Japan will provide as much as $1.8 billion in subsidies for a slate of storage battery and chip-related projects, Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday, marking Tokyo's latest push ... ( read original story ...)
Women take on Japan’s political gender gap for ‘true democracy’
Women are a rare sight in Japanese politics, but 20-year-old Rinka Saito is determined to run for office one day because "you can't have true democracy without diversity".Saito fought to end a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to end random-testing of passengers from China
Japan will end COVID-19 border control measures specifically targeting visitors from China, effective on Saturday at midnight local time, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news ... ( read original story ...)
Watch planes take off in Japan — from an onsen
Visitors staying at Tokyo Haneda International Airport's newly opened hotel can enjoy plane-spotting and views of Mount Fuji -- all from the relaxing comfort of a rooftop hot spring. ( read original story ...)
Here’s how crypto winter influenced sentiment at one of the industry’s biggest conferences
Crypto World's Talia Kaplan explores how falling digital asset prices and several high-profile bankruptcies have changed sentiment at one of crypto's biggest conferences in the U.S.
Ex-SPAC CFO Gets 3 Years in Scheme to Trade Meme Stocks, Crypto
The former chief financial officer for a group of special purpose acquisition companies was sentenced to three years in prison for a scheme to embezzle more than $5 million to trade in crypto assets ...
Asia markets to rise as Wall Street rallies; investors look ahead to Bank of Japan policy meeting
Asia-Pacific markets are set to rise on Friday after Wall Street logged one of its best days in the year, powered by earnings from Big Tech companies. Investors in Asia will be closely watching as the ...
Tokyo Inflation Speeds Up, Focusing Attention on BOJ Price View
Inflation in Tokyo accelerated again after two months of slowing down, a result that will likely intensify market attention on the central bank’s price outlook to be released after Governor Kazuo Ueda ...
Nagoya’s beloved 6-meter, 600-kilogram mannequin turns 50
First unveilied on April 28, 1973, the towering "Nana-chan" will be celebrated with a day of performances and limited souvenirs. ( read original story ...)
Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders’ meeting
Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries Japan chairs next month in the city of Niigata, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Consumer inflation in Japan’s capital accelerates, keeps BOJ under pressure
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital beat expectations in April and an index stripping away fuel costs rose at the fastest pace in four decades, highlighting the challenge new the central bank ... ( read original story ...)
Ray Dalio says he has a little bitcoin but prefers gold, calling it ‘timeless and universal’
Bitcoin moves unreliably and has a smaller valuation than mega-cap stocks like Microsoft, Dalio said on a podcast.
The Case for Regulating, Not Banning, Crypto
Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith looks at the logical flaws and assuptions made in a recent Foreign Affairs article calling to ban crypto.
Coinbase Armed for Legal Clash Over How Crypto Is Regulated
The biggest U.S. exchange said it would fight the SEC’s claim that much of its business is illegal and try to convince a court that Wall Street regulators lack the authority to oversee cryptocurrency ...
SEC’s Gensler says ‘the law is clear’ for crypto exchanges and that they must comply with regulators
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler wrote in a post on Thursday that crypto exchanges "must come into compliance, register with us, and deal with conflicts of interest." ...
Arm CEO Rene Haas is in line to join SoftBank’s board ahead of his company’s big IPO
Arm is expected to go public later this year in what could be the biggest IPO in history by a semiconductor company.