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Coinend: 1,2,3 Take off – New Gamified Crypto Prediction Platform
Coinend has announced the launch of its cryptocurrency gamified platform. GPC DIGITAL S.A operates this cryptocurrency-based gamified prediction portal, a ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin soars to new 2020 high on PayPal shift to crypto
Bitcoin, the largest digital coin, soars after PayPal announced that it would allow customers to use cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
PayPal Pledges to Bring Crypto to 26M Merchants, Confirming Market Entry
The New York Department of Financial Services license allows PayPal to offer cryptocurrency services through a partnership with Paxos. ( read original story ...)
Private equity grabs Japan’s carve-out opportunities
Japanese conglomerates have woken up to the need to divest non-core assets; international private equity houses have plenty of dry powder with which to buy them. This happy alignment appears to have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga says aims for quick decision on disposing contaminated water at Fukushima
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A large earthquake shook south-western Iceland on Tuesday, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said on its website. WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automakers are gearing up for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to set emission ambition of net zero by 2050: Nikkei
Japan's government will next week pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, Nikkei reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan to pledge to cut emissions to zero by 2050 -Nikkei
Japan's government will soon commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a net basis by 2050, in a shift in its position on climate change, the Nikkei reported on Wednesday, without citing ... ( read original story ...)
Bank Of Japan Believes Global Finance Won’t See Single CBDC Dominating
Kazushige Kamiyama stands as the Bank of Japan (BoJ)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative’s lead. ( read original story ...)
Hit by pandemic, Japan’s ANA to suffer $4.8 billion net loss this year – source
Japanese airline operator ANA Holdings is expected to suffer a net loss of around 500 billion yen ($4.8 billion) for the fiscal year to March after the COVID-19 pandemic battered travel demand, a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares rise on US stimulus hopes
Tokyo shares closed higher Wednesday on renewed hopes for a US stimulus package that also fuelled gains on Wall Street and optimism over ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Try to Get Word Out About COVID-19 Measures
Tokyo Olympics Try to Get Word Out About COVID-19 Measures TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic officials want the world to know they are working on measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic at next year's games ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to ‘pack less, wait less’ following security tests
TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES VOLUNTEERS BEING CHECKED BY SECURITY WITH ADDITIONAL COVID-19 CHECKS AS THEY ENTER PART OF TOKYO BIG SIGHT, SET TO BE THE MEDIA CENTRE, SOUNDBITES FROM TOKYO 2020 SECURITY BUREAU ... ( read original story ...)
Doe your bit: Japan invents bags deer can eat after plastic-related deaths
To keep animals safe from rubbish discarded by tourists, a bag has been devised made from milk cartons and rice bran ... ( read original story ...)
Almost 80% of Tokyo Games volunteers concerned about COVID-19: survey
Almost 80% of volunteers for next year's rearranged Summer Olympics are concerned about the spread of the novel coronavirus, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) survey showed. The Games were ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM pushes closer Southeast Asia ties in China counter
Japan's new prime minister pledged Wednesday to help Southeast Asian nations increase their maritime security capabilities, as he used his first overseas trip as ... ( read original story ...)