Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, came in at 3% as expected by economists polled by Reuters.
Japan’s core inflation accelerates in October, stays above BOJ target
Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0% in October from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2% target and keeping alive expectations of a near-term interest rate ...
Foxconn to spend up to $3 billion a year on AI, chair sees China EV shakeout
Foxconn will invest $2 billion to $3 billion a year in AI, the head of the world's largest contract electronics maker told Reuters. Foxconn Chairman Young Liu also said he expects a shakeout in China ...
Japan signals chance of currency intervention, yen rises
Japan sees currency intervention as a possibility in dealing with excessively volatile and speculative moves in the yen, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday, in the strongest warning to ...
Analysis-Scramble to sell Japan sounds fiscal warning bells
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) -Investors bailing out of the yen and Japan's government bonds have driven borrowing costs there to record highs, bending markets out of shape and piling pressure on the ...
Japan FinMin Katayama: FX intervention is an option since it is mentioned in Japan-US agreement in September
FX intervention is an option since it is mentioned in Japan-US agreement in September Japan Finance Minister Katayama: recently seeing one-sided, very rapid movements Japan Finance Minister Katayama: ...
Thief burglarizes laundromat in Sapporo
Security camera footage captured a thief burglarizing a coin-operated change machine at a laundromat in Sapporo City on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan On High Alert As USD/JPY Tests Key Resistance
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) and the Ministry of Finance have been expressing deepening concern over the yen's trajectory. Click here for more information on USD/JPY.
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Signals New Era for Value Accrual: Fidelity Digital Assets
The upgrade marks a sharper strategic turn for the blockchain, aligning protocol development with economic intent and strengthening the case for ether.
U.S. Embassy Warns Americans in Japan to Stay Alert for Bears After 13 Deadly Attacks in 2025
The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a wildlife alert on Nov. 12, warning Americans visiting northern Japan to stay aware for potential bear encounters as the country is seeing a record num ... ( read original story ...)
Popular crypto company files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy as Bitcoin crashes
Rental Coins, a collapsed Brazilian crypto company, has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the U.S. to help it recover assets, Bloomberg Law recently reported. Chapter 15 is designed for cross-border ...
The crypto market has seen $1 trillion in value erased in this month’s plunge into bear territory
Bitcoin was left behind by the rally in other risk assets on Thursday, with the world's biggest crypto sagging further into a bear market.
Analyst warns Bitcoin could drop to $10K as crypto markets reel again
Just a day earlier, Bloomberg's Mike McGlone warned that the market could unwind all the way to $10,000. He added that Bitcoin's current structure reminds of the major unwinds seen in 2018, when the ...
Japan to allow shipbuilding merges despite lack of competition at home
TOKYO -- Japan will allow mergers in fields like shipbuilding that face intense foreign competition even if their domestic markets are dominated by a few players, according to policy guidelines ...
Padel to debut at 2026 Asian Games
The Olympic Council of Asia officially added the discipline to the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 programme following a meeting held on Monday in Kuwait between ... ( read original story ...)
Travel alert: Bear attacks at popular island destination leads to federal warning
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in bear attacks in one country since this April. ( read original story ...)