Bitcoin and other crypto may be off of all time highs, just set earlier in 2021 in most cases, but that is not bad news for crypto adoption and development. Starting in the second half of 2020 and ... ( read original story ...)
SafeMoon Raises $1m for Crypto Exchange As Price Tumbles 60% From All-Time High
SafeMoon, a cryptocurrency launched last month, has released few details about its plan to set up an exchange. ( read original story ...)
Dogecoin Spikes After Elon Musk Tweets ‘Dogefather,’ Mark Cuban Endorses Crypto on Ellen
Dogecoin's price was up sharply on Wednesday morning, though experts have warned about its infamous market volatility. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Wunderkind’s Tokens Surge on Best-Performing List
Cryptocurrency FOMO is playing out in real time for just about any token associated with Sam Bankman-Fried, head of the trading firm Alameda Research and the FTX derivatives exchange. ( read original story ...)
Japan approves world’s biggest free-trade deal after China’s call to boost Asian economy
15-nation partnership is expected to cover nearly one-third of the world’s economy, trade and population and to come into effect from early 2022. ( read original story ...)
Japan shares end slightly higher, corporate outlook concerns cap gains
Nomura Holdings rose 1.54% after Japan's largest brokerage said it would book a $2.9 billion loss from the collapse of U.S. investment fund Archegos. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG acquires 49% stake in Vietnamese NBFC FE Credit
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Vietnam’s largest nonbank financial company FE Credit. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG to acquire 49% of Vietnam’s FE Credit
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 8316.T, Japan's second largest lender by assets, will acquire a 49% stake in Vietnam's biggest non-bank lender FE Credit, it said on Wednesday, as part of a ... ( read original story ...)
China criticizes Japan over Fukushima treated water release
China renewed its criticism on Wednesday of Japan's decision to release treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao ... ( read original story ...)
6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes Guwahati, Assam, India
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 6 miles north-northwest of Dhekiajuli, India, early Wednesday, shaking portions of the northeast, including Guwahati, Assam. ( read original story ...)
JR Tokai: Cost of maglev project will grow by 1.5 trillion yen
The magnetically levitated train project to link Tokyo and Nagoya will cost an additional 1.5 trillion yen ($13.8 billion) due to technological challenges and extra anti-quake measures, Central Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Pref. sets another daily new coronavirus case record on April 28
Osaka Prefecture set another record high for daily coronavirus infections on April 28, reporting 1,260 new cases. ( read original story ...)
Osaka sets new one-day coronavirus record; US military cases dwindle
Another six people with the U.S. military in Japan and South Korea have contracted the coronavirus since April 22, according to reports. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Tokyo residents asked to stay home for holidays
TOKYO — Japanese officials are asking the people to stay home during a string of “golden week” holidays beginning Thursday in a nationwide effort to curb the rapid resurgence of coronavirus cases less ... ( read original story ...)
IOC president says he understands Tokyo’s COVID-19 emergency move
Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said on Wednesday he fully understood the decision to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s unused 14 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines point to logistical hurdles
Japan has only used about a fifth of the COVID-19 vaccine doses it has imported so far, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring logistical hurdles such as a shortage of medical staff, as it ... ( read original story ...)