Metaplanet Inc. ventures into Bitcoin with a $6.25 million investment, signaling a strategic shift in its financial strategy and embracing the digital asset landscape.
Leak Reveals Another Huge Wall Street Bitcoin ETF Price Earthquake Could Be About To Hit Crypto
A major Wall Street bank leak has fed speculation bitcoin could be hit by another spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) ...
Regulators expected to deal major blow to U.S. crypto market
The SEC is now expected to deny applications for institutional ethereum products, hoisting a roadblock for the second-largest crypto asset.
Bank of Japan holds firm on policy despite falling yen
Japan's central bank stood pat and declined to make a policy change on Friday despite a falling yen because it has not played a major factor on inflation.
Takeda Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Fruquintinib in Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of fruquintinib, a selective ...
Symbol of Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing renewed
SYNOPSIS: Shibuya Tsutaya, a symbol of Tokyo’s Shibuya scramble crossing, is renewed ahead of the Golden Week holiday. Shibuya Tsutaya, a symbol of Tokyo’s Shibuya scramble crossing, was reopened ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest Bills Fan From Tokyo, Japan Dances For The Rookies
There are some Bills fans that are famous among the Mafia: Bills Elvis, Pinto Ron, the ones that go shirtless at every game, the creator of the Bills Mafia Babes, and so many more. However, there is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Cabinet approves bill to regulate tech giants in smartphone business
Japan's Cabinet has approved a bill designed to regulate tech giants to ensure fair competition in the smartphone business. ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kasaya, 1972 Sapporo Olympic ski jumping champion, dies at 80
Former ski jumper Yukio Kasaya, who in 1972 became the first Japanese ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, has died at the age ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kasaya, Japan’s first Winter Olympic gold medalist, dies at 80
Yukio Kasaya, who made history by winning Asia's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in 1972, died from heart disease on Tuesday morning at a hospital in Sapporo. He was 80 years old. His family held ... ( read original story ...)
Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites
Japan’s space agency says it's planning to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time ... ( read original story ...)
GBP/JPY: How high can the pound to Japanese yen pair go?
The pound to Japanese yen (GBP/JPY) exchange rate continued soaring on Friday after the latest Bank of Japan (BoJ) interest rate decision and Tokyo’s inflation data. The pair soared to a multi-decade ...
Yen slumps to fresh 34-year low as Bank of Japan stands pat with no sign of intervention
The Japanese yen fell to a fresh 34-year low versus the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged and gave little indication
Japan brokerage Daiwa’s Q4 profit more than doubles as markets recover
Daiwa Securities Group , Japan's second largest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Thursday a jump of 131% in quarterly net profit from a year earlier, as its wholesale and asset management segments posted record profits.
Seventeen’s latest ‘The City’ project to launch in Yokohama and Osaka
Seventeen’s “'Follow' the City” project will return to Japan from Friday, just before the boy band performs its “Follow Again” encore concerts in Osaka and Yokohama in May. ( read original story ...)
3 arrested for alleged habitual abuse of disabled Osaka Pref. care home resident who died
Three employees at an Osaka Prefecture care facility were arrested on April 25 on suspicion of repeatedly assaulting a resident wi ... ( read original story ...)