The wild event brought Godzilla to a local police station, and press greeted the kaiju as he was appointed chief. The monster was then gifted a sash denoting his new title, and Godzilla hit the ... ( read original story ...)
In Osaka, Takoyaki Is Street Food and Pop Culture
Osaka’s street food district, Dotonbori, is overrun with octopuses. Look in any direction as you wander the overwhelming, neon-lit area and you’ll surely lay eyes on a giant red cephalopod. Some are ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Labor Market Has a Lesson for the Fed: Women Can Surprise You
Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and finite. ( read original story ...)
City of Austin to consider shelling out $87 million for former Tokyo Electron headquarters
Tokyo Electron Ltd. put its 107-acre campus on the market late last year. The property is at 2400 Grove Blvd., just off East Riverside Drive. The Japanese company supplies equipment used to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Trillion Dollar Pension Fund Considers Bitcoin For Diversification
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the world's largest pension portfolios, has recently shown interest in exploring bitcoin.
The Bank of Japan just made a historic rate pivot. Here’s what could happen next
The decision Tuesday sparked a sharp selloff in the Japanese yen, sinking to more than 150 yen to the dollar — a level that's previously prompted intervention from Japanese authorities.Japan's central ...
Bank of Japan’s rate hike sets ‘positive backdrop’ for Japan equities
For the first time in 17 years, the Bank of Japan has hiked interest rates, up to a range of 0% to 0.1%. In response, the Yen has begun to slide against the US Dollar. The change to the nation's key ...
Earthquake-resistant supertall crowned Japan’s new tallest skyscraper
According to developer Mori, it will continue functioning as normal even in an earthquake as severe as the Great East Japan Earthquake, which was a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake in 2011. To ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Advocates For ‘Life-Changing’ Maternity Pay On WTA Tour
Naomi Osaka is joining her former opponent Victoria Azarenka in calling on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to introduce maternity pay. Naomi Osaka is joining her former opponent Victoria Azarenka ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to $62.7K
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.Bitcoin extended losses following the rate hike even as the yen remained under ...
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund Explores Investment In Bitcoin
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund managing over $1.5 trillion in assets, has announced it will explore diversifying a portion of its portfolio into ...
World’s largest pension fund explores bitcoin as an investment
Japan's government pension fund said it is requesting information on "illiquidity assets" such as bitcoin as part of research into potential new investments.
Crypto’s roaring comeback may be harder to undo: podcast
Bitcoin’s price broke its record, nearly two years after crypto exchange FTX went bust. In this Exchange podcast, Andreessen Horowitz’s Arianna Simpson explains why digital assets and the ledgers ...
Dow Holds Steady and Hang Seng Drops, but Nikkei 225 Rally Continues
Nikkei 225 rallies after Bank of Japan decision It would have required a much more hawkish Bank of Japan (BoJ) decision to unsettle the Nikkei 225. As it was, the move out of negative interest rates ...
Japan stocks choppy, yen slides to 150 after BOJ makes landmark policy shift as expected
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Japanese shares were volatile on Tuesday, while the yen fell to near 150 per dollar after the Bank of Japan in a widely expected move ended eight years of negative interest rates ...
Bank of Japan raises interest rates for first time in 17 years
Japan used years of negative rates — where banks essentially ... told The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo Finance ...