B9 Beverages, which owns Indian craft beer brand Bira 91, has raised $10 million from Japan's largest bank MUFG Bank, months after it secured $70 million in a Series-D funding round, which was led by ...
Japan Finance Minister expects BOJ to work closely with govt
Reuters reported that Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday he expected the central bank to guide policy appropriately in close coordination with the government, taking economy, ...
Itochu has quietly assembled a gigantic VPP of home batteries in Japan
Small-scale renewables and batteries could team up to replace large fossil-fueled plants — it just takes a whole lot of little devices to match what big, old power plants can do. For now, truly massive fleets of decentralized clean-energy devices, ( read original story ...)
Japan Airlines Ends Cheap $48 Fares After Demand Crashes Website
Japan Airlines Co. ended a campaign to sell steeply discounted tickets for domestic flights after demand overwhelmed the carrier’s website. ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall ahead of crucial U.S. jobs data, Bank of Japan decision
The Bank of Japan is widely expected by economists polled by Reuters to make changes to its ultra-dovish monetary policy and hold its interest rates at -0.1%. ( read original story ...)
Tsunami sirens causing 3/11 survivors in Japan to relive trauma of 2011
Each year on March 11 at precisely 2:46 p.m., a siren blares across much of the northeastern Japan region that was devastated in the ... ( read original story ...)
3 arrested in Japan for putting spit on food, utensils is latest in ‘sushi terrorism’ wave
Police in central Japan have arrested three suspects accused of tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi as part of a viral "sushi terrorism" prank. On Wednesday, police in Aichi prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Smash ‘The First Slam Dunk’ Is Scoring In Asia Ahead Of European Rollout
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ... ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Space Has Launched A New Coin Called JP With Japanese Coin Listing Site Called Jptoken
The Company will be constantly developing JP and JPToken so that the company can adapt to the ever-changing crypto world. Japan has something exciting to look forward to with these releases.
Crypto exchanges could face possible class-action lawsuit
Securities lawyer Tom Grady, known as one of the nation’s leading investment fraud attorneys, is preparing for potential litigation against the nation’s biggest crypto exchanges
Crypto investors could be about to lose a big tax loophole as part of Biden’s new budget proposal
Biden will propose changing the tax treatment of cryptocurrency transactions, which could raise $24 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Wells Fargo says buy Signature Bank, the ‘last game in Crypto-town’
Signature Bank is one of the last remaining on-ramps between fiat currency and cryptocurrency after the liquidation of competitor Silvergate.
Top Fed official compares crypto assets to tulip frenzy
In his address, Barr remarked that crypto assets weren't just used by people with ample money for speculation but also by people with limited savings, citing that one-fifth of Ame
Seven & i to close additional 14 Ito-Yokado stores, exit apparel business
Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd said on Thursday it will close an additional 14 Ito-Yokado supermarket stores in Japan and fully exit from the apparel business as part of its structural reform plan. ( read original story ...)
Crypto bank Silvergate collapses; HS2 delayed; US jobless claims jump – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as crypto turmoil leads to an “‘orderly wind down’ and ‘voluntary liquidation’ of Silvergate bank
Bitcoin, ether fall after go-to crypto bank Silvergate announces liquidation
Crypto prices fell Thursday after Silvergate announced its decision to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate.