Argument: What the United States Wants From Japan in... When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House last month, ... ( read original story ...)
IOC president Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of coronavirus cases
IOC president Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Wall Street Unleashes Old Tricks in $2.5 Trillion Crypto Jungle
Wall Street traders like Trey Griggs are finding a new lease on life in the $2.5 trillion crypto Wild West. After two decades in energy trading, the 51-year-old was lured by a former Goldman Sachs ... ( read original story ...)
Binance Suspends, Resumes Client Withdraws As Crypto Markets Soar
Binance briefly suspended client withdraws Monday amid an ongoing surge in trading interest that underscores the risks inherent global in cryptocurrency markets. ( read original story ...)
Dogecoin price: Why did crypto crash and rebound – and where will it go from here?
After SNL, one crypto market analyst believes its astonishing rise could be replicated by other fringe cryptocurrencies ... ( read original story ...)
Bitwise Launching Crypto Innovators ETF
Bitwise Asset Management, the cryptocurrency index provider, is launching the Bitwise Crypto Innovators ETF (BITQ) on Tuesday. It's not necessarily the elusive bitcoin ETF that the market has been ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto asset manager Babel raises $40M from Tiger Global, Bertelsmann and others
Three years after its inception, crypto financial service provider Babel Finance is racking up fundings and partnerships from major institutional investors. The startup said Monday that it has closed ... ( read original story ...)
Nomura partners with Jarden in NZ, Australia investment banking
Nomura Holdings Inc said on Monday it will team up with Auckland-based investment and advisory firm Jarden Group Ltd in New Zealand and Australia, ... ( read original story ...)
Petition to Cancel Tokyo Olympics Reaches 300K Signatures in 3 Days
A petition to cancel the Tokyo Olympics reached 300,000 signatures online in three days amid public opposition in Japan to holding the Summer Games in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the ... ( read original story ...)
Nishikori raises questions about holding the Tokyo Olympics
Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori has doubts about whether the IOC and local organizers are doing enough to plan for a worst-case scenario of “hundreds” or “thousands” of coronavirus cases at the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Eneos to restart Sendai refinery in second half of May
TOKYO: Eneos Corp, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said it plans to restart its 145,000 barrel per day (bpd) Sendai refinery in the second half ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest Crypto Exchange Binance Briefly Suspended Withdrawals
Binance Holdings Ltd., the largest cryptocurrency exchange, briefly suspended withdrawals on Monday. The company made the announcement on Twitter that it had stopped withdrawals, and then about half ... ( read original story ...)
Ethereum’s ether pushes past $4,000 for the first time – and one crypto analyst who correctly predicted this target now expects it to hit $10,000
The world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market value topped $4,000 on Monday. The rise in its value may partly be driven by VanEck filing for a US ETF last week. Crypto analyst Megan Kaspar ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka frustrated at clay court ‘mental block’
Naomi Osaka conceded she found playing outside her comfort zone on clay frustrating as the world number two continues her warm-up for the French Open at the WTA tournament in Rome. ( read original story ...)
Budget heading for vaccination expenditure does not inhibit Centre from using funds: Finance ministry
The finance ministry on Monday said provisioning Rs 35,000 crore-expenditure for vaccines in the Union Budget for FY22 under the title 'Tra. ( read original story ...)
Japan gov’t debt rises by record $940 bil. in FY 2020
Japanese government debt rose 101.92 trillion yen ($940 billion) in fiscal 2020 to a record 1,216.46 trillion yen, showing the larges ... ( read original story ...)