Japan is making efforts to further a gradual thaw in relations dogged by history and a territorial dispute. Concerns about North Korea's nuclear weapons program also featured prominently in the Sunday discussions. Japan has pushed for stricter measures ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake rocks Japan – Ring of Fire on alert
The earthquake registered 5.1 magnitude at struck at a depth of 37 miles off the east coast of Honshu. The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which is home to more than 50,000 people. Morioka-shi, home to nearly 300,000 people, is 73 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pushes China, South Korea for 3-way summit
BEIJING -- The Japanese government is making its final push to convince China and South Korea to come to the table for a trilateral summit in Japan soon. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono arrived in Beijing on Saturday, and will meet with Foreign ... ( read original story ...)
China’s military is turning its aggressive South China Sea tactics on Japan
Additionally, China had never sent a submarine into the contested waters before. Japanese government data that was translated for Business Insider by Nori Katagiri, an assistant professor of political science at Saint Louis University and the inaugural ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister hails Indo-Japan ties in 2017
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has hailed the remarkable progress of Indo-Japan strategic ties in 2017, describing it as a “great year” for bilateral relations. Kono was speaking at the Republic Day celebration event hosted by India’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530 million
The exchange has already reported the incident to the police and to Japan's Financial Services Agency, NHK said. In 2014, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, which once handled 80 percent of the world's bitcoin trades, filed for bankruptcy after losing some 850,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Says Major Nations Agree Not to Target FX Levels
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that major economies have agreed to avoid targeting currency levels for the purpose of trade competitiveness. Aso made the remark when asked about comments by U.S. President Donald Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530 million: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Coincheck, a major cryptocurrency trading exchange in Tokyo, has been hacked into and has lost about 58 billion yen ($534 million) worth of virtual money, national broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. Coincheck posted on its website on ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka: Ex-pro boxer crashed van into police car after chase
Ex-pro boxer Kenbun Torres slammed his van into a police car near JR Osaka Station on Thursday (Fuji News Network) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a former professional boxer after a chase ended with his vehicle ramming into a police car ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Coincheck suffers record $530m virtual currency theft
Around 1 million Japanese residents were said to have virtual currency accounts in the latter half of 2017; that figure recently seems to have surpassed 1.5 million. Nikkei Inc. group company QUICK holds an equity stake in bitFlyer. ( read original story ...)
Japan cryptocurrency exchange loses $657 million in hack
TOKYO -- Japanese media say an exchange has lost 58 billion yen ($ ... It later added that it had restricted dealings in most other cryptocurrencies too. Kyodo News service reported that Coincheck President Koichiro Wada apologized at a news conference ... ( read original story ...)
A SoftBank mobile IPO would pose a tricky debt question
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group's putative plan to take its Japanese mobile phone unit public has gotten a mixed reception in the fixed-income market, where some worry about the possible loss of the core subsidiary as a bond guarantor and the impact that would ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s deployment of F-35A mired in controversy
TOKYO -- Japan deployed its first F-35A stealth fighter jet Friday amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula. But the price tag keeps increasing for the cutting-edge aircraft, and the defense industry here is not happy with its diminished participation ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai business lobby calls for new diplomatic initiatives to strengthen ties with other Asian nations
OSAKA – One of the Kansai region’s leading business lobby groups has called for new diplomatic initiatives to strengthen Japan’s relations with other Asian nations, in a bid to reduce regional tensions and consider a defense policy more independent ... ( read original story ...)
Mail, Japan and Canadian-style populism: how politics touched us this week
The Liberals' election platform promises to "save home mail delivery." OF FREE TRADE WITH JAPAN In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, as Trudeau was consorting with the rich and famous in Davos and the bulk of Canada's trade negotiators were holed up in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Coincheck suffers largest virtual currency theft
Such an attack may have been behind Friday's theft, which tops the 2014 disappearance of roughly 47 billion yen in currency from former Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox as history's largest virtual currency breach. Coincheck "deeply regrets" the incident ... ( read original story ...)