently left her sports agency IMG to launch her own sports agency — EVOLVE. As reported by the Bleacher Report, Osaka and her ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: the collapse of terra and what it could mean beyond crypto
After the crash of the ‘stablecoin’ sparked panic, could the fall of the wider crypto market lead to a more permanent economic crunch? ( read original story ...)
Customers at Many Crypto Platforms Could Lose Funds in a Bankruptcy
Some crypto trading platforms commingle funds from many customers. It's a stark contrast to what investors are familiar with from stockbrokers. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Investment Bank Nomura To Launch Bitcoin, Crypto Subsidiary
One of Japan’s most prominent investment banking broker is set to launch a subsidiary focused on bitcoin and other cryptocurrency products. ( read original story ...)
Japan Allocates Ukraine USD 100 Million Loan On Preferential Terms
Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka have signed an agreement to provide Ukraine with a loan of USD 100 million on ... ( read original story ...)
Grace Norman, Melissa Stockwell Lead The Way In Yokohama Paratriathlons, Triathlons
Racing in rainy and wet conditions in Yokohama, Japan, Grace Norman and Melissa Stockwell each grabbed wins Saturday to open the 2022 World Triathlon Para Series. The Paralympic medalists joined Kyle ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Turns Its Attention to Economic Security
This, along with a revision of national strategy and a long-term defense plan, will enhance Japan’s ability to navigate the growing geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific and across the globe. ( read original story ...)