NexTech Week trade show kicked off Wednesday in Tokyo, celebrating all things technology, including blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.
Crypto VCs Behind 10T Want to Build New $200 Million Fund
There are still investors who want to put money into cryptocurrency startups, despite the recent wave of scandals and setbacks that have shaken the industry. A team of crypto investors is seeking $200 ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends marginally higher, subpar earnings outlooks weigh
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index ended fractionally higher Thursday as technology issues followed their U.S. peers higher, although shares were sold following some disappointing domestic earnings ...
Japan pledges to mobilise $1 billion to help nations around Ukraine accept refugees
Japan will unveil a plan on Thursday to mobilise $1 billion to help countries surrounding Ukraine accept refugees from the war-torn country, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday. The funding would be provided via the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC),
Japan to chair G-7 finance meeting in Washington
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that Japan would chair a Group of Seven (G-7) financial leaders’ meeting on Wednesday in Washington to discuss the global economy and financial ...
BoJ’s Ueda: No big problem in Japan’s banking system
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday, “there is no big problem in Japan's banking system.” Financial market, financial system stable for now. Hope to communicate with G7 ...
Nikkei 225 index: is it safe to buy Japan stocks in May?
The Nikkei 225 index held steady close to its highest level since September last year ahead of the upcoming Softbank earnings. The index, which tracks the biggest Japan companies, rose to ¥29,200, ...
Japan Funds Ramp Up Treasury Purchases Amid US Banking Turmoil
Japanese investors bought a record amount of Treasuries in the first three months of the year as concern over the US banking sector damped bets on Federal Reserve rate hikes.
Bank of Japan weighed ‘risk’ of premature monetary tightening at April meeting
The Bank of Japan maintained ultralow interest rates at its meeting last month after considering "the risk of missing a chance" to achieve its inflation target by prematurely revising policy, a ...
G7 finance ministers tackle global economic challenges as Yellen seeks to reassure on debt standoff
The financial leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations are meeting in Japan as a standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling looms as one of the biggest potential threats to the global economy. Treasury ...
US Debt Standoff Overshadows G7 Finance Leaders’ Meeting
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was expected to face questions from her G7 counterparts, meeting in the Japanese city of Niigata, on how Washington intends to prevent turbulence in financial markets, ...
DPM Lawrence Wong in Niigata, Japan, for G-7 meeting of finance chiefs
Singapore’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will attend a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G-7) bloc of wealthy industrialised ...
PREVIEW China and US debt woes may dominate G7 finance chiefs’ talks
China will be the elephant in the room at this week's meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders, who will seek to diversify supply chains away from the country -- but also try to get Beijing's ...
G-7 finance chiefs to discuss bank woes, Ukraine, emerging risks
NIIGATA (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven will meet Thursday for three-day talks in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, as they aim to boost confidence in the banking sector, coordinate ...
Crypto Scammer Arrested Again in Florida on Fraud, Gun Charges
A man known for his role in a massive cryptocurrency heist has been arrested again in Florida on charges of fraud and possessing a concealed weapon.
Kraken Chief Legal Officer: Crypto Regulatory System In The U.S. Is ‘Untenable’
In the aftermath of today’s joint financial services-agriculture subcommittee hearing entitled: The Future of Digital Assets: Measuring the Regulatory Gaps in the Digital Asset Markets, I had the ...