Japan will consider downgrading Covid-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza this spring, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday. ( read original story ...)
Factbox: FACTBOX The many companies in Digital Currency Group’s crypto empire
U.S. crypto company Digital Currency Group (DCG) is at the center of the industry's latest meltdown after one of its companies, Genesis, froze customer withdrawals in November.
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on yen’s retreat, U.S. futures’ rise
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index bounced back Friday, as investor sentiment was lifted by the yen's retreat and U.S. futures turning higher, despite Wall Street's overnight slide. The 225-issue ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on U.S. futures gains, weak yen
Japan's Nikkei share average reversed its early losses to end higher on Friday, as sentiment was boosted by higher U.S. futures after Wall Street losses overnight and a weaker yen. The Nikkei ended ...
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.56%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Retail and Fishery sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.56%. The best performers of ...
Asia-Pacific markets rise as Japan’s inflation data reaches highest since 1981
This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Markets in the Asia-Pacific traded higher on Friday as investors digested Japan's inflation data. The nationwide core consumer price index rose ...
Why Bank Of Japan Needs A Female Leader
Yuri Okina tops shortlists of potential female candidates to replace Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor. Over the next few weeks, Tokyo financial circles will buzz with intrigue over who’s ...
Tokyo core inflation likely double BOJ’s 2% target in January: Reuters Poll
Inflation data in the world's third-largest economy has received unusual attention amid market expectations of a shift in the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) ultra-easy monetary policy. The core consumer price ...
Tokyo core inflation likely double BOJ’s 2% target in January
A leading indicator of Japanese consumer prices likely rose in January at more than twice the speed of the central bank's target, hitting another four-decade-high, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
2 universities in Tokyo that plan merger settle on new name
Two of Japan’s top-ranked universities will be called the Institute of Science Tokyo after their planned merger in fiscal 2024, the two institutions announced on Jan. 19. ( read original story ...)
Japan Tobacco urged to sell drug unit by activist shareholder LIM
Japan Tobacco Inc , the cigarette conglomerate one-third owned by the government, is facing a shareholder motion to sell off its listed drug unit Torii Pharmaceutical Co. to boost shareholder value. ( read original story ...)
First raise for Japan day labourer in 20 years, but McDonald’s out of reach
Masami Fujino got his first raise in 20 years recently, but it's still not enough to let the Tokyo day labourer treat himself to plain McDonald's hamburgers as much as he used to. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor asks people to wear a polo neck to cut climate emissions, save power
Japan’s winter weather has so far been unseasonably warm and scarves have long been popular to keep necks warm ... ( read original story ...)
Why UK banks are blocking transfers to and from crypto exchanges | The Crypto Mile
Many UK high street banks are blocking payments to and from major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase.
Possible whale spotted spouting in Tokyo Bay
A crewmember of a ship sailing near the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Expressway called a sea emergency number at around 1:20 p.m., saying that they had seen "a whale spouting and going under water." A patrol ... ( read original story ...)
Fans wait hours at Tokyo zoo to see panda being sent to China in Feb.
Fans waited up to four hours on Friday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens to catch a glimpse of a popular female giant panda, with on ... ( read original story ...)