From left to right, Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank,German Finance Minister Christian ...
G-7 finance leaders gather in Japan
Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies meet in Japan to discuss global pressing financial issues. (May 12) ...
Japan’s Rakuten posts $564m Q1 loss on weak mobile business
Rakuten posted a January-March loss of 102.7 billion yen for the mobile business -- though that was narrower than in the same period a year earlier. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rakuten posts $564 mln loss in Q1 on mobile loss
Japanese e-commerce and fintech giant Rakuten Group Inc on Friday posted an operating loss of 76.2 billion yen ($564.24 million) for the first three months of 2023, dragged down by its money-losing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rakuten posts $564m Q1 loss in weak mobile business
Japanese e-commerce and fintech giant Rakuten Group on Friday posted an operating loss of 76.2 billion yen ($564.24 million) for the first three months of 2023, dragged down by its money-losing mobile ... ( read original story ...)
One week since a powerful earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan
Residents of the city of Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, have expressed anxieties one week after a powerful earthquake struck the region. ( read original story ...)
Scholars, journalists to commemorate Koreans, Chinese massacred in wake of 1923 Japan quake
Scholars and journalists announced on May 11 they will hold memorial events around Sept. 1 for Korean and Chinese victims who were massacred ･･･ ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea eye visit by team of experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release
Officials from Japan and South Korea are eyeing a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to ( read original story ...)
Crypto VC Financing Slides 78% In Q1 As Terrible 2022 Takes A Toll
Funds with broad mandates look elsewhere as investments in blockchain-related areas concentrated in infrastructure, services.
Tales From the Crypto Winter
Some acolytes lost faith, others blamed devils—and some went even harder. An essay exploring what happens when the prophecy of blockchain fails.
Nikkei ends at 1-1/2 year-high amid shareholder return boosts
Japan's Nikkei closed at a 1-1/2-year high on Friday, led by gains in chip-related heavyweights, as investors cheered announcements of domestic firms' shareholder returns at the peak of the earnings ...
Nikkei ends at 1.5-year high on solid earnings
The Nikkei stock index closed at the highest point since November 2021 on Friday, driven by solid earnings and optimistic forecasts from some major Japanese firms, although sentiment was hurt by ...
Japan Core CPI Likely Re-Accelerated in April Despite Energy Subsidies Reuters Poll
Japan's core consumer inflation likely re-accelerated in April, a Reuters poll of 19 economists showed, as a flurry of retail price hikes offset the effect of the government's energy subsidies.
G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will debate this week the idea of implementing targeted controls on investments to China, which analysts see as a double-edged sword that ...
Japan’s Rakuten Posts $564 Million Loss in Q1 on Mobile Loss
Japanese e-commerce and fintech giant Rakuten Group Inc on Friday posted an operating loss of 76.2 billion yen ($564.24 million) for the first three months of 2023, dragged down by its money-losing ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares weaken on global growth concerns, Japan outperforms
Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from U.S. and China fuelled concerns of a global slowdown.The mood ... ( read original story ...)