The frigate will also be equipped with anti-mine and anti-submarine sonars, and have a hangar for operating license-produced Seahawk helicopters. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Sumitomo Mitsui to buy majority stake in property manager Kenedix – Nikkei
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co will buy a majority stake in Japanese property investor Kenedix Inc through a pubic tender offer in a deal worth about 100 billion yen ($960 million), the Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Sumitomo Mitsui to buy majority stake in property manager Kenedix – Nikkei
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co SUMFL.UL will buy a majority stake in Japanese property investor Kenedix Inc 4321.T through a pubic tender offer in a deal worth about 100 billion yen ($960 ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Sumitomo Mitsui leasing unit to buy property manager Kenedix for $1.3 bln
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co has agreed to buy a majority stake in Japanese property investor Kenedix Inc for 132 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to expand its property business, the companies ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Crypto Mogul Emerges After Probe That Forced OKEx Halt
The founder of one of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges broke a month-long silence to proclaim his innocence Friday, making his first comments since a Chinese police probe forced OKEx to briefly ... ( read original story ...)
Global Crypto Industry Wants Regulators To Scale Up Engagement With Sector
This week, the V20 Summit convened crypto industry leaders and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and industry regulators, in a three-day virtual conference to share views and feedback on the ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Touches $18K, Crypto Asset Looks to Smash All-Time High, ETH Price Could Spike 20x
This morning, bitcoin (BTC) had surpassed the $18k price zone, as the crypto asset has climbed a whopping 54% during the last 30 days. ( read original story ...)
Arm unit Treasure Data to seek buyer or IPO before Nvidia sale
TOKYO -- Treasure Data ... "Private equity, venture capital, growth capital, IPO, strategic acquisitions ... it could be SoftBank as well." Tibrewal, a former consultant at McKinsey, replaced ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Cases Hit Record as Tokyo Plans to Raise Virus Alert
Covid-19 cases rose to a record of more than 2,000, according to local media tallies, as the nation that had previously shown success in containing the virus now faces a rapid spread of the pathogen. ( read original story ...)
7-Eleven parent eyes net-zero emissions by 2050 in Japan and US
Seven & i Holdings aims to cut by 2050 its greenhouse gas emissions essentially to zero at its retail outlets in Japan and the U.S., including those of its Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ, FSA start debate on enhancing coordination over bank inspections
The Bank of Japan and the country's financial regulator Financial Services Agency held a first round of talks on ways to enhance cooperation over their banking sector inspections, the central bank ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido mom gets nine years for starving daughter, 2, to death
The presiding judge criticized the defendant's act as "extremely irresponsible and malicious" as she went out for hours and left her daughter alone without feeding her. ( read original story ...)
Japan shares fall as third wave of COVID-19 outbreak hurts sentiment
Japanese stocks fell for a third consecutive session on Friday as a rise in new domestic coronavirus infections to record highs fuelled concerns that officials will place new restrictions on business ... ( read original story ...)
Mother in Japan sentenced to 9 years in jail in child starvation case
SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court sentenced a 22-year-old woman to nine years in prison on Friday for starving her 2-year-old daughter to death last ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity decline accelerates in November as pandemic drags on
The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 48.3 from a final 48.7 in October. ( read original story ...)
Japan, New Zealand press for open markets to boost recovery
Leaders from Japan and New Zealand on Friday warned countries against the temptation of retreating into trade protectionism, saying that keeping markets open is ... ( read original story ...)