South Korea and Japan agreed to resume their long-stalled finance ministers' meeting "at an appropriate time this year" as the two countries gear up to normalize economic ties after several years of ...
Japan, South Korea hold first finance leaders’ meeting in 7 years
South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Wang Dongwei, a vice finance minister of China, Governor of Bank of Jap ...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Market Cap Is Surging, But a Retreat from $30K Continues
PLUS: Western crypto innovators with great ideas are eyeing the East for tech-embracing governments and fresh opportunities. A West-East partnership may be crypto's model for the future, the ...
Asia markets set for positive open ahead of Australia’s interest rate decision
Asia-Pacific markets are set for a positive start as most markets reopen after the long Labor Day weekend. For Tuesday, investors will be closely watching Australia’s central’s bank to see if it will ...
S.Korea finmin: S.Korea, Japan, China cooperation more important as world economy at inflection point
South Korea's finance minister said on Tuesday that the trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan and China has became more important as the global economy stands at an inflection point.
Asian finance leaders to debate beefing up market safeguards
Asian finance leaders on Tuesday will debate ways to beef up regional safeguards to better address emergency funding needs during pandemics and natural disasters, as global recession fears and ...
Rising AI Anxiety: Japanese Public Demands Stricter Regulations As Chatbots Invade Daily Life
The growing integration of AI chatbots into contemporary technology and daily life has led to heightened concerns among the public in Japan. A study from the country released on April 30 disclosed ...
Binance to launch operations in Japan next month
Binance’s sprawling empire is about to get bigger as the world’s largest crypto exchange by traded volume is set to launch its operations in Japan after June 2023.
Buy the bitcoin pullback as crypto will have more time to shine later this year, Bernstein says
Crypto dipped to begin May as investors bet that First Republic's failure and subsequent takeover by JPMorgan Chase would bring an end to the regional banking crisis. However, the havoc in the banking ...
Arm’s IPO filing fuels speculation of SoftBank going private
Chip design house Arm's application for an initial public offering in the U.S. has rekindled speculation about a long-rumored management buyout of parent SoftBank Group, as the move would vastly ...
Majority of the people in Japan are scared of AI chatbots
A recent Kyodo News poll reveals that a significant majority of the Japanese public is concerned about the widespread use of AI chatbots, with 69.4% advocating for tighter regulations on artificial ...
Crypto is hitting its ‘trough of disillusionment.’ Like the internet, its next phase will be better
We shouldn't be conducting a postmortem on the crypto industry. The killer app for Web3 may not have even been invented yet.
Is the Federal Government Trying to Kill Off Crypto?
In the crypto industry, the experience of Protego and that of many others like it has led to an almost universal conviction that financial regulators are purposefully trying to put them out of ...
Coinbase Ups The Ante In Its Campaign Against The SEC To Save Crypto In The US
Sometimes people file lawsuits not because they think they will win, but because they know the lawsuit is the only way to ignite the kind of conversation that will effect meaningful change In recent ...
Nikkei Hits Highest Level Since August
The Bank of Japan-fueled stock rally continues in Japan, with the Nikkei Stock Average hitting its highest level Monday since August of last year. Closing Monday up 0.9% at 29123.18, the Nikkei is ...
Stocks Edge Higher, Fed Decision In Focus, First Republic Fail, G-7 Eyes AI, Arm IPO – Five Things To Know
Stock futures edge higher with earnings, Fed in focus; Week Ahead: Fed decision highlights hectic slate on Wall Street; First Republic sold to JPMorgan as regulators take over another failed lender; G ...