The future of money could in part be determined by a series of newly revealed experiments being conducted by the Banque de France with help from eight blockchain leaders. ( read original story ...)
KBS delays plant, but still keen on IPO
SET-listed Khonburi Sugar (KBS) is delaying the commercial operation of its new biomass-fired power plant in Nakhon Ratchasima because of the impact of the pandemic, but plans to launch a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Bond Market Braces for Test of Demand With 20-Year Auction
(Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to sell 1.2 trillion yen ($11.2 billion) of 20-year bonds at an auction Tuesday that is shaping up as another key test of demand for super-long debt.While buyer appetite at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core consumer prices flat, deflation risks remain
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices snapped two straight months of declines in June but risks remain for a prolonged economic slump from the coronavirus crisis, which has depressed ... ( read original story ...)
‘Violence and abuse are too often a part of the child athlete’s experience’ in Japan — report
Hitting children with bats and sticks, slapping them across the face, and holding their heads underwater to simulate drowning are some of the abusive coaching techniques allegedly used in Japan as ... ( read original story ...)
Nomura Makes Fresh Push to Boost Fee Business at Retail Arm
Nomura Holdings Inc. is embarking on a fresh drive to convince Japanese individuals to pay fees for managing their money rather than commissions based on trading -- a move that may prove challenging ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s Ant seeks $200bn value in landmark dual IPO
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 ...)