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Crypto Tax Season Is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know
New rules for reporting crypto on your taxes were tucked into the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed by President Biden, including making digital asset brokers provide information about crypto transactions to customers.
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei reverses gains, ends flat ahead of Fed meeting outcome
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index reversed early gains to close flat Wednesday, as investors locked in gains and took a wait-and-see approach ahead of the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's ...
Japan’s central bank buys record gov’t bonds in January
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) bought a monthly record of 23.69 trillion yen (182 billion U.S. dollars) worth of Japanese government bonds in January, the central bank's data showed Wednesday. The purchase ...
Japan’s oldest pro footballer Miura to play in Portugal
League first-division side Yokohama FC, the teams announced jointly Wednesday. “I’m going to make an effort so that people will be able see me playing my kind of football, even in new surroundings,” ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Is Loosening Rules on Masks. Here’s Why People Still Wear Them.
Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its rule this week, masks remain common. ( read original story ...)
SOCCER/ Kagawa returns to former club Cerezo Osaka after 13 years
Former Japan international Shinji Kagawa has rejoined his first club Cerezo Osaka from Belgium's Sint-Truiden, the J-League side said on Wednesday, ending a 13-year spell in Europe which included ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean court says stolen statue must return to Japan
A South Korean court has ruled that a 14th century Korean Buddhist statue should be sent back to a Japanese temple from where it was stolen in 2012 ... ( read original story ...)
MUFG, Japan’s largest bank, launches $100M fund for Indonesian startups
MUFG, Japan’s largest bank by market cap, announced today the launch of a $100 million fund focused on Indonesian startups. The fund, a collaboration between MUFG subsidiaries MUFG Innovation Partners ...
Bank of Japan breaks monthly record for govt. bond purchases
The Bank of Japan broke its monthly record for purchases of long-term Japanese government bonds in January. It has been on a massive bond-buying spree to curb a rise in interest rates to stimulate the ...
Japan central bank buys record $182bn of bonds in January
The Bank of Japan bought 23.69 trillion yen of bonds in January, the largest amount on record, topping the previous high of 16.2 trillion yen reached in June last year. TOKYO (Reuters) -- The Bank of ...
Nomura’s Q3 Profit Grows Despite Investment Banking Slump
Nomura's wholesale division, which houses its investment banking trading and businesses, logged a pretax loss of 1.9 billion yen ($14.58 million), its first loss since the April-June quarter of 2021.
Tokyo’s Nikkei Index Ends Flat As Fed Meets
Tokyo stocks trimmed earlier gains and ended nearly flat Wednesday as investors waited for the US Fed to conclude its policy meeting.
Yokohama’s acquisition of Trelleborg Wheels Systems investigated by UK regulators
England's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an inquiry into to Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd / Trelleborg Wheels Systems H ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura Q3 net profit rises 11%
Nomura Holdings Inc , Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported an 11% rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, as a partial stake sale in an affiliate lifted otherwise weak earnings. ( read original story ...)
Like FTX, Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Used QuickBooks
The use of QuickBooks is redolent of the collapse of another bankrupt crypto firm, FTX. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Celsius, a New Jersey-based crypto lender that declared bankruptcy last summer,