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Japan’s Honda, GS Yuasa to invest $3 billion for battery development, build plant -Nikkei
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over 400 billion yen ($2.99 billion) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and homes, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG Boosts U.S. Presence Via Bigger Stake in Jefferies
Comparative assessments and other editorial opinions are those of U.S. News and have not been previously reviewed, approved or endorsed by any other entities, such as banks, credi ... ( read original story ...)
30 pct of executives at Japan’s top listed companies should be women by 2030: Japan PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday set a target for women to make up at least 30 percent of executive positions at Japan's top listed companies by 2030. It is crucial to spur innovation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes more women execs
TOKYO: Japan's prime minister ordered his government on Thursday to begin work on increasing the number of women executives in major companies to 30 percent or more by 2030. ( read original story ...)
Asia markets largely higher as new Bank of Japan chief chairs first policy meeting
Asia-Pacific market were largely lower on Thursday as investors focus on the Bank of Japan’s first policy meeting led by new BOJ governor Kazuo Ueda. ( read original story ...)
Elevators considered for Nagoya Castle
NAGOYA, Japan >> Nagoya is thinking about installing small elevators in Nagoya Castle to make the structure accessible to disabled visitors. The addition would come during a wooden reconstruction of ... ( read original story ...)
Boxing: Satoshi Shimizu to fight Ramirez for world title on Inoue card
Japanese boxer Satoshi Shimizu will get his first shot at a world title at age 37 when he takes on WBO featherweight champion Robe ... ( read original story ...)
Days before dying, Japan’s lunar lander snaps glorious photo of Earth during a total solar eclipse
Japan's Hakuto-R lander may have crashed on the moon, but the spacecraft still sent back valuable images. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Storage Provider Zodia Custody Raises $36M From SBI Holdings, Standard Chartered
Zodia Custody will use the funds to increase its token coverage and enhance its settlement product, Interchange.
Foreigners were big buyers of Japanese stocks in week to April 21
Japanese equities attracted big foreign inflows last week as a weaker yen and data showing a rebound in tourist arrivals lifted domestic stocks to a more than eight-month high, bolstering investor ...
Japan’s SMBC plans to triple stake in Jefferies in Wall Street push
SMBC, Japan’s second-biggest bank, first agreed to take a stake of up to 4.9 per cent in Jefferies in 2021 and now plans to raise its ownership to as much as 15 per cent by acquiring shares on the ...
Ticket prices for 2025 World Expo in Japan’s Osaka may spike amid inflation, security costs
The prices of tickets for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka could be raised by more than 30 percent due to increasing inflation and security-related labor costs, local media said on Thursday. The ... ( read original story ...)
Using crypto for crime is not a bug — it’s an industry feature
On the Dark Web — which is “predicated on the use of cryptocurrency”, according to DCI Phil McInerney, who leads on cyber crime at the National Police Chiefs’ Council — crypto is used not just to buy ...
Crypto: What is Pepe Coin? The memecoin that has soared 900%
Pepe Coin experienced a staggering 900% increase in value within just two days of its debut, and its market capitalisation skyrocketed from zero to nearly $100m in a week. Yahoo Finance looks at ...
Navigating Slovakia’s Crypto Landscape: A VASP Density Anomaly
Dissecting the Roots of a Crypto Exchanges Explosion in a Small Nation that houses almost 10 times the number of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) compared to France, despite having only ...