JAPANESE advertising firm Hakuhodo DY Holdings will set up a joint venture with one of the nation’s best-known crypto entrepreneurs to help clients build so-called Web3 business. Read more at The ...
Do Kwon says he is not hiding as crypto manhunt intensifies
The co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency operator Terraform Labs has broken his silence after Interpol issued a red notice against him, stressing that he is not in hiding despite an escalating ...
Crypto exchange FTX to acquire bankrupt Voyager’s assets
Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital said on Monday crypto exchange FTX has won an auction for its assets, in a bid valued at about $1.42 billion.
Battling market forces, BOJ conducts special operation to curb rising yields
The Bank of Japan said it would purchase Japanese government bonds in a special operation on Tuesday, with the benchmark 10-year yield brushing against the 0.25% policy ceiling as the central bank ...
Japan’s Nikkei rebound from 2-month low, tech shares lead
Japan's Nikkei rebounded from a two-month low on Tuesday, with technology stocks leading gains, as investors scooped up beaten-down shares following a global sell-off after U.S. Federal Reserve ...
Marketmind: Unstable cable
U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration picture taken June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration ...
Droughts, Ukraine war push global grain stocks toward worrying decade low
Corn struggles with drought in Nance County, Nebraska, U.S. August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Karen Braun/File Photo ...
Japan Holds a Controversial State Funeral for Assassinated Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
A rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began Tuesday in tense Japan where the event for one of the country’s most divisive leaders has deeply split ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s COVID-19 herd immunity near 90% after Omicron wave -study
Japan's population level immunity to COVID-19 has reached about 90% in major population areas after a recent Omicron wave, though that level of protection is likely to diminish in a matter of months, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan protests Russia’s expulsion of official, denies spying
Japan has protested to Russia over the detention of a Japanese consulate official on espionage allegations, denying the allegations and accusing Russian authorities of abusive interrogation ... ( read original story ...)
With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to slain Abe at state funeral
With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years - a ceremony that has become as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia
Tokyo demands apology from Moscow after diplomat subjected to ‘coercive interrogation’ in Vladivostok ... ( read original story ...)
Man riding e-scooter dies after hitting parking block in Tokyo
A man riding an electric kick scooter has died after the vehicle hit a parking block at an apartment complex in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on the nigh ... ( read original story ...)
Tense Japan Holds Funeral for Assassinated Ex-Leader Shinzo Abe
A tense Japan prepared Tuesday for a rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader in his nation's modern history and one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holding state funeral for ex-leader Abe amid tensions
Japan is filled with tension, rather than sadness, on Tuesday as a rare state funeral for the assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , one of the most divisive leader, deeply splits the nation. ( read original story ...)
Japan Demands Russian Apology Over Detention of Diplomat
Japan demanded an apology from Russia for what it saw as the unjust detention of one of its diplomats in Vladivostok, who Tokyo said was blindfolded and physically restrained after the Kremlin falsely ... ( read original story ...)