Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been ordered to comply with Japan's regulatory requirements and cease offering services to Japanese residents, after Japan's Financial Services Agency issued a warnin ...
Crypto roundup: Bitcoin drops as US plans to sell over 41,000 BTC
Bitcoin has fallen below $28,000 as regulatory action against the crypto industry intensifies and the US government announces a schedule to sell 41,490 BTC in 2023.
Law firm Jenner hires crypto leader as industry faces regulatory heat
U.S. law firm Jenner & Block said Monday it hired a former U.S. prosecutor from rival Paul Hastings to help lead its financial technology and cryptocurrency practice, as the U.S. government ...
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.52%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ...
Japanese stocks end higher as energy shares rise tracking oil prices
Japanese stocks closed higher on Monday, tracking Wall Street's strength at the end of last week, underpinned by gains in energy-related shares after oil prices jumped on a surprise production cut by ...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang urges Japan to rid relationship of threats after Tokyo vowed tech restrictions
Japan has pledged not to decouple from China as Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for threats to their economic relationship to be eliminated during a meeting with Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa ...
Japan’s MUFG Bank leads $400 million round in DMI Finance
DMI Finance Private Limited, a New Delhi-based non-banking financing company (NBFC), has raised a $400 million equity investment led by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc through its consolidated ...
Japan says 1.5m people are living as recluses after Covid
Fifth of hikikomori cases among working-age people attributed to pressures unleashed by pandemic ( read original story ...)
Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan
Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)
China dissatisfied with Japan’s chip export restrictions -spokesperson
China was strongly dissatisfied with Japan's export restrictions on chip manufacturing equipment, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Investment to acquire 6 multi-family properties in Japan for $141.4m
The six assets comprise 428 premium one-bedroom apartments located close to the commercial districts of Umeda and Namba. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Spectacular towering floats parade in central Japan festival dating back to 1635
Gorgeous towering floats were paraded through this central Japan city on April 1 and 2 in a festival that dates back to 1635.The Inu･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Old footage falsely linked to Tajikistan earthquake
Footage of a violent tremor shaking a room has circulated in social media posts falsely linking it to an earthquake that jolted Tajikistan in February 2023. In reality, the clip has previously ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM Kishida: Country’s financial system is generally stable
Japan's financial system is generally stable,” the country’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement on Monday. PM Kishida said, “we are to pay close attention to foreign and domestic markets ...
Japan manufacturers’ mood sours on global slowdown, service sector bounce cushions blow
Japanese manufacturers' sentiment soured in the first quarter to its worst level in more than two years, eclipsing an uptick in service-sector mood, a central bank survey showed, reinforcing views a strong post-COVID economic recovery is some time away. ( read original story ...)
Scientists capture deepest fish ever recorded on camera off Japan’s coast
A fish swimming over 8km below the sea level off Japan’s coast has been captured on camera by scientists, making it the deepest recorded fish to ever have been photographed. Researchers, including those from the University of Western Australia, ( read original story ...)