The BOJ remains the outlier among major central banks, promising to maintain its loose policy until it is sure inflation meets the 2% target. Polls, sources and market moves all suggest no move on ...
Glitch on local tax portal site in Japan causes $211K in erroneous payments
A system glitch on Japan's local tax portal site in May this year apparently caused 636 erroneous multiple payments topping 29.8 million yen ...
Japan Rate Decision On Tap For Friday
(RTTNews) - The Bank of Japan will wrap up its monetary policy meeting on Friday and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The BoJ ...
Methane Global Market Report 2023
Major players in the methane market are BP Plc., Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, IGas Energy Plc., Black Diamond Energy Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, Senex Energy Limited, Shell Plc., ...
Japan to give Toyota $854 million support for domestic EV battery output, Nikkei reports
Japan will give Toyota around 120 billion yen ($854 million) support towards the automaker's plan to invest in domestic production of the lithium ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EV), the ...
Who gets to regulate crypto, anyway?
But outside of the cases, we are seeing a fight about who gets to play sheriff in the crypto world. And the cowboys aren’t just in the cryptocurrency business; some of them have law degrees and work ...
Japan’s Nikkei surrenders gains to end lower after four-day rally
Japan's Nikkei share average gave back its gains to inch lower on Thursday as investors locked in profits after the index's sharp gains in a four-session winning run. The Nikkei index ended 0.05% ...
Bank of Japan likely to keep monetary easing amid inflation, wage uncertainty
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to maintain ultralow interest rates at a two-day policy meeting from Thursday, as uncertainty lo ...
Personal Finance: It’s finally time to buy Japan, just look at Warren Buffet
If the reason to invest in Japan is because solid but cheap stocks are likely to get less cheap, they are probably best held over the medium term. In 2020, Warren Buffet bought into a large group of ...
Two Crypto Platforms Halt Withdrawals in an Echo of the Sector’s 2022 Woes
Two South Korea-linked crypto platforms halted withdrawals in the space of 24 hours, a reminder of the ongoing risks in the digital-asset sector following a spate of blowups sparked by a market rout ...
Is the US trying to kill crypto?
The campaign has yielded a steady drumbeat of charges against crypto firms and executives, alleging violations ranging from failing to register properly with authorities and provide adequate ...
Bank of Japan policymakers discuss inflation, wage hikes
Policymakers at the Bank of Japan have begun discussing the impact of massive monetary easing and the rising cost of living at their two-day meeting from Thursday.
Factbox: Bank of Japan’s next steps and triggers for policy shift
One of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's biggest challenges will be to phase out a controversial yield curve control policy, which is criticised for distorting markets by keeping long-term interest ...
It’s Finally Time to Buy Japan
“Buy my Abenomics,” begged Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2013 when he visited the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange, rang the bell and called out his home stock market. Ten ...
Japan’s Exports Weaken Further Amid Global Economic Slowdown
Japan’s exports expanded at the weakest pace in over two years amid a global economic slowdown, an outcome that adds to uncertainty over the country’s growth outlook amid speculation Prime Minister ...
Crypto Altcoins Lead Slide After Fed Raises Possibility of Rate Hikes
Prices in the cryptocurrency market slumped across the board after the Federal Reserve signaled the possibility of resuming its interest-rate hikes after pausing its tightening cycle.