The British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, citing NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd as potential alternative suppliers, the Nikkei business daily ... ( read original story ...)
A Top Pentagon Investigative Unit Wants To Spy On Worldwide Bitcoin And Crypto Transactions
A top Pentagon investigative unit, the Army Contracting Command, has said it wants to hire a crypto analytics service to "quickly detect criminal and suspicious cryptocurrency ... ( read original story ...)
G20 finance officials agree on bolstering economy
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies have agreed to continue using all available policy tools to help bolster the global economy. ( read original story ...)
Former Wall Street Trader Seeks to Make Sense of Crypto World
They want to explore the ecosystem and find ways to participate -- and often ask for easier access to various crypto products. “So for us it’s, ‘OK, let’s think about high-quality assets that we can ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s new vision: Tap Japan’s household savings with Nomura
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group wants to attract money ... According to financial market data provider Refinitiv, Nomura earned $123 million in the IPO. Nomura far outpaces rivals in the number of ... ( read original story ...)
A robot can do that: Job listing for simple labor drops 30% in Japan
Nikkei examined job opportunities in May and ... According to the U.S. software company and RPA provider UiPath, many companies in Japan are considering implementing RPA technology as working ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s next vision: Tap Japan household savings with Nomura
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group wants to attract money ... According to financial market data provider Refinitiv, Nomura earned $123 million in the IPO. Nomura far outpaces rivals in the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls ‘China exit’ for 87 manufacturing projects
The Japanese government has laid out its plan for shifting manufacturing out of China to Southeast Asia or Japan, reports Nikkei Asian Review. As part of the plan, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade ... ( read original story ...)
UK asks Japan for help with 5G as alternative to Huawei
TOKYO -- The British government has asked Japan for help in creating its 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless networks, Nikkei has learned. The request came after the U.K. on Tuesday decided to ban ... ( read original story ...)
UK asks Japan for help with 5G networks as alternative to Huawei
TOKYO -- The British government has asked Japan for help in creating its 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless networks, Nikkei has learned. The request came after the U.K. on July 14 decided to ban ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo New Cases Rise; Russian Infections Slowing: Virus Update
Tokyo discovered another 290 new cases while Australia canceled its next planned sitting of parliament because of risks posed by the nation’s coronavirus outbreak.Democratic presidential nominee Joe ... ( read original story ...)
G-20 finance chiefs hold teleconference on coronavirus pandemic
Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda joined the videoconference, with debt relief for developing countries on the agenda, a Japanese government official said. Finance ... ( read original story ...)
The Next Big Tech IPO Could Be a Little Known Chip Business Inside SoftBank
The last major chip company IPO was nearly a decade ago. The dry spell could end with Arm Holdings, whose chips power 95% of the world’s smartphones and tablets. ( read original story ...)
Japan earmarks ¥1.6 trillion to finance phase two of 3/11 restoration plan
The government on Friday decided on a plan to spend about ¥1.6 trillion over a five-year period from fiscal 2021 for reconstruction measures related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The ... ( read original story ...)
Under COVID-19 Emergency Powers, IRS Awards Elliptic Contract To Trace Crypto Transactions
On Wednesday, July 15, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) used the “Emergency Declaration National Interest Action Code for COVID-19 2020 for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s $2.2 Trillion Cost Of Befriending Donald Trump
As political bets go, the one Japan’s Shinzo Abe made on Donald Trump in 2016 is proving to be a mistake of historic proportions. No world leader was quicker in getting to Trump Tower in New York to ... ( read original story ...)