Meanwhile, the Japanese yen has made a remarkable rally ... benefiting from the diminishing strength of the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has experienced a decline of more than 1%, following a ...
Soccer-Muscat to stand down as Yokohama F Marinos coach
Yokohama F Marinos coach Kevin Muscat will leave the club at the end of the season, the former J.League champions announced on Thursday. Muscat, who replaced Ange Postecoglou at the helm in July 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Yen roars, bonds flinch as Japan teases rates shift
Japan's long-suppressed yen surged and global bond and stock markets flinched on Thursday, as Tokyo's monetary policymakers gave their clearest hints yet that the exit from ultra-low interest rates was approaching. ( read original story ...)
BOJ talk fuels bets on Japan exiting negative rate policy this month
Traders are increasingly betting on the Bank of Japan ending its negative interest rate policy at its Dec. 18-19 meeting sooner than expected, pushing the Japanese yen up ( read original story ...)
Japan pledges $4.5B more in aid for Ukraine, including $1B in humanitarian funds
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country’s recovery efforts ( read original story ...)
Robinhood expands crypto trading to more-regulated European Union
Robinhood Markets on Thursday launched crypto trading for customers in the European Union, expanding into a market with greater regulatory clarity at a time when crypto firms are facing intense ...
JPMorgan CEO Trying to Crash Bitcoin Price? Crypto Shutdown
Jamie Dimon derided crypto before a U.S. Senate committee, failing to mention his firm’s own history of blockchain investment.
Bitcoin Aims For $50,000 Amid Crypto Bull Run Surge, While Bitcoin Minetrix’s BTC Cloud Mining Token Soars To $5M
Running on Ethereum, Bitcoin Minetrix rewards stakers of its native $BTCMTX token with cloud mining credits. Doing so opens up a passive income stream offering a percentage of the mining revenue based ...
Robinhood launches E.U. crypto-trading app in renewed push for global expansion
Robinhood Markets on Thursday launched a new commission-free crypto trading app for customers in the European Union as it makes a renewed push to expand its business outside the U.S. The E.U. launch ...
Japanese stocks fall, yen jumps on bets BoJ may end negative rate policy
ASIA MARKETS Japanese stocks fell and the yen rose Thursday after comments from Bank of Japan officials helped stir expectations the country could exit its decades-long negative interest-rate policy.
Treasury yields rise as traders boost bets Bank of Japan will soon scrap its negative rate policy
BOND REPORT Bond yields rose on Thursday amid concerns the Bank of Japan will soon tighten monetary policy and traders eyed more U.S. jobs data. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury added ...
Signs of Bank of Japan Pivot Slam Tokyo Stocks, Treasuries, and the Dollar Alike
Signs that the Bank of Japan may soon make a major monetary policy pivot have slammed Japanese stocks, Treasuries, and the U.S. dollar alike. Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Wednesday hi ...
Will a fiscal mess thwart Japan’s nascent economic growth?
Kishida Fumio, Japan’s prime minister, plans to splurge. Defence spending is set to double as a share of gdp by 2027. As the population ages, welfare payments will grow. On November 29th parliament ...
To the moo-n: cow dung fuels Japan’s space ambitions
Japan's space industry opened potentially an udder-ly new chapter on Thursday with a start-up testing a prototype rocket engine that runs on fuel derived purely from a plentiful local source: cow dung. ( read original story ...)
Kevin Muscat to leave Yokohama F. Marinos at the end of the season
Australian coach Kevin Muscat has resigned as manager of J1 League powerhouse Yokohama F. Marinos, seeking his next challenge. ( read original story ...)
Japan is ready to provide $4.5 billion for the reconstruction of Ukraine
Japan is ready to provide $4.5 billion for the recovery, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced during an online G7 meeting on Dec. 6. ( read original story ...)