Signs for Ant Financial Services Group’s Alipay are displayed at a shop in Tokyo. Ant Group is seeking a valuation of ... a Hong Kong-based managing director and head of IPO at consultancy Tricor ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Corona Capital: Uber, Tokyo Olympics
Corona Capital is a daily column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights. ( read original story ...)
Human Rights Watch criticises Japan after report reveals abuse of athletes
A damning new study of sport in Japan has found child athletes have routinely suffered physical, sexual and verbal abuse from their coaches that led several take their own lives ... ( read original story ...)
Proxy fight looms as Japanese operator of inexpensive eateries Ootoya opposes offer
A long-running feud for control of a Japanese provider of home-cooked meals has spilled out of the boardroom and into the kitchen. Colowide Co., which owns multiple restaurant chains in Japan, is ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares recoup losses; hopes of BOJ-buying support
Japanese shares recouped early losses to end higher on Monday as expectations that the central bank would purchase exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offset weak data that showed the country's exports ... ( read original story ...)
The Bank of Japan is in no rush to issue a central bank digital currency, says Nomura Research Institute’s Kodai Sato
In a recent webinar Kodai Sato, a senior researcher at Nomura Research Institute in Japan, contended that financial inclusion is not the top priority of Japan currently while it may be so for other ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Organizers Seek to Save Endangered Games
Organizers for the Tokyo Olympics are making health and safety plans for a pandemic-era Games that they still can’t ensure will take place next year, including the possibility that any spectators ... ( read original story ...)
High-profile Twitter accounts hacked for crypto scam
The verified accounts for Gates, Musk and Apple issued tweets promoting a cryptocurrency scam, asking followers to send money to a blockchain address. ( read original story ...)
Is Crypto Fintech? It Depends Who You Ask
This comes across as a fairly benign question to most people. If fintech is simply a term describing a range of financial technologies, and crypto is a financial technology, among other things, then ... ( read original story ...)
Viasat-Cyber1st JV Boosts UK Security With Crypto Solutions
Viasat, Inc. VSAT recently announced that its U.K. counterpart joined forces with a leading cybersecurity solutions provider — Cyber1st — to reinforce crypto capabilities and deploy reliable ... ( read original story ...)
Rocket Launches From Japan: Next Stop, Mars
Built by the United Arab Emirates, and lifting off from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, the Emirates Mars Mission is the first of three missions headed to the red planet this summer. ( read original story ...)
First-half exports log drop of 15.4%, Japan’s steepest in over a decade
The hefty year-on-year drop was led by plunging shipments of autos and auto parts as demand was dented by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank sets up new team to research digital currencies
The Bank of Japan (BOJ), the country's central bank, has set up a new dedicated team to further study digital currencies.The post Japan's central bank sets up new team to research digital currencies ... ( read original story ...)
Mastercard Accelerates Crypto Card Partner Program, Making it Easier for Consumers to Hold and Activate Cryptocurrencies
Aiding adoption and creating innovative experiences in the crypto space, Mastercard today announced the expansion of its cryptocurrency program, making it simpler and faster for partners to bring ... ( read original story ...)
Major Theme Park Planned for Yokohama (Report)
Planning is underway to build a massive theme park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, according to Japanese media reports. If completed the park will be similar in size to Tokyo Disneyland. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Disneyland-style theme park eyed for Yokohama plot used by U.S.
Plans are in the cards to construct a theme park on the scale of Tokyo Disneyland at a site in this port city next to the capital that was used by the U.S. military for ... ( read original story ...)