The exchange’s outsize role and complex setup had already drawn scrutiny from the Justice Department and the SEC.
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When Warren eventually took her seat at the hearing, her remarks were not about FTX, but instead the focus of her bill: the ways that crypto facilitates global crime. “Crypto has become the preferred ...
Tesla stock fall sinks crypto token dogecoin
Dogecoin's price plummeted on Wednesday, its value closely aligned with the fate of Tesla boss Elon Musk. Throughout November, dogecoin exhibited a price pump after Musk acquired ...
Japanese bonds sustain fresh blow in test of central bank’s low-rate resolve
Japanese government bond prices have lurched lower for the second straight day as markets forcefully challenged the central bank’s assertion that it was not planning to raise interest rates. Yields on ...
Japanese Central Bank Rate Jolt Lowers Tokyo Shares Again
The Nikkei 225 opened lower Wednesday and could not recover, finishing down 0.7% as traders continued to digest the Bank of Japan's surprise Tuesday decision to let a benchmark interest rate rise to 0 ...
Why Japan’s shock policy shift didn’t ‘freak out’ US markets: Morning Brief
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World Expo 2025: Host plans largest wooden canopy, other attractions at Osaka’s man-made island
The five-story structure will also serve as a massive sunshade, shielding people from the sun, rain, and wind. Organizers' design information shows a gently sloping roof soaring from 12m to 20m high w ... ( read original story ...)
Preliminary data indicate influenza epidemic may have started in Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is calling on people to take thorough steps to prevent infections as the seasonal influenza epidemic may have started in the Japanese capital. ( read original story ...)
Three suspects in Tokyo robbery lose challenge over Japan extradition request
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Japan just delivered a lump of coal to investors across the globe
Wall Street just received a big lump of Christmas coal. A surprise announcement from the Bank of Japan sent investors spinning and global markets reeling on Tuesday. The country's central bank signaled that it would reverse two decades of policy precedent and begin to move away from loose monetary policy intended to keep wages and ...
End Of Japan Covid Curbs Triggers Surge In Visitors To Near 1 Mln In November
Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 cur ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo suspends Olympic bid events over Tokyo Games scandal
SAPPORO - The Japanese city of Sapporo will stop promoting its 2030 Winter Olympics bid and hold a nationwide poll to gauge support after a corruption scandal over last year's Tokyo Games, local officials have announced. ( read original story ...)
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
This powerful and compelling narrative history explains how and why the United States mounted massive air raids against Japan during the later stages of World War II. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo mayor says Tokyo bid-rigging hurt its Olympic bid
Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and the Japanese Olympic Committee say they will “discontinue for some time” their effort to land the 2030 Winter Games because of damage done by the Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal. ( read original story ...)
Dior to Unveil ‘Designer of Dreams’ Exhibit in Tokyo
The Japanese capital is the seventh city to host the exhibit, which is very different from its previous iterations. ( read original story ...)
Global Era of Negative Yields Is Ending as Japan Bond Tops Zero
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