FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried continued to hold the industry’s attention hostage after a public back-and-forth between Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and yet more sparring with Binance’s CEO. The ...
U.S. Senator Says He Sees ‘No Reason Why’ Crypto Exists
In a Sunday appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Montana farmer and teacher turned U.S. Senator Jon Tester told host Chuck Todd that cryptocurrency has "not been able to pass the smell test for me." ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls as tech stocks drag ahead of Fed meet
The Nikkei ended the day 0.21% lower at 27,842.33, after hitting its highest level since Dec. 2 on Friday. Chip-making equipment giant Tokyo Electron fell 0.98%, ...
Asian shares slump, dollar firms ahead of central bank rate hikes
Asian shares slumped and the dollar firmed on Monday at the start of a hectic week, as markets awaited a flurry of interest rate decisions from the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and ...
Japan eyes higher corporate, tobacco taxes to fund defense spending
Japan is considering raising corporate and tobacco taxes in stages, as well as tapping revenue from a temporary tax measure for its recovery from a major earthquake, to cover a planned increase in ...
Ray Parks, Nagoya complete weekend sweep of Gunma
BOBBY Ray Parks kept the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins' win streak going, sweeping the Gunma Crane Thunders, 85-79, on Sunday in the 2022-23 Japan B.League season at Ota City Sports Park Citizen Gymnasium. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei slips on caution before Fed decision; tech stocks slide
Japan's Nikkei share average retreated on Monday from a one-week high, as U.S. data showing sticky inflation raised worries that the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates higher for longer. Tech and ...
Japan’s wholesale inflation near steady at 9.3% as commodity prices ease
Japan's November wholesale prices rose 9.3% from a year earlier, data showed on Monday, a rate of increase that was almost unchanged from the previous month and showed initial signs of an inflation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Australia, to bolster cyber-defenses, maybe offensive capacity too
Japan, meanwhile, is also revising its cyber security strategy according to Nikkei. The Japanese outlet reports that the nation will reorganize its cyber defenses, and implement a policy of ...
Tokyo’s Broken Bond Market Needs More Than BOJ Tweaks to Heal
A dialing back of massive Bank of Japan bond purchases and even a tweak to yield-curve control would fail to solve the liquidity drought in the country’s debt market next year, according to investors.
Japan school principal shares behind-the-scenes look at radical ‘no rules’ policy
As unreasonably strict school rules continue to cause controversy in Japan, a junior high school in Tokyo has done away with rules altogether ... ( read original story ...)
Young woman arrested in Yokohama after baby’s body abandoned at park
A 20-year-old woman here has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a baby boy at a park, Kanagawa Prefectural Police's firs ... ( read original story ...)
With Tesla battery packs and largest hydrogen tank in Japan, Panasonic tests a factory of the future
Tesla Megapack battery storage, solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells are key to a Panasonic site in Japan testing 100% renewable energy-powered factories. ( read original story ...)
Leaks Reveal Crypto CEOs Are Braced For A $65 Billion Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Earthquake
Bitcoin, ethereum and the rest of the crypto market has been hard hit by a devastating price crash this year and could be about to take another ...
Crypto hasn’t been able to ‘pass the smell test’ for me: Sen. Tester
Should the government be regulating crypto? Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) says “if we regulate it, it may give it the ability for people to think it’s real,” during an exclusive interview with Meet the ...
Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel
Completed in 1972, Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture: 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time ... ( read original story ...)