Japan ran its biggest monthly trade deficit in January, reflecting the effects of higher energy prices and a weak yen, Ministry of Finance data showed. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan gets ‘ideas man’ to chart tricky path from negative rates
Now about to return almost two decades later, Ueda faces an equally daunting but different challenge: preparing to lead a pivot from the longstanding ultra-loose monetary regime that has left the Bank ... ( read original story ...)
A 2030 Winter Games in Sweden? Why a possible late bid has a ‘good chance’
Or maybe Falun, Åre or even Östersund, which unsuccessfully bid for the 2002 Winter Games that went to Salt Lake City? ...
Crypto Stocks Jump Despite Looming Regulatory Pressure
The gains suggest investors are taking a proposed SEC rule on digital-asset platforms in stride.
IPO drought will continue, market ‘too risky’
Initial public offerings (IPO) were down in 2022 amid inflationary pressures and economic downturn, and experts don’t predict the market to improve in 2023.
Reddit aims for IPO in second half of 2023 – The Information
Social media platform Reddit Inc is looking to go public later this year, likely in the second half, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The top 100 biotech VCs: Who’s staying at the table and what do they want now?
As we all know only too well, the old playbook on biotech investing got thrown out the window with the end of the IPO boom at the beginning of 2022. We recently tracked VCs' performance last year and ...
Shionogi Advances Ensitrelvir Fumaric Acid COVID-19 Antiviral Clinical Program
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter "Shionogi") today announced progress on its comprehensive clinical development program for ...
SEC proposes rules that would change which crypto firms can custody customer assets
SEC chair Gary Gensler proposed amending federal custody requirements, expanding the rules to include assets like crypto, a change that would require crypto exchanges to gain further regulatory ...
Japan says 3 balloons that floated into its airspace years ago are ‘strongly presumed’ to have been Chinese spy balloons
An curved arrow pointing right. "As a result of further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects that have been confirmed in Japan's airspace in the past, including those in November 2019, ... ( read original story ...)
Former Lotte owner Ikuhiro Kiyota sued Lotte for the contents of the lawsuit and the photos of the affair.
On February 8, former Lotte player Ikuhiro Kiyota, 36, updated his Instagram page to announce that he had settled his lawsuit against Lotte over the termination of his contract. The baseball team ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has “full confidence” Japan will ban LGBTQ discrimination
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has "full confidence" that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people. Sexual ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto index platform Alongside raises $11M led by a16z
Alongside raised $11M led by a16z after launching a crypto index token which gives people broad exposure to the entire crypto asset market ...
Crypto Regulations Update: The SEC Goes After Unregistered Securities
The SEC intends to examine whether crypto companies meet appropriate standards of care when “making recommendations, referrals or providing investment advice.” This shouldn’t be surprising after the ...
SEC Chair Gensler proposes sweeping changes that would require crypto firms to register in order to custody assets
SEC chair Gary Gensler proposed sweeping reforms that would alter the nature of crypto exchanges' institutional and investor custody programs.
FTX bankruptcy judge rejects call for new investigation into crypto exchange’s collapse – court hearing
REUTERS/Marco Bello Feb 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday denied calls for a new, independent investigation into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, saying that the proposed ...