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JAPAN’S crypto exchanges are pushing for a relaxation of curbs on margin trading, unbowed by last year’s global digital-asset market crash. Read more at The Business Times.

There’s a live debate in the UK over whether regulation of crypto trading should come under the scope of financial services or be treated like gambling. The FT’s digital assets correspondent Scott Chipolina and our producer Persis Love report from Castle Craig in Scotland,

Jet Li, who founded delivery firm J&T Express in Indonesia but is now expanding aggressively in his homeland China, has become a billionaire as the company prepares for an initial public offering in ...

Japan's Digital Agency has announced that it will revamp the My Number national ID system as early as Friday to prevent bank account registration errors.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, where the culture and ethos already align with the principles of blockchain games, the dawn of a new era of in gaming has arrived, writes Daiki Moriyama of Oasys.

It is second only to Bitcoin in market capitalisation, coming in at $208 billion compared with Bitcoin’s $519 billion market cap. As of June 20, one bitcoin will set you back $US26,000, while you will ...

Japanese trust banks purchased a record amount of super-long government bonds in May as speculation over a possible tweak to the Bank of Japan’s yield-curve control policy receded.

Japan's currency policy won't immediately change after the United States removed the country from its monitoring list, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, noting that the move came in ...

Japan is closely monitoring currency moves to ensure foreign exchange rates remain stable and reflect economic fundamentals, Finance ...

Japanese startup Fuller, the company offering mobile app development ... The fund has invested in 102 startups to date, with one IPO (Creema) and four M&As (Monokabu acquired by Sneaker Dunk). LinQ, ...

The plunge occurred on Thursday following the release of the US import price data. In May, import prices declined by 0.6% for the month, allowing market participants to reassess the level of expected ...

"There are too few unicorns in Japan," President Norito Ikeda told Nikkei, referring to startups valued at over $1 billion. "We will take risks and take on growth investment." The 1 trillion yen ...

He became a professor at the University of Tokyo on May 1, according to his staff profile ... where he will focus on conducting research in finance, agriculture and entrepreneurial innovations with ...

The billionaire founder of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Jack Ma taught his first class at the University of Tokyo, in management philosophy.

C hinese billionaire Jack Ma taught his first university class in the Japanese capital last week, as he continues his retreat from the limelight after publicly criticizing Beijing’s regulators.

Berkshire Hathaway wholly- owned subsidiary National Indemnity Company is raising its stake in five Japanese trading firms, the company announced on Monday.