Japanese lawmakers are revisiting reports of flying objects spotted in the skies over Japan about three years ago that appear to be similar to the Chinese balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank tumbles to loss as Vision Fund in red for fourth straight quarter
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp fell to a quarterly loss on Tuesday, as its giant Vision Fund investment unit remained in the red for a fourth straight quarter, sharpening focus on when markets will ...
Japan’s Nikkei inches lower ahead of Powell’s speech
Japan's Nikkei index pared gains to inch lower on Tuesday, as investors awaited a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, while a slew of corporate earnings rendered the market ...
Live updates: Nearly 5,000 dead in Turkey, Syria earthquake amid fears of new humanitarian crisis
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Turkey-Syria earthquake – updates: Death toll climbs to 4,900 – as patients left to die in ‘forgotten’ hospital
Thousands of people have been killed and many more injured after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks caused widespread destruction in Turkey and Syria. ( read original story ...)
Return of Sapporo Snow Festival Draws Thousands
Japan's biggest winter event is welcoming visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The "Sapporo Snow Festival" has returned in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.NHK World's ... ( read original story ...)
Allure of Japan’s powder snow a growing danger as more tourists ski backcountry
The popularity of Japan's crisp powder snow among foreign skiers, surging back into the country, is luring more to seek the thrill of pristine backcountry slopes - sometimes with deadly impact. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank logs $5.9B loss as tech investments tumble
Japanese investor SoftBank Group has sunk into a deep loss for the October-December quarter, slammed by the global plunge in technology shares ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll from earthquake up to 4,000 in Turkey and Syria as rescuers scramble to save those trapped under debris
The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 4,000 after a massive earthquake hit the two countries early Monday morning and could be felt as far as Lebanon and Israel. ( read original story ...)
DCG sells shares in Grayscale crypto trusts in push to raise funds
SoftBank-backed DCG has started to offload its holdings in several investment vehicles run by its subsidiary Grayscale, according to US securities filings seen by the Financial Times. The move to sell down the assets underscores the financial difficulties at DCG as it tries to raise funds to support its collapsed lending units under crypto broker ...
Japan’s Nikkei rises on yen weakness; bank shares gain
Japan's Nikkei index edged up on Tuesday as sentiment was buoyed after the yen weakened, while banking shares led gains on expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may be on track to normalize its ...
Japan buys record 5.6 bil. yen in covert October intervention
Japan's Finance Ministry says the government and the central bank conducted a record single-day yen-buying against the dollar in October. The aim was to stop the sharpest drop in the value of the ...
A glance at the world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000
June 22, 2022: In Afghanistan, more than 1,100 people die in magnitude 6.1 earthquake. Aug. 14, 2021: In Haiti, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake kills more than 2,200 people. Sept. 28, 2018: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia, ( read original story ...)
Countries send rescue teams, aid to Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquake
About 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers were en route to Turkey with trained dogs to help with rescue, part of a huge international response. ( read original story ...)
First Mover Asia: Crypto Is Flat Before Fed Chair Speech; Japan’s SBI Building a Metamask Competitor for Yen-Denominated NFT Trading
Crypto trading is largely denominated in USD, but the United States isn't the center of the digital assets world; bitcoin trades sideways as investors await the latest Jerome Powell comments.
Japan confirms record interventions to support yen
Japan confirmed on Tuesday that it made record interventions in the foreign exchange market in October, selling the dollar worth 6.35 trillion yen ($48 billion) to support the yen currency, Ministry ...