The government of western Japan's Wakayama Prefecture will agree on a settlement with a man over an intimidating police interrogation, whe ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Could Be The ‘Linux of Finance’ By 2040, Says Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum co-founder and crypto rockstar Vitalik Buterin has a bright forecast for the cryptocurrency market volatility and said crypto could be the "Linux of Finance" by 2040. The Canadian programmer ...
Nikkei hits roughly 7-week low in morning on global economic concerns
Japan's key Nikkei index briefly hit a roughly seven-week low on Monday morning, as the increased possibility of interest rate hikes in the United States made some investors concerned about the future ...
Japanese banks offer advice on disaster-risk mitigation
Major Japanese banks are helping corporate clients prepare for the threat of natural disasters. That's as global warming accelerates the frequency of climate-related events.
Why the Yen Is So Weak and What That Means for Japan
The yen has weakened beyond 140 per dollar for the first time in almost a quarter century, mainly because Japan’s central bank is keeping interest rates at rock-bottom levels while the Federal Reserve ...
Cracks are appearing in DeFi, crypto’s ‘Wild West’
Watch the video to learn more about DeFi, how it works, and what’s next for the industry as regulators seek to clean it up.
Japan’s female bosses mapping a course for other women
Kathy Matsui leads one such firm, MPower Partners, which she recently started in Tokyo with two female partners, Yumiko Murakami and Seki Miwa. A former vice chair of investment b ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s services sector shrinks for first time in five months in August: PMI
TOKYO: Japan's services sector activity shrank for the first time in five months in August as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections hurt demand, a business survey showed. The contraction shows that a re ... ( read original story ...)
Ad company may have paid arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic exec for favor
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case, may have been paid by an advertising company seeking favor for one of its client companies during ... ( read original story ...)
World COVID-19 eases as Japan, South Korea report 40% of weekly cases
The COVID-19 situation continues to ease worldwide with a 20% weekly drop in cases and a 17% decline in deaths to rage in Japan and South Korea with 41% of the infections. ( read original story ...)
UK forces crypto exchanges to report suspected sanction breaches
New rules in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover all notionally valuable digital assets ...
Congress’ leading crypto skeptic is a Southern California congressman
Sherman, who chairs a House subcommittee on investor protection, may be the leading crypto skeptic on Capitol Hill. A growing movement in Congress wants to bring more regulation to the nearly ...
‘Blockchain is bunk’: Crypto critics find their voice
John Stark, founding chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, is joining other experts in a major gathering of crypto skeptics.
Here’s the 10-slide pitch deck that Web3 startup Reveel used to raise $1.3 million in pre-seed funding from crypto giants like Binance Labs
Backed by Binance's investment arm, Reveel landed $1.3 million in funding to build out a Web3 protocol that reports on-chain income for creators.
Japan resumes its wooing of Africa, a counter to China’s efforts
Japan, which began developmental programmes in the 1990s, has been eclipsed in recent years by China, now Africa's leading trade partner Pledge to invest US$30 billion on the continent includes a ...
Man disguised as cop steals 22 million yen in cash and gold
NAGOYA--A man posing as a police officer made off with about 10 million yen ($71,400) in cash and 1.5 kilograms in gold bullion worth 12 million yen or so after conning an elderly woman in Chiryu, ... ( read original story ...)