Fresh data by on-chain analytics firm Chainalysis found that nine figures worth of illicit funds have found their way into the digital asset space.
Singapore’s Keppel DC REIT enters Japan with US$145mil data centre purchase
SINGAPORE: Singapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT and sponsor Keppel are set to buy a data centre in Tokyo for 23.4 billion yen ($145 million), in the REIT's first ...
Japan warns recent exchange rate moves out of line with fundamentals
Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Thursday (Jul 11) he was concerned about recent exchange rate moves that have become dominated by speculation and were out of line with fundamentals, ...
Japan rolls out new banknotes for the first time since 2004, but only 30% of the country’s many vending machines can accept them
and it will continue to play a significant role,” Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday morning, echoing comments by Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki the previous day. Prime Minister Fumio ...
Paris welcomes biggest Japan festival in Europe with Osaka as City of the Year
Osaka takes centre stage as the Japan Expo’s City of the Year which will also host the next World Expo in 2025. The World Expo is one of the oldest and largest international events, held every five ... ( read original story ...)
Cordae And Naomi Osaka Reportedly Welcome A Baby Girl
On Tuesday (July 11), Cordae and Naomi Osaka marked a joyous milestone by becoming first-time parents to a baby girl, as reported by People. The couple initially signaled their expanding family in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls 500km Tokyo-Osaka conveyor tunnel
The Japanese government is considering building a 500km-long underground conveyor system to move freight and consumer goods between Tokyo and Osaka to address a logistics crisis caused by labour ... ( read original story ...)
Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen surges after U.S. inflation data as traders monitor possible intervention
The yen has been combating sustained pressure since the Bank of Japan ended its monetary policy of negative interest rates in March. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has backed the need for ...
Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?
The yen has been sliding to fresh 38-year lows day by day, with market participants on alert for Japanese authorities to step in again, as they did in March, to defend the currency.But a few factors ... ( read original story ...)
Social-media populists have arrived in Japan
Mr Ishimaru “mastered an important social-media skill”, says Michael Cucek of Temple University in Tokyo. He appeared to “speak the truth to power when in fact just spouting negative nonsense”. For ... ( read original story ...)
A founding partner of KFC Japan exits the business after 54 years
The private-equity group Carlyle has taken the Japanese market for the fast-food chicken chain private in an $835 million deal. Mitsubishi ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s pro-crypto stance pressures Biden to adapt
With Republican National Committee's pro-crypto stance, Trump and Biden navigate the new political landscape ahead of 2024 election.
Keppel acquires data center in Tokyo
Keppel has acquired a data center in Tokyo, Japan. Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd, manager of Keppel DC REIT, and Keppel Ltd. announced this week that the companies have entered into an agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Asia markets mostly advance, Japan’s Nikkei crosses 42,000 mark, eyes on US CPI report
Pacific equity market mostly rose, as a rally on Wall Street overnight buoyed sentiment, as shares of US big tech soared amid greater confidence on Fed rate cuts this year. Investors await US CPI data ...
Japan’s Nikkei smashes past 42,000 mark to all-time highs as Asia markets rally on rate cut optimism
In Asia, investors will be watching for any spillover optimism in the region's tech stocks, particularly in Japan.