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Past Games have shown that the final budget for staging the greatest show on earth is many times more than originally planned, and Tokyo is paying an even greater price. ( read original story ...)

As cryptocurrency traders are whiplashed by bitcoin and dogecoin volatility, investors are braced for a closely-watched live discussion between Musk and Twitter chief executive Jack ... ( read original story ...)

Two of the world’s largest custody banks have publicly backed cryptocurrency trading platform Pure Digital, in a move that points to growing demand from traditional asset managers for bitcoin and ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is currently under its fourth state of emergency, which will last until Aug. 22, covering the entire duration of the Olympics that start Friday and end Aug. 8. Fans are banned from all venues in ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympics staff will wear an intelligent device in their ear to track their stats and the environment index, which will be monitored through heat stress meters set up across the venues. That data ... ( read original story ...)

Japan may achieve fiscal consolidation in fiscal 2027, two years earlier than previously estimated, as tax revenue has been rising despite the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

PB Fintech, the holding entity of Policybazaar, is looking to raise around Rs 6,500 crore through an initial public offering (IPO), reveals its latest RoC filing. ( read original story ...)

Policybazaar parent PB Fintech has approved a resolution to raise up to Rs 6,500 crore, or $870 million, via an initial public offering, making it the fifth Indian startup to initiate proceedings to ... ( read original story ...)

The hometown team scored the first win of the Tokyo Olympics as the pandemic-delayed Games began with an 8-1 win for Japan over Australia in the softball. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded ... ( read original story ...)

Today’s announcement that crypto derivatives exchange, FTX, raised the largest private equity round in the industry’s history, is another sign of the exuberance enveloping all things crypto. ( read original story ...)

Alakanani Itireleng, the BitcoinLady of Botswana, is building a community of bitcoiners in her country, and creating new economic opportunities, where there once were none. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government will propose to extend a special employment subsidy for helping firms hit by the coronavirus pandemic until year-end at a top ... ( read original story ...)

Multiple cloud services to support digital transformation of the Olympic Games TOKYO, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group, the Worldwide TOP Partner of the International Olympic Committee ... ( read original story ...)

Imports for the month grew 32.7%, totaling 6.83 trillion yen ($62 billion). Exports for the month totaled 7.2 trillion yen ($66 billion), according to government data. The increases were exaggerated ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports rose 48.6% in June from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday. The rise compared with a 46.2% increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll. It followed a 49 ... ( read original story ...)