Japanese initial public offerings may keep luring buyers after having delivered the biggest gains among newly listed Asian shares this year in the world’s best-performing equity market.Most Read from ...
‘Top dog in Asia’: Nikkei’s stellar rise starts drawing big money
A tailwind behind Japanese stocks is strengthening as large foreign funds who have been avoiding the market for decades start to reach into pockets deep enough to take the Nikkei back to its 1989 peak ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls as investors lock in profits, Fast Retailing drags
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits after a recent rally and due to a decline in Fast Retailing's shares after the Uniqlo brand owner ...
UPDATE 4-Japan’s currency diplomat says Tokyo in constant FX dialog with US
Japan communicating with U.S. on various issues - Kanda * Finance minister confirms Tokyo, Washington in close contact * Nothing to add beyond previous remarks on FX - Suzuki * Authorities look at ...
Now you see it, now you don’t: Osaka Pref. museum exhibits camouflaged bugs
Bugs disguised as tree twigs, flowers, leaves and even other dangerous species are among those on display at an intriguing insect exhi･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the Power Players Driving Tokyo Gendai, From the Dealer Who Discovered Yoshitomo Nara to a Psychiatrist Art Collector
We caught up with six power players who are helping boost Japan's contemporary art scene on the international stage. ( read original story ...)
Crypto funding drops for fifth straight quarter as investors continue to pull back
Capital flowing into the industry dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter since Q1 2022 to $2.34 billion globally.
Larry Fink says ‘crypto is digitizing gold’ and that BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF could help make the sector ‘more democratized’
BlackRock filed an application to create a spot Bitcoin ETF last month and was quickly followed by several other TradFi firms, including Fidelity. The asset manager has a near-perfect record with ...
China, Russia and their BRICS allies have a ‘medium to long term ambition’ to create a dollar rival as a currency, official says
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a BRICS summit ...
UN agency says Japan can release radioactive Fukushima water into sea
Japan could soon start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water into the ocean following approval from the UN's nuclear safety watchdog. ( read original story ...)
Japan can release Fukushima water from tanks with radioactive material, UN says
The water was first contaminated in 2011, when parts of the Fukushima nuclear plant were destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami. ( read original story ...)
Western Japan river turns lime green
A river in western Japan suddenly turned bright lime green Wednesday morning, concerning locals and prompting a quick investigation. Video shared on social media and obtained by Reuters shows a local woman walking her small dog along the strangely-colored Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture's Ikoma city. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Billionaire Cameron Winklevoss Ups Ante In Bankruptcy Dispute With Barry Silbert
Genesis Global Capital, the lending arm of Silbert’s digital assets conglomerate, filed for bankruptcy in January after making bad loans, including to FTX’s sister ...
SEC takes aim at crypto platforms as unregistered exchanges
Sarah Heaton Concannon and Abbey Foote of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed amendments to expand the definition of an "exchange" and other ...
Japan’s Nikkei slips as investors lock in profits, Fast Retailing drags
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a second day on Wednesday as investors booked profits after a recent rally, with Fast Retailing dragging the index after the Uniqlo brand owner posted a drop in monthly sales. The Nikkei index ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends lower on weaker heavyweights
Japan benchmark Nikkei stock index closed lower on Wednesday as weak performances by heavyweights slightly pulled down the market The