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NAOMI OSAKA OF JAPAN in action during her Quarterfinals Women’s singles match against Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei. — REUTERSMELBOURNE — The brute force of Naomi Osaka crushed the artistry of Hsieh ... ( read original story ...)

Finance Minister Taro Aso on Feb. 15 declined to affirm or deny the existence of a "tell-all" file that a bureaucrat is said to have created ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Uncovered Fund, a VC firm targeting early-stage startups in Africa, announced today that it has launched its $15 million fund which is expected to close at the end of June this year. The Tokyo-based ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc is set to win approval for an initial public offering (IPO) of Japan’s WingArc1st Inc as early as Thursday, two people with knowledge of the matter said, its third ... ( read original story ...)

It was not clear how much of WingArc1st Carlyle aims to sell, nor the amount Carlyle aims to raise. Carlyle and the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined to comment on the matter. A WingArc1st spokesman said ... ( read original story ...)

Carlyle Group CG.O plans to list Japan's WingArc1st Inc and is set to win approval for a $475 million listing as early as Thursday, two sources said, after the U.S. fund twice failed to float the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei stock average has topped the 30,000-yen mark for the first time in 30 1/2 years, marking the highest level since the speculation-driven ... ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency is here and there is nothing stopping it from growing. But, while we are certain that it will at some point take over sports as well as everything else, there is a question of what ... ( read original story ...)

Stakeholders in Nigeria joined other crypto industry players in assailing the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to banks. ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the recent stock price rally reflected market optimism over the global economic outlook. ( read original story ...)

Most G7 economies such as Japan, Britain, the United States and France agree that now is not the time to withdraw fiscal support for their coronavirus-hit economies, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso ... ( read original story ...)

According to WazirX, the largest crypto exchange in India, it took 11 days to hit the billion-dollar mark in trading value in February, when compared with 25-30 days in January ... ( read original story ...)

Uncovered Fund’s Takuma Terakubo stands in the middle.Image credit: Uncovered Fund It’s been almost three years since young Japanese investor Takuma Terakubo announced the launch of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average topped 30,000 yen for the first time since August 1990, as it continued its charge back up through levels not seen since the collapse of the bubble economy. ( read original story ...)

With Apple Pay support, it's increasingly easy to pay for goods with cryptocurrency. Are they finally ready for primetime? ( read original story ...)

LONDON: Criminals are using a small group of cryptocurrency brokers and services to launder hundreds of millions ... ( read original story ...)