Japan's environment ministry says workers stole and sold potentially radioactive scrap metal from near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Depositors Spar With Pricey Lawyers in Celsius Bankruptcy (and Land a Few Punches)
Small-time crypto traders who invested with Celsius Network have been going toe-to-toe with legal and financial heavyweights—and notching some unlikely victories—as the company works to wrap up its ...
Now you can use your crypto to secure a home loan
Moon Mortgage, a crypto-focused lending firm, now allows investors to leverage their crypto holdings into real estate investments.
The Most Empowering Thing You’ll Hear Today? Oddly Enough, That Mark Cuban Just Lost $870,000 In a Crypto Pfishing Scam
Last Friday Mark Cuban lost approximately $870,000 in a crypto phishing scam. "I'm pretty sure I downloaded a version of MetaMask with some (stuff) in it," Cuban told DL News. He said he had searched ...
Grayscale’s Crypto Fund Discounts Extend Far Beyond Bitcoin
The world’s largest digital asset manager offers 17 products tracking ether, bitcoin cash, chainlink, and many others that trade far away from the value of their underlying collateral. Should ...
Will Japan’s financial sector reforms help Tokyo rival Hong Kong and Singapore?
In New York, PM Fumio Kishida is to outline major plans to entice foreign wealth management firms, looking at the likes of tax, tech, AI and helping female and foreign staff to thrive. ( read original story ...)
Toshiba is set to delist in Japan after 74 years as part of $14 billion deal
Toshiba said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success — a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial ... ( read original story ...)
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: Reaction to demo as Tokyo Game Show starts
Tokyo Game Show has begun, and fans will have their first chance to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Developers Square Enix are launching a demo of the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's FF7 Remake at the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2023 opens with latest video games from Asian developers
Visitors photograph an Endless Dungeon cosplayer at the Sega booth at The Tokyo Game show in Chiba, Japan, on Sept. 21, 2023. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) CHIBA, Japan – The much-anticipated ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s concerns surrounding yen’s weakening intensify, potential intervention in sight
Japan is keeping all options on the table to address the excessive volatility in its currency markets. This statement comes with a renewed caution against the yen’s decline, especially as it ...
Crypto Firms Are Looking Outside the U.S. for Growth
Crypto executives are still hungry for growth. But the U.S. market is now off the menu. After a tough clampdown on crypto firms by U.S. regulators this year—including a high-profile case against ...
How a $500 billion Japanese bank fund will pump the bitcoin price
A “Bitcoin Adoption Fund” from Japan’s $500 billion Nomura bank could usher in a flood of institutional capital and pump the bitcoin price.
Japan TV network will acquire Totoro creator Studio Ghibli as animation studio prepares for future
Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio of Hayao Miyazaki, will become a subsidiary of Nippon Television Network Corp. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive-Japan, Britain and Italy Plan to Place Advanced Jet Fighter Project HQ in UK -Sources
Britain's lead company in GCAP is BAE Systems PLC, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries representing Japan. European missile maker MBDA will also join the project, along with avionics manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Britain's Rolls-Royce PLC, Japan's IHI Corp and Italy's Avio Aero will work on the engine. ( read original story ...)
Japan chip tool firm Kokusai Electric launches $750 million IPO
By Sam Nussey and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric said on Thursday it plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 25, setting the stage for what ...
Japan Chip Tool Firm Kokusai Electric Plans to List on Oct. 25
TOKYO (Reuters) -Chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric said on Thursday it plans to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 25, setting the stage for what could be Japan's largest initial ...