Japan is the biggest consumer of rare earths after China. Beijing dominates the supply chain for the strategic minerals, controlling 60 per cent of mining and more than 90 per cent of refining and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese digital payments group PayPay targets Nasdaq listing
PayPay Corp., a Japanese leader in digital payments, is preparing to enter the world's largest stock market, fintechweekly.com reported, noting that it has filed documents with U.S. regulators for an ...
Crypto News: Pepeto Presale Crosses $7.285M as Bernstein Targets $250,000 Bitcoin and Altcoin Rotation Begins
Pepeto just crossed $7.285M in presale with three working product demos while most projects in 2026 are still shipping promises. That's not the interesting part. The timing is. Bernstein's Gautam ...
Letter debunks postwar rebirth of gold creatures at Nagoya Castle
NAGOYA—The famed “rebirth” of a pair of 17th century gold “shachihoko” tiger-fish ornaments on Nagoya Castle that were smashed in World War II is likely false. Misako Asahi, a curator at the Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)
Japan trade deal to bring $600M ‘diamond grit’ factory to Georgia
President Donald Trump’s administration is promising Georgia will get a $600 million advanced manufacturing plant as part of a trade agreement with Japan. ( read original story ...)
White House floats limited stablecoin rewards in third crypto, bank meeting
Coinbase and Ripple executives were among those who met with banking lobbyists at the White House for talks on stablecoin rewards that are holding up a crypto market structure bill.
Trump says Indo-Pacific energy meeting to be held in Tokyo in March
TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's "National Energy Dominance Council" will hold the inaugural Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum with Japan in Tokyo on ... ( read original story ...)
S Korea calls in Japanese diplomat over annual event asserting Tokyo’s claims to Dokdo
The foreign ministry on Sunday called in a Japanese diplomat to lodge a protest over an annual regional event in Japan claiming sovereignty over South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Internship in English-speaking Niseko provides immersive ‘study abroad’
A unique internship program in Hokkaido, under which Japanese university students work and live for a month at the famed Niseko ski ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US seal $36B deal for gas, minerals that includes Texas
Japan is expected to invest up to $33 billion in the gas plant, which will be led by SoftBank Group Corp subsidiary SB Energy, according to a US Commerce Department fact sheet outlining the ... ( read original story ...)
Abandoned baby monkey charms Tokyo zoo visitors by befriending stuffed orangutan
Punch has had some differences with the other monkeys as he has tried to communicate with them, but zookeepers say that is part of the learning process and he is steadily integrating with the troop. ( read original story ...)
A crypto firm with ties to Trump will ‘tokenize’ some of the president’s real estate empire
Tokenization allows investors to own a share of a real-world asset — in this case, a loan funding the construction of a Trump property in the Maldives.
XRP Price Prediction As SBI Introduces Tokenized Bonds With Crypto Rewards
XRP price climbed 2.09% to $1.44 over the past 24 hours on Saturday's trading session. The token stayed above $1.40 after SBI launched tokenized bonds ...
Bitcoin Price Suddenly Braced For A ‘Massive Trigger’—Predicted To Open The Crypto ‘Flood Gates’ To Trillions
“The Clarity Act would be a massive trigger for the markets,” venture capitalist Michaël van de Poppe posted to X, pointing to the growth of stablecoins following passage of the Genius Act last year.
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Japan finance minister vows ‘wise spending’ for robust economic growth
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama pledged Friday to carry out "wise spending" to achieve a robust economy, stressing efforts to review special tax measures and subsidies as ...