The most-traded national currencies for Bitcoin are the U.S. dollar, the South Korean won, the Japanese yen, and the European Union's euro. Due to government regulations, the Chinese yuan holds 0% of ...
Mizuho and Line to scrap online bank project in Japan
TOKYO -- Mizuho Financial Group and messenger app Line are preparing to abandon plans to develop smartphone-based Line Bank, Nikkei learned on Wednesday, after cost overruns and delays allowed ...
Japanese Man Pays Heavy Fine Worth 11,000 For Smoking 4,500 Times On Job In 14 Years
Osaka: A Japanese civil servant landed in hot waters for smoking on the job more than 4,500 times in 14 years. The man was hit with a fine worth around $11,000 for the same.A report by The Straits ...
Bitcoin rebounds above US$28,000, XRP leads gains among top 10 cryptos
Bitcoin rallied above US$28,000 in Wednesday afternoon trade ... Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 2.06% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.33%. The Shanghai Composite lost 0.16% while the Shenzhen ...
As the crypto industry warns of offshoring, Binance represents the worst-case scenario for U.S. regulators
Proof of State is the Wednesday edition of Fortune Crypto where Leo Schwartz delivers insider insight on policy and regulation. With the crypto industry facing a deluge of regulatory backlash, the ...
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.33%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway&Bus, Rubber and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on ex-dividend stock buying, Softbank soars
TOKYO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed higher Wednesday as investors sought out issues before going ex-dividend, with the market receiving support from heavyweight ...
Japan digital bank IPO defies market downturn
TOKYO -- SBI Sumishin Net Bank on Wednesday became the first Japanese digital bank to go public, an indication that small online lenders now play a growing role in spreading embedded financial ...
Charles Schwab Has 7 Trillion Reasons To Study Japan
But the real clues may come from Japan, which is suffering from a similar amount of aversion to financial change. The ways in which the Fed’s rate hikes slammed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank ...
Japanese Employee Fined Over $11,000 For Taking Smoke Breaks 4,512 Times In 14 Years
According to a report by The Straits Times, the authorities in Osaka laid down the law on the 61-year-old employee, along with two colleagues in the prefecture's finance department, by enforcing a 10 ...
Naomi Osaka on the Mental Health Crisis Among Children—And a New Series of Meditations She’s Recorded to Help
You’re probably also aware of the impact that four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka has had on mental health awareness after speaking out about the matter forcefully and consistently over ... ( read original story ...)
The Screed Against Crypto
This year’s Economic Report of the President, which the White House put out this month, contains a new chapter: a 35-page screed against cryptocurrency.
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.33%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Railway&Bus, Rubber and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei ...
Miki House taps ‘Made in Japan’ appeal for $760 kids pyjamas as home market shrinks
President Hisaichi Kimura said the Osaka-based company, which has developed a global ... "We need to balance that decline by going overseas," he added. "After 52 years in business, we've now finally ... ( read original story ...)
The US case against Binance calls out one of the worst-kept secrets in crypto
If you live in America, you're not allowed to trade crypto derivatives. And if you're a big international platform for trading crypto derivatives, you can't let Americans trade those products if you haven't registered with the boring-sounding but not-to-be-trifled-with federal regulator known as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Japan’s Nikkei ends at near 3-wk high on boost from ex-dividend stocks, SoftBank
TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended at a near three-week high on Wednesday as investors snapped up stocks set to go ex-dividend this week and market heavyweight SoftBank ...