An influential set of cryptocurrencies is under increasing scrutiny, and how it’s regulated will have major implications for digital tokens as a whole. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo organisers expected to discuss foreign spectators on Saturday
Tokyo Olympics organisers will meet with Japanese government officials on Saturday, the local organising committee said, with discussion of whether to allow in foreign spectators expected to be on the ... ( read original story ...)
G7 ministers backed new help for low-income countries, Japan’s Aso says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Financial leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations backed a new allocation of special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income countries, ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba shareholders vote for probe in landmark win for Japan corporate governance
The vote marks only the fourth time an activist shareholder motion has won approval in Japan and the first at a major company that is a household name, albeit one sullied by a string of scandals. ( read original story ...)
It’s almost the ‘Europification’ of Japan at times, says AllianceBernstein portfolio manager
John Taylor, co-head for European fixed income and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, said it feels like the "Europification" of Japan at times. ( read original story ...)
Japanese food-tech venture Next Meats gets listed on the first plant-based stock Index, VegTech Index
Plant based business expert Elysabeth Alfano and vegan investor Sasha Goodman revealed the VegTech Index earlier this month, listing 21 globally operating environmentally conscious companies which are ... ( read original story ...)
Presence of interplate channel layer controls of slip during and after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake through the frictional characteristics
Although the large coseismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was limited to the middle segment, the observed negative residual gravity anomaly area in the southern segment corresponds to the ... ( read original story ...)
BNY Mellon Joins $133 Million Funding Round for Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks
This will be done by a new team that will explore additional services like lending against crypto collateral. "We are starting with the anchor in this space, which is custody," the head of BNY ... ( read original story ...)
Hype over U.S. crypto ETF approval fuels Bitcoin inflows
Investors are optimistically anticipating the first American exchange-traded crypto products will be approved by the SEC after a leadership change at the commission introduced a more favorable hearing ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Didi Chuxing is eyeing a mega-IPO next quarter that values the ride-hailing service above $62 billion, report says
Didi is targeting an IPO as early as this summer at a valuation above the $62 billion it secured in its last funding round, Bloomberg said. ( read original story ...)
Ukraine, Japan start talks on updating Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation
The Ministries of Finance of Ukraine and Japan will begin negotiations to update the 1986 Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation on March 22. "Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
JMSDF commissions second Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Maya (Improved Atago)-class Aegis-equipped destroyer in a ceremony held on 19 March in ... ( read original story ...)
Group14 Technologies Accelerates Expansion to International Battery Markets with New Offices in Japan and Korea
Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, announced the company's international expansion with new offices in Yokohama, Japan and Seoul, ... ( read original story ...)
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka Are Following in Lucy Diggs Slowe’s Footsteps
Naomi Osaka’s recent victory at the Australian Open, which made her one of only seven players, male or female, to earn four Grand Slam titles, solidifies her role as the clear heir to Serena ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, They’re Still Worried About Deflation, Not Inflation
And home-products maker Muji slashed the price of a storage box by 35%. In Japan, the world’s deflation champion, America’s talk about inflation heating up is a “fire on a distant shore,” as the ... ( read original story ...)
RCEP trade pact seen boosting Japan’s GDP by 2.7%
A trade deal among fifteen economies in the Asia Pacific would boost Japan's economy by 2.7% when its benefits fully appear, a government estimate showed on Friday. Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations ... ( read original story ...)