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Japan's new government bond issuance in the current fiscal year is likely to hit a record exceeding 100 trillion yen ($960 billion) as the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the economy, the ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin developers at venture-backed Blockstream created a new platform that could make it easier to settle securities in the $350 billion cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Japan-based Medirom was founded to develop a retail salon network of corporate owned and franchised health salons in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Facebook gets a price-target upgrade from Guggenheim on expected strong digital ad and e-commerce revenue as the social network preps its cryptocurrency launch. ( read original story ...)

If you get Japan right, you’re going to be a more disciplined, better company for it, write Phil Wickham and Koichiro Nakamura. ( read original story ...)

The cryptocurrency is emerging as a new front in Latin America's struggle against gangs battling for control of vast criminal markets for sex, drugs, guns and people, according to law-enforcement ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, tracking falls on Wall Street as investors monitored prospects for additional US stimulus spending. ( read original story ...)

Japan announces a fresh stimulus package worth $708bn even as new COVID-19 cases cast a shadow on better GDP data. ( read original story ...)

Japan's latest economic stimulus package to help the country recover from its coronavirus-driven slump will likely boost gross domestic product by around 3.6%, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares ended lower for the third straight session on Tuesday, as a month-long rally ran out of gas, with investors awaiting U.S. lawmakers' decision on a fresh COVID-19 pandemic relief ... ( read original story ...)

The new package will include about $906.5 billion in direct fiscal spending and initiatives targeted at reducing carbon emissions and boosting adoption of digital technology. ( read original story ...)

The country's current account surplus expanded 15.7% in October from a year earlier to ¥2.14 trillion ($20 billion), helped by a rise in the trade account ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will aim to make hydrogen a power source viable enough to produce the output of more than 30 nuclear reactors by 2030, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 6.3 percent on year in November, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - coming in at ... ( read original story ...)

Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers and service-sector firms in December improved to its least pessimistic since February, as businesses eyed a slow and bumpy recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government will compile a third extra budget for the current fiscal year worth around 20.1 trillion yen ($192 billion) as part of steps to fund a fresh economic stimulus package, a government ... ( read original story ...)