Cryptocurrency prices are higher with a number posting double-digit gains.Cryptocurrency prices were moving higher in what one analyst called "a much-needed relief rally."Bitcoin was up slightly to ...
Tokyo taxi company offers Halloween rides with ghost girl from The Ring
A Tokyo cab company is offering rides with the ghost girl from The Ring to celebrate Halloween. Taxi-hailing app S.Ride is offering trips featuring the character Sadako from the bone-chilling Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Existing Office Buildings Get Filled in 2022
According to global property consultant CBRE, Tokyo's office vacancy rate is rising on the back of new supply. All-grade office vacancy rates rose to 4.9% in Q3 2022, an increase of 0.6 points from ... ( read original story ...)
Bear Market Didn’t Slow Institutional Interest in Crypto, Says Fidelity Survey
The firm continues to combine its institutional investor and crypto interests with the new fourth annual Fidelity Digital Assets Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study. More than half of those ...
Hong Kong May Overturn Crypto Rules, Open Trading to Retail Investors: Report
A new crypto program in Hong Kong may see retail investors welcomed back to the world of trading, but raises questions about China’s influence.
As Bitcoin Teases 100-Day Average, Prominent Traders Say Latest Crypto Bounce Looks More Constructive Than August
Risk assets seem to be breaking out bullishly, with bitcoin challenging its 100-day simple moving average (SMA) that aborted the August rally.The ...
Sapporo raising estimated cost to host Olympics by 17 billion yen
SAPPORO—Soaring consumer prices and the sliding yen forced the Sapporo city government to add 17 billion yen ($116 million) to its estimated cost to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, sources said. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama port locks in CMA CGM to new D5 terminal
The new terminal will have 20% more yard capacity and over double the number of reefer plugs, while the new quay cranes and 16 m draft will be able to handle CMA CGM’s 15,000 teu vessels ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas doesn’t expect major supply problems due to Malaysia LNG pipeline disruption
Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas Co Ltd does not expect its procurement of liquefied natural gas to be heavily affected by recent disruptions to Malaysia LNG supplies due to a pipeline leak ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends lower as U.S. tech giants’ earnings disappoint
Japan's Nikkei stock average closed lower Thursday as sentiment was dented by weak earnings from U.S. tech giants, while some investors hit the sidelines ahead of the outcome of two central banks' ...
Japan’s Nikkei snaps three-day rally; earnings in focus
Japan's Nikkei share average snapped a three-session rally on Thursday, as cautious investors focused on the outlook of individual stocks as earnings season hits full swing.
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.32%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost ...
Sapporo High Court deems July upper house election vote disparity in unconstitutional state
But the Sapporo High Court rejected calls to nullify the poll results in the Hokkaido constituency as sought by the plaintiffs. The ruling is the fifth to be handed down among 16 lawsuits filed across ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Olympic Committee to work on anti-corruption measures
The Japanese Olympic Committee plans to step up talks from around mid-November on how to prevent a recurrence of the ever-widening ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to unveil $200 bln spending package to ease inflation pain – sources
Japan will unveil on Friday a fresh spending package of more than $200 billion that includes steps to curb electricity bills, sources told Reuters, which could tame inflation next year and help the ... ( read original story ...)
What’s up with the Bank of Japan’s unique track?
Bill Mitchell, a professor of economics at the University of Newcastle in Australia, believes Japan’s approach works well, even if it might look like “a crazy system” from the outside. Even after a ... ( read original story ...)