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The Department of Finance (DOF) thanked the Japanese government for its funding assistance extended to the Philippines that supported its coronavirus response efforts, especially in providing ... ( read original story ...)

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. The so-called Akagi file, disclosed on June 22, graphically depicts the unbridgeable gap between the all-powerful ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index inched higher on Wednesday as a rally in consumer-related growth stocks outweighed losses in transport sectors. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.07% to ... ( read original story ...)

With 30 days to go until the start of an Olympic Games dogged by the coronavirus pandemic and by controversy, Tokyo Olympics organisers decided on Wednesday against selling alcohol at venues while ... ( read original story ...)

Endurance specialist Kenny won team pursuit and omnium gold as Britain dominated at London 2012 and repeated in Rio four years later to become her country's most decorated female Olympian, although ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering tightening regulation on foreign funds that hold stakes in domestic firms with important technology in areas such as the nuclear industry and defence, the ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese unicorn Dingdong, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund II, is aiming for a more than $6 billion valuation in its New York debut as the grocery app joins Asian tech startups seeking to tap into the ... ( read original story ...)

Despite local opposition amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games that were postponed last year will get under way in exactly a month - barring "Armageddon", as one International Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

As the world emerges from COVID-19 era economic stimulus measures, Japan's experience looms large. Last year, total debt worldwide surged by 35 percentage points to over 355% of global GDP according ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin's brief drop below the symbolic price threshold of $30,000 on Tuesday has reignited talk of a crypto winter. ( read original story ...)

Culver City-based salad chain Sweetgreen filed for an IPO, the company announced Monday. The company confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and ... ( read original story ...)

Viva Republica Inc., operator of South Korea’s largest fintech startup Toss, raised more than $400 million at a $7.4 billion value, to help the super app grow sales 12-fold by 2025 as it heads for a ... ( read original story ...)

Jrue Holiday is planning to try to follow in his wife’s footsteps and win an Olympic gold medal. Holiday has committed to USA Basketball for next month’s Tokyo Games, along with his Milwaukee teammate ... ( read original story ...)

Canadian sprinter Andre Degrasse, Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini and skateboarder Nyjah Huston are also featured ... ( read original story ...)

Here's a look at why Gen Z and young millennial investors are building portfolios of cryptocurrency and meme stocks. ( read original story ...)

"Listen, I'm less happy than I was at $60,000, but I'm not nervous," bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz told CNBC after the cryptocurrency fell below $30,000 on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)