By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese retail sales marked an eighth successive month of annual growth in October, data showed on Tuesday, after full reopening of borders added to the boost from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM seeks to increase defence budget to 2% of GDP in fiscal 2027
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has required cabinet Ministers to increase the nation's defence budget to around 2 per cent of GDP in the fiscal year of 2027 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Retail Sales Rise 4.3% On Year In October
The value of retail sales in Japan was up 4.3 percent on year in October, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Kraken will pay more than $360,000 to settle allegations it violated US sanctions by serving users in Iran
The Treasury Department said Kraken processed 826 transactions valued at $1.68 million on behalf of users who appeared to have been located in Iran.
Live news: Crypto exchange Kraken settles with US on alleged sanctions violations
Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is suing Sam Bankman-Fried to seize shares in Robinhood that the FTX founder allegedly pledged as collateral just days before his exchange collapsed. The lawsuit on Monday came just hours after BlockFi filed for bankruptcy protection having suffered “a severe liquidity crunch” triggered by the failure of Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange.
Crypto Markets Today: BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy Protection, MakerDAO Rejects $500M Proposal to Invest in Bonds and BTC Slides
Crypto lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, indicating it hoped to restructure, continuing operations in the meantime.This
Japan’s Nikkei seen rallying 6% to key 30,000 level by mid-2023: Reuters Poll
Japan's Nikkei 225 share average will rally to the psychological 30,000 level by the middle of next year for the first time since September 2021, according to analysts in a Reuters poll.Investors see ...
Bank of Japan Sees Unrealized Bond Loss for First Time in Over 16 Years
The Bank of Japan reported an unrealized loss on its Japanese government bond holdings for the first time in more than 16 years, reflecting the sharp rise in yields.
Japan PM wants defence budget to reach 2pc of GDP by 2027
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told his cabinet to increase defence spending to two percent of GDP by 2027, up from a longstanding level of ...
In world first, scientists demonstrate continuous-wave lasing of deep-ultraviolet laser diode at room temperature
Hiroshi Amano, Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the blue LED, led a team of researchers that successfully conducted the world's first ... ( read original story ...)
Police invoke old anti-dueling law over Osaka club catfight
"If you're gonna lose your temper, then fight it out with each other," came the command, from Eiichi Ueno, manager of CUBE, a "girls bar" in Osaka's Kita-Shinchi entertainment zone. On Oct 31, Ueno, ... ( read original story ...)
Aston Martin designs another house, this one overlooking Tokyo
In Japan, where so many apartments aren’t much bigger than the cabin of a Bentley, it probably doesn’t makes sense that Aston Martin plans to build a luxury home with a vista overlooking Tokyo. Of ... ( read original story ...)
This New Aston Martin Mega-Mansion in Tokyo Showcases Supercars Like Living Room Artwork
Aston Martin revealed its first private residential estate —a modernist masterpiece in New York’s Hudson Valley. Now the British carmaker is taking its real-estate portfolio overseas with a ... ( read original story ...)
Will Crypto.com Thrive Or Take A Dive Post-FTX?
The crypto exchange FTX went from a valuation of $32 billion to filing for bankruptcy in an abrupt fall from grace, now many investors are concerned about what this means for other exchanges. Here's an update on Crypto.
Fundstrat saw Bitcoin hitting $200,000 before it fell to $16,000. Here’s why they’re still hopeful after a ‘horrific year’ for crypto
“It’s an important moment for the industry,” Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said. “I think there's a lot of people throwing gasoline in a crowded theater and yelling ‘fire.’”
U.S. Crypto Exchange Kraken Settles With Treasury Dept.
The crypto exchange, which had been under investigation for violating U.S. sanctions, agreed to pay $360,000 to settle the allegations.