Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, with the redesigned bills featuring 3D holograms intended to thwart counterfeiters. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said the ...
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.By ... ( read original story ...)
Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s. The Supreme Court also ordered the government ... ( read original story ...)
Blackstone selling Japan drugmaker Alinamin to MBK Partners
Blackstone and MBK Partners said on Wednesday the U.S. private equity firm is selling Japanese drugmaker Alinamin Pharmaceutical to the North Asian buyout fund.The deal size would be 350 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)
Japan 2024 Pay Deals Conclude With 5.1% Gain, Most in 33 Years
Japan’s annual pay negotiations ended with the highest raises in more than three decades, according to the final tally of the country’s biggest union group, confirming an upward trend in wages sought ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan to launch new floating-rate bonds as BOJ eyes rate hikes
Japan will introduce a new type of floating-rate note that helps investors mitigate the risk from rising bond yields, two government sources told Reuters, a sign policymakers are gearing up for ... ( read original story ...)
Sony’s crypto debut: Tech giant acquires Amber Japan in major move
Sony acquires Amber Japan, marking its entry into the cryptocurrency exchange market. Sony's acquisition boosted its stock price, Bitcoin ETF inflows, and BTC's price action. Sony, Japan's ...
Japan’s Nikkei rises as tech stocks track US growth shares higher
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday as heavyweight technology stocks tracked US megacap growth stocks higher overnight. The Nikkei was up 0.81% at 40,398.35 as of 0142 GMT, after ...
Japan Launches New Banknotes
Japan on Wednesday started issuing new 10,000 yen (61.9 U.S. dollars), 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes, which marked the first ...
Bereaved families sue operator over Hokkaido boat accident
In the lawsuit filed with the Sapporo District Court, the plaintiffs, including the 29 family members of 14 passengers of the sunken boat, are seeking some ¥1,499 million ($9.2 million) in damages ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya ranking list marks the end of one sumo era and the start of another
As the calendar turned to July, the banzuke (rankings) for the last-ever Nagoya tournament at Dolphins Arena (also known as Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) were released by the Japan Sumo Association ... ( read original story ...)
Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting
Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. ( read original story ...)
Victims’ families seek damages over fatal 2022 Hokkaido boat sinking
The families of 14 victims of a fatal tourist boat accident off Hokkaido in 2022 that left 20 people dead and six missing filed Wed ... ( read original story ...)
Kiefer had to ‘make a move for myself’ in transfer to Yokohama
KIEFER Ravena is, indeed, staying in Japan for two more years after signing with Yokohama B-Corsairs. Ravena made the confirmation himself on Tuesday during the media day of Strong Group Athletics, a ... ( read original story ...)
The End Of Japan’s Negative Interest Rate Policy: What It Means For Investors
The end of Japan's negative interest rate policy has helped in igniting some growth in the Japanese stock market with the Nikkei 225 hitting a high in 2024 ...
Asia-Pacific markets are set for mixed open ahead of business activity data from the region
Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed after Fed Chair Powell noted progress on inflation, and ahead of June business activity data in the region. ( read original story ...)