CRYPTO MARKETS. Bitcoin broke through $11,000 Wednesday and fluctuated around that level the rest of the week, recovering about half of the value it lost during its crash t ... ( read original story ...)
Finance businesses moving to phase out coal
Japanese financial companies are moving to stop investing in or financing coal-fired power stations, in an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Says Globalisation Will Be Sustained Despite COVID-19
Globalisation will be sustained and supply chains will be diversified as firms adjust to novel coronavirus disruption, Japan's central bank governor said on Friday, challenging an assumption the virus ... ( read original story ...)
The First Successes of This Crypto Marketplace and Plans For the Future
The global marketplace for goods, as the developers themselves call it, was one of the first to implement principles of work that make it possible to benefit not only sellers and intermediaries, but ... ( read original story ...)
Let the Suga-Nippon Ishin bromance begin
Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui and his supporters are breathing easy, knowing their favorite LDP politician is now the prime minister. ( read original story ...)
Informa Markets in Japan Proves Exhibitions are Returning and Relevant
Informa Markets successfully held four exhibitions in Japan, including Call Center/CRM Demo & Conference Osaka, eCommerce Fair Osaka, Diet & Beauty Fair (Tokyo) and PROJECT Tokyo. These events ... ( read original story ...)
How US States Are, and Aren’t, Easing Crypto Firms’ Compliance Burden
CSBS will make it easier for crypto companies to prove they’re in compliance with state regulations, once they've been licensed in each state. ( read original story ...)
US Open virus success points way for Tokyo Games: wheelchair tennis champ
ended safely without making a cluster happen. I think this showed a step toward" holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Kunieda told reporters via videolink. The world number one and ... ( read original story ...)
An Overview of Crypto Algo Funds
I entered crypto in a roundabout way through social media. I was just a unicorn laser beam loving millennial who used to post articles about Bitcoin on social channels before the masses knew what it ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ticks up; Suga’s policy boosts software firms, hits telecoms
Japanese shares inched higher on Friday, helped by broad optimism surrounding Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's policies, but expensive valuations and a murky earnings outlook made investors cautious ... ( read original story ...)
US Open champion Naomi Osaka won’t play at French Open
The French Open was rescheduled for September from its typical spring slate because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Osaka is the latest high-profile player to pull out of the Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ticks up but runs out of gas ahead of long weekend
Japanese shares inched up on Friday but hovered below their post-pandemic high touched earlier this week, as investors grew cautious about expensive valuations and a murky earnings outlook ahead of a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga aims to get flagship digital agency running by autumn 2021: Nikkei
Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will work to get his flagship new digital technology agency running by autumn 2021, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday, a sign the project is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to create planned new digital technology agency by autumn 2021: Nikkei
Japan's government is likely to create a planned new digital technology agency by autumn 2021, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. To prepare for the launch of the new agency, the government will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks fall
Japanese stocks fell on Thursday, dragged lower by major exporters after the US Federal Reserve's pledge to keep rates near zero until at least 2023 sent the yen to a seven-week high against the ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Two-thirds of Japan public support new PM Suga, polls show
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government was backed by at least two-thirds of respondents in domestic polls taken in the early days of his administration. The Kyodo news agency said ... ( read original story ...)