Why Is the Crypto Market Rising Today?

After a rough and difficult patch of downturns and dips , the cryptocurrency market is finally witnessing a bullish momentum on the back of relaxed global macroeconomic headwinds and cooling inflation ...

Japan’s earthquake recovery offers hard lessons for Turkey

Similarities between the calamity unfolding this week in Turkey and Syria and the triple disaster that hit northern Japan in 2011 may offer a glimpse of what the region could face in the years ahead. They're linked by the sheer enormity of the collective ... ( read original story ...)

Turkey Quake Japan Shared Tragedy

FILE - A man rides his motorcycle on a makeshift road amid rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on March 20, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. The 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Blanketed In Snow

The Japanese capital is blanketed with snow on Friday as an icy low pressure system hits the country's central Honshu island. No more heavy snow is forecast for the weekend - Japan's weather agency ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s yen and bond bears delighted by government’s BOJ surprise picks

By Harry Robertson and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese markets reacted with shock on Friday to news that the government had picked academic Kazuo Ueda to be the next central bank governor, but investors quickly snapped up the yen and sold bonds on expectations he will end years of super-easy monetary policy. Whether, when ...

2 Powerful Quakes Link Turkey, Japan and Syria in Suffering

Powerful Quakes Link Turkey, Japan and Syria in Suffering TOKYO (AP) — Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What's left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society? ( read original story ...)