The killing of the former prime minister shocked Japan, and the ensuing scandal has shaken the government, says Justin McCurry in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business mood worsens in third quarter, Bank of Japan ‘tankan’ survey shows
Japanese manufacturers' business mood worsened in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed on Monday, bolstering views that the weakening yen and its inflationary impact on business ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-Russian groups are raising funds in crypto to prop up military operations and evade U.S. sanctions
However, experts said that there is not enough liquidity in the crypto system on the scale Russia would require to move money. But with the paramilitary groups, they're moving money on a smaller scale ...
Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Founder, Alex Mashinsky, Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report
Alex Mashinsky, the embattled founder and former CEO of Celsius Network, removed $10 million from the now bankrupt crypto lender weeks before Celsius halted customer withdrawals in June, the Financial ...
‘Crypto paradise’ Singapore stung by high-profile collapses
The international manhunt for Do Kwon, co-founder of collapsed crypto operator Terraform Labs, has put the spotlight on Singapore as the crypto hub’s reputation takes a hit following the failure of ...
Bank of Japan board debated risk of overshoot in inflation, September meeting summary shows
TOKYO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Some Bank of Japan policymakers said inflation may overshoot initial expectations, with one member saying it was important to communicate an exit strategy from ultra-easy ...
Japan’s Business Mood Worsens in Q3 – BOJ Tankan
Service-sector sentiment brightened a tad from three months ago, the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey showed, although retailers were less optimistic due to the rising cost of living blamed on higher ...
Free Stone Adds Quartet to Virtual Sales Slate Ahead of Busan and Tokyo Film Markets
Japanese indie sales Firm Free Stone Productions has added a quartet of new titles to its line-up in time for the rights markets in Busan and Tokyo. The company is unable to travel to Busan and ... ( read original story ...)
Karaoke in Tokyo with your boss: a strategic guide
Take a moment, as the fade-out takes hold, to congratulate yourself on a job well done: you have taken the boss to karaoke and karaoke has taken your boss. Such nights in the sofa-lined, low-lit ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiments cool as cheap yen, costs weigh on Japan
A Bank of Japan survey has found business sentiment among large manufacturers worsened for the third straight quarter. ( read original story ...)
Japan: 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Kyushu, no casualties reported
Kyushu is the southwestern of Japan's main islands and is known for active volcanoes, natural hot springs, and beaches ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake strikes southwestern Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and other areas this morning with no tsunami warnings issued. According to the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo event takes people back to WWII with ‘kamishibai’ propaganda storytelling
Participants at a recent Tokyo bookshop event got a taste of Imperial Japan's World War II-era efforts to indoctrinate the people using tradi ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto ‘may have hit the ultimate bottom months ago,’ analyst says
After those manic price peaks of last year, 2022 hasn’t been kind to crypto buyers but the market’s swoon earlier this year may have put crypto above major stock indexes for the last three months.
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Musk and Dorsey’s Text Correspondence Leaked, Do Kwon Pleads (Further) Innocence
The week began on crypto Twitter with Ukraine DAO—a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that has so far raised millions for Ukraine’s defense and relief work since the start of the Russian ...
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Temporarily Halts Payments and Withdrawals From US Bank Accounts
Coinbase has temporarily halted transactions from U.S. customers, according to a status update made by the crypto exchange at 7:57 a.m. ET Sunday morning. The bug restricts U.S. bank accounts from ...