Category: FINANCE

Finance Minister Taro Aso marked 3,000 days in office Saturday, at a time when he is struggling to rebuild Japan's finances. Aso, who broke the postwar tenure record at the key cabinet post in 2018, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese e-commerce and entertainment group Rakuten is to receive a $2.2 billion (JPY242 billion) capital injection through a share sale headed by Japan Post, Chinese social media and entertainment ... ( read original story ...)

"Our data shows that things are changing," Robinhood said in a blog post. ( read original story ...)

Grayscale could push its $35 billion Bitcoin Trust, the largest of its kind, into an ETF, but it currently doesn't have an active filing with the SEC. ( read original story ...)

CNBC's Robert Frank explains the surge in demand for NFT and what it could mean for cryptocurrencies. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more ... ( read original story ...)

Mizuho Bank said Friday it has experienced another system glitch and its President Koji Fujiwara will meet the press later in the day ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday, extending their winning streak to four days, with investor sentiment boosted by a weaker yen that l ... ( read original story ...)

History might remember Yoshiro Mori for finally prodding Japan to act against the gender inequality holding back its economy. ( read original story ...)

SBI Holdings announced its initiative to reward shareholders with XRP tokens, which is facing regulatory backlash in the United States but support in Asia. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Rakuten Inc. plans to raise 242 billion yen ($2.2 billion) by selling shares to investors including Tencent Holdings Ltd., Walmart Inc. and Japan Post Holdings Co., bankrolling ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks in Japan rose strongly on Friday dragging mainland China and the Australian markets to positive closes but Hong Kong Hang Seng languished ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index jumped more than 1.7 percent Friday, closing up for a fourth straight session, as investors cheered a new US economic package and the ECB's stimulus bond-buying. The ... ( read original story ...)

The National Public Service Ethics Code sets clear expectations for ministry life in hope of preventing the kind of conflicts of interest in which Suga's eldest son has been implicated. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s benchmark rose 1% while Chinese indexes slipped as ... “With higher growth you get higher interest rates.” The biggest IPO in years rolled out Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange where ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core machinery orders likely dropped in January from December's level, a Reuters poll found on Friday, predicting the first monthly decline in four months as renewed emergency curbs to slow ... ( read original story ...)

Latitude Financial fetched a A$3 bln valuation from a Shinsei Bank investment. That’s about what KKR, Deutsche Bank and Varde were aiming for in previously aborted IPOs. The sums imply a decent return ... ( read original story ...)