An American passenger bit a female cabin crew member mid-flight on Tuesday, forcing an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Seattle to return to Tokyo, an airline spokesperson said. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks hit 34-year high, but Hang Seng down 3% following China growth data
Asian shares were trading mostly lower Wednesday after a decline overnight on Wall Street, while Tokyo's main benchmark momentarily hit another 30-year high. ( read original story ...)
232 confirmed dead in Jan 1 Japan earthquake
At least 232 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on January 1, local officials said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Sees Its First Ever Weekly ‘Golden Cross’
on bitcoin has crossed over the 200-week SMA for the first time on record, confirming the golden cross. The phrase and its counterpart, “the death cross,” in which the short-duration SMA dips below ...
Shree Marutinandan Tubes IPO: Check GMP, subscription status on day 1, other key details
Premium Shree Marutinandan Tubes IPO will open for subscription on Friday, January 12, and close on Tuesday, January 16. Shree Marutinandan Tubes IPO will open for subscription on Friday ...
Japan’s Nikkei hits 34-year peak but retreats as investors take profits
JAPAN’S Nikkei share average touched a fresh 34-year peak on Wednesday (Jan 17) before retreating sharply to record a second straight session of losses. Read more at The Business Times.
BOJ to go slow in rate hikes after ending negative rate, says ex-central bank official
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may end negative interest rates in April but will likely go slow in any further steps towards normalising ultra-loose monetary policy, the central bank's former ...
32 confirmed dead after Japan’s Noto quake: local gov’t
Local authorities said these fatalities were discovered in the vicinity of the Wajima Morning Market, a popular tourist spot that suffered extensive damage in the earthquake-triggered fires immediatel ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Sees Record 2.73 Million Visitors in December in COVID Recovery Year
Visitors this year are likely to break 2019's record of 31.9 million, but tourist spending last year may have already reached the government's goal of 5 trillion yen ($33.81 billion), said Teppei Kawanishi, general manager at travel industry consultancy mov Honichi Lab. ( read original story ...)
DEATH TOLL FROM POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN’S NOTO RISES TO 232
TOKYO, Jan. 17 (Bernama-Sputnik) -- The death toll from a powerful earthquake and a series of aftershocks that hit the Noto Peninsula in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year's Day has risen to 232, ... ( read original story ...)
Top Crypto Gainers on January 16 – KLAY, FLR, and CHZ
So, while BTC enters a retracement phase, investors are backing other crypto to take profit in the short term. KLAY is trading at $0.225, with an 18.3% increase in the last 24 hours. Remarkably, it gained 30.9% in the last seven days as buyers continue ...
Crypto firm HashKey secures $100 mln funding, exceeds $1 bln valuation
Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey Group said on Tuesday that it raised nearly $100 million after the completion of a Series A financing round, at a pre-money valuation exceeding $1.2 billion.
Japan’s Nikkei hits 34-year peak as weaker yen boosts earnings outlook
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average touched a 34-year peak on Wednesday, as a weaker yen buoyed the outlook for corporate profits, overshadowing the impact from overnight Wall Street declines and ...
Japan households’ inflation expectations fall, cloud BOJ’s stimulus exit path
The median forecast for inflation one-year ahead fell to 8.0 per cent from 10.0 per cent in October, marking the first drop in over three years and hitting the lowest level since September 2022. The ...
OCTB and MUIC Kansai Launch “Tech Tours Kansai” for Custom-tailored Industrial Incentive Trips ahead of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai
Anticipating opportunities presented by Expo 2025 running from April to October 2025, the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau (OCTB) has partnered with Kansai Innovation Center (MUIC Kansai) to launch ...
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall after Wall Street drop, Tokyo hits new 34-year high
Asian shares were trading mostly lower on Wednesday after a decline overnight on Wall Street, while Tokyo's main benchmark momentarily hit another 30-year high. Official Chinese data released ...