Bitcoin rallied above $35,000, with brokers attributing the move to Elon Musk mentioning the cryptocurrency in his bio page on Twitter. ( read original story ...)
EQT takes next step in its Asia-Pacific strategy – opens office in Japan
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In line with EQT AB's strategic roadmap outlined at the IPO in 2019, growing in the Asia-Pacific ... the establishment of a local EQT Partners office in Japan. ( read original story ...)
BOJ Seen Dropping Pledge to Buy ETFs at Current Pace: Ex-C.bank Policymaker
"The BOJ shouldn't be buying ETFs this much. It probably wants to change its current commitment so it can more easily slow the pace of buying, without giving markets the impression it is tightening ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Latest Leader Needs To Change Course Or Face An Early Exit
Yoshihide Suga's approval rating has been falling rapidly. The question is whether his premiership is beyond repair. ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.6 quake hits near Kashihara-shi, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan
A very deep magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Kashihara-shi, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan. According to NIED, the quake hit on Friday 29 January 2021 at 4:19 pm local time at ... ( read original story ...)
Website compiles tweets after Japan’s March 2011 earthquake
The site superimposes on a world map some 4,200 geotagged Japanese-language tweets posted within 24 hours of the 9.0-magnitude quake. ( read original story ...)
No Plan B: Japan’s sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics
Japan’s Olympic sponsors are scaling back advertising campaigns and delaying marketing events for this year’s Summer Games, concerned that public sentiment toward the event is souring amid a fresh ... ( read original story ...)
Retail Wave Spurs Sevenfold Surge in Dogecoin Into Crypto Top 10
Fresh from a blistering rally on Thursday, cryptocurrency Dogecoin is soaring again atop a wave of demand churned up in chat rooms and on social media. ( read original story ...)
Crypto in the Philippines: Necessity is the mother of adoption
The Philippines is a cash based society where 71% of adults don't even have a bank account — but there are growing signs it's going to leapfrog directly to the future of fintech through its embrace of ... ( read original story ...)
WeWork in talks to go public through SPAC deal
WeWork is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and is also exploring raising funds from private investors, a little over a year after its botched ... ( read original story ...)
SAP CFO sees Qualtrics IPO as cue to re-rate own valuation
SAP hailed the U.S. stock market listing of its Qualtrics unit, saying that investors should take it as a cue to reconsider whether its own share price fairly reflected the value of its cloud assets. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Can vaccines save the Games?
In between a surging pandemic and a global scramble for vaccines, the fate of this year's Olympic Games has become shrouded in uncertainty. ( read original story ...)
Okechukwu joins Japanese club Consadole
Super Eagles B team striker, Gabriel Okechukwu, has signed a deal with Japanese topflight division Consadole Sapporo FC, The PUNCH reports.Okechukwu, joins the J1 club on a three-year-deal ... ( read original story ...)
US-China tensions: Military flashpoints in Taiwan, Japan and South China Sea that could shape Biden’s entire China strategy
Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled. ( read original story ...)
Japan December household spending seen down on rising COVID-19 cases: Reuters poll
Japanese household spending likely fell in December from a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, the first such fall in three months and a worrying sign that a resurgence in coronavirus cases ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei erases early gains as profit-taking offsets upbeat earnings
Japanese shares slipped on Friday, giving up early gains, as a boost from technology companies reporting upbeat earnings was overshadowed by investors' profit-taking and rebalancing at the end of ... ( read original story ...)