Category: FINANCE

Ten weeks before the start of the Olympics, Tokyo remains in a state of emergency, 60% of the Japanese people do not want the Olympics to go ahead, and only around 3% of them have been vaccinated for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index plunged nearly 2.5 percent on Thursday, extending a rout on Wall Street as US inflation data fuelled worries about a sudden shift in monetary policy. ( read original story ...)

Manu Bhaker is set to represent the contingent across three events -- the most for any Indian shooter at Tokyo 2021. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets plummeted by around $300 billion over night before slightly rebounding after Tesla billionaire Elon Musk and ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin sent shockwaves ... ( read original story ...)

Court order authorizing a John Doe summons to be served on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken signals more IRS enforcement to come. ( read original story ...)

The stablecoin market, a crucial link between crypto and traditional currencies, is facing calls for tougher oversight, with regulations on both sides of the Atlantic lagging behind the rapid growth ... ( read original story ...)

Staunch supporters of bitcoin on Wednesday night were questioning Elon Musk's crypto bona fides after the CEO of Tesla Inc. said that the company would ... ( read original story ...)

By Eimi Yamamitsu and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to host Olympics athletes due to concerns they will overburden already stretched medical resources ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, extending a rout on Wall Street following US inflation data that fuelled worries about a sudden shift in monetary policy.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)

The surplus of the travel balance, showing the amount of money foreign tourists spend in Japan versus Japanese spending abroad, shrank to ¥264.5 billion. ( read original story ...)

The project will also relocate from Switzerland to the US, as it scales back its global cryptocurrency ambitions. ( read original story ...)

Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to accept overseas athletes competing in the Olympics from July due to concerns about inadequate resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's bank lending slowed sharply in April as corporate fund demand stabilised from last year's pandemic-driven spike, data showed on Thursday, a sign the wall of money pumped by the central bank is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's travel surplus in fiscal 2020 plunged 89.2 percent from the previous year, as the number of inbound visitors nosedived due to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's current account surplus stood at 2.65 trillion yen ($24.16 billion) in March, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday. That compared with economists' median forecast for a surplus of 2.8 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology and telecoms conglomerate Group Corp has transferred its 40% shareholding in mobile ad services platform InMobi - its oldest investment in India - to Softbank Vision Fund (SVF) 2, ... ( read original story ...)