By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno TOKYO — Women have never found a welcoming home in Japan’s labor unions. Sexism is entrenched. Problems like wage discrimination and sexual harassment at work are often ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Stock Market Plans Revamp to Draw More Investors
TOKYO—The Tokyo Stock Exchange, a former global No. 1 turned also-ran, has a plan for revival that calls for sweeping out the market’s dusty corners where small and lightly traded companies loiter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong NFT Startup Taps Japan’s Intellectual Property Trove
(Nikkei Asia) — Hong Kong blockchain startup Animoca Brands Corp. Ltd. is bringing its expertise in the booming nonfungible token market to Japan, looking to help companies turn content into digital ... ( read original story ...)
Time to ready global response to crypto risks, regulators say
LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Risks from the $2.6 trillion crypto market could grow quickly and regulators need pre-prepared measures to bring the sector to heel, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a ... ( read original story ...)
Global financial watchdog calls for ‘urgent’ action to contain crypto risks
The market value of crypto assets such as bitcoin and ether has risen from about $350bn at the start of 2020 to above $3tn last year © Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Reports 17,331 New COVID-19 Cases
Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo recorded 17,331 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, with the daily tally falling below the week-before level for the eighth straight day. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 17,331 coronavirus infections on Feb. 16
TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 17,331 coronavirus infections on Feb. 16, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, after registering 15,525 cases the day before. Of the 17,331 new patients ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cumulative COVID cases top 4 million as Tokyo logs 17,000 new infections
The figure topped 3 million on Feb. 3 and stood at 4,071,316 on Tuesday. While there are signs that new cases may have peaked in Tokyo and some other prefectures, the health ministry said on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Dome is now a mass vaccination centre for Covid-19 booster shots
In an effort to expedite Covid-19 booster shot inoculations, four Tokyo wards have decided to open a joint mass vaccination centre at Tokyo Dome next month. The facility will open on March 3, ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Speed skating-Champions Canada feel sympathy as Japan fall short
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Canadian women's speed skating pursuit team, who glided to victory at the Beijing Olympics after Japan's Nana Takagi suffered a late fall, said they felt sorry for their rivals ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Starts Second Sale of Oil From Its National Reserves
Japan will sell crude from its strategic reserves from Wednesday, the second time it’s doing so following U.S. calls for help to curb rising prices. About 1.6 million barrels will be offered in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei ends up over 2pc on eased Ukraine fears
TOKYO, Feb 16 ― Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher today ... 2,010.5 after it said it would sell all stakes in a joint venture in China while keeping the business alliance, including intellectual ... ( read original story ...)
Omicron surge was more deadly in Japan after booster delay, critics say
Regulatory approval for the boosters was done according to the law, the ministry said. “In a sense, the current situation in Japan is business as usual and the previous administration and minister ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Space RAN Venture – Combining Land, Air, and Space
The Japanese company had noted, “with these patents, SoftBank and its subsidiary, HAPSMobile Inc., will collectively own approximately 500 HAPS-related patents, including patents pending, further ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps 2% as Asia stocks rise; China’s January inflation slows more than expected
Meanwhile, investors reacted to weaker-than-expected Chinese inflation data. Load Error Japan's Nikkei 225 jumped 2.06% in afternoon trade, leading gains among the region's major markets, while the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares track Wall St higher, tech stocks lead gains
The Nikkei share average (.N225) jumped 2.2% to close at 27,460.40, while the broader Topix (.TOPX) climbed 1.67% to 1,946.63. "Japanese market rebounded from a sharp fall in the previous session ... ( read original story ...)