This FTX-branded Visa debit card will link directly to users’ accounts so people can pay for items and services with their crypto balance in FTX wallets.
Best destination for SoftBank’s Arm IPO is nowhere
For Masayoshi Son the biggest question is not where to list Arm, but when. The boss of Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group has been pushing for an initial public offering of the Cambridge-based ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei snaps 4-day winning streak on Fed rate hike woes, chip stocks drop
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index snapped a four-day winning streak Friday amid fresh concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve will push ahead with its aggressive monetary tightening policy. The ...
Nikkei 225 Off 0.7% as Tech Issues Soften
The Nikkei 225 opened lower Friday on overnight Wall Street cues and could not recover, finishing down 0.7% as tech issues lost ground. Railroad stocks rose on hopes for more tourism as Japan eases ...
U.S., S. Korea, Japan hold defense exercises amid rising tensions on peninsula
U.S., South Korean and Japanese warships conducted ballistic missile defense exercises Thursday near the Korean Peninsula in retaliation to North Korea days earlier firing a missile over Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s earthquake warnings to include alerts on long-period ground motions
Japan's Meteorological Agency plans to start issuing alerts in February for long and slow tremors that would affect skyscrapers, as part of its early warnings for powerful earthquakes. ( read original story ...)
EIG unit to buy Tokyo Gas’s stakes in Australian LNG projects for $2.15 bln
TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - MidOcean Energy, a unit of U.S. fund EIG, said on Friday it had agreed with Tokyo Gas Co Ltd (9531.T) to buy the Japanese company's stakes in a portfolio of four Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign exchange reserves fall by record $54bn
Japanese foreign exchange reserves fell by a record amount in September and China’s dipped closer to $3tn as the surging dollar hit two of the world’s most significant pools of central bank assets. ( read original story ...)
Google to invest $690 mln in Japan, CEO Pichai tells Nikkei
Google will open a data centre in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo next year — its first in Japan — which will provide faster and ... extending the run of lacklustre initial public offering (IPO) debut ...
Google to Invest $690 Million in Japan, CEO Pichai Tells Nikkei
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during signing ceremony committing Google to help expand information technology education at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas, U.S. October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brandon ...
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui slapped with administrative order over rules breach
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s financial regulator on Friday ordered Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) to devise measures to improve compliance after the group’s banking and securities arms ...
Japan regulator orders brokerage to halt block trading
Japan’s Financial Services Agency ordered brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities to suspend its block trading operations for three months from Friday as part of penalties in a market manipulation case.
Japan’s international reserves fall to 5-year-low
The reserves fell to $1.24 trillion, the lowest level since March 2017, the Finance Ministry data revealed. The reserves saw the largest decline on record following the Bank of Japan's first ...
Tokyo exchange to remove nearly 500 firms from Topix index
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is set to remove almost 500 firms from the Topix index of primary domestic firms in the bourse's latest reform aimed at attracting more foreign investors. ( read original story ...)
Tiafoe defies ‘really bad’ jet lag to cruise into Tokyo semis
Tokyo (AFP) – Jet-lagged Frances Tiafoe flew into the Japan Open semi-finals in straight sets on Friday, clinching each with an ace to beat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-4. The fourth-seeded ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Koji Fukada to Receive Kurosawa Akira Award
Japan’s flagship festival has revived its world cinema honor after a 14-year hiatus. Previous winners have included Steven Spielberg, Yoji Yamada and Hou Hsia Hsien. ( read original story ...)