Japan's machinery orders rebounded in July from a sharp fall in the previous month, a welcome relief for the coronavirus-stricken economy but the outlook for capital spending remained uncertain due to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares inch higher on strong machinery orders, U.S. tech rebound
Japanese shares edged higher on Thursday as better-than-expected machinery orders data and Wall Street's rebound from a three-day losing streak bolstered investor sentiment. The benchmark Nikkei share ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core machinery orders rise 6.3% m/m in July
Japan's core machinery orders rose 6.3% in July from the previous month, government data showed on Thursday, offering some relief from a recent weakness in capital spending due to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan can’t afford just to mimic US China policy
Shinzo Abe with Xi Jinping at the 2019 G-20 meeting in Osaka. Japan has long recognised ... The 30-year-old fit-out company is considering a sale or IPO to give its founders an exit and to boost ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Women’s World Cup champion Yuki Nagasato loaned to men’s club
Yuki Nagasato, a Women’s World Cup winner with Japan, will make history as she joins men’s club Hayabusa Eleven in the Kanagawa Prefecture League in Japan. The Chicago Red Stars loaned Nagasato to the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Hungry for Trading Tokens? Let’s Take a Bite Into SushiSwap
SushiSwap has been called a 'vampire protocol' by some due to its intention of sucking liquidity from Uniswap, a popular decentralized platform for trading tokens. ( read original story ...)
OPTAGE and NanoLock to Enable Nationwide IoT Security in Japan
NanoLock Security, the market leader of ironclad protection for IoT and connected edge devices, today announces its commercial collaboration with OPTAGE, a leading Japanese service provider and subsid ... ( read original story ...)
Olunga: Kenya striker returns with a goal as Kashiwa Reysol sink Gamba Osaka
Kenya striker Michael Olunga scored yet again as Kashiwa Resyol beat Gamba Osaka 3-0 in a J1-League match played on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Digital Currency Group Reveals Sudden Acquisition Of Bitcoin And Crypto Exchange Luno
DCG has this morning revealed it's acquired the London-based but emerging market-focused bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Luno for an undisclosed ... ( read original story ...)
How does a crypto exchange work?
In the old days, if someone needed their cash, they would head down to the bank, fill out a form, stand in a long line, hand the form over, wait while someone counted the money, then counted it again, ... ( read original story ...)
Warren Buffett Is Betting on Japan. Here Are 20 Funds That Have Outperformed.
Barron’s consulted Morningstar ’s database of relatively few funds that concentrate their investments in Japan. Our screen included actively managed mutual funds; the increasingly popular ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s largest online broker SBI says it may downsize in Hong Kong as city’s financial future comes under threat by security law
SBI Holdings, Japan's largest online broker, is considering whether to downsize its Hong Kong operations in the next one to two years, becoming the first Japanese financial institution to retreat from ... ( read original story ...)
The 20 Best Funds for Investing in Japan
After all, U.S.-based investors in exchange-traded funds would have realized an annual total return of 6.6% from the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (ticker: EWJ) over the past five years, less than half the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka beats Rogers to reach US Open semis
NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka’s sharp serving and superior return game helped her past American Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-4 and into the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as the Japanese continues her quest ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor pledges to hold 2020 Olympics ‘by all means’
The postponed Olympics must be held next year "by all means", Tokyo's governor said Wednesday, becoming the latest official to insist the event is feasible despite the coronavirus pandemic. Yuriko ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank sheds $13 billion on U.S. tech stock rout
SoftBank Group Corp shares closed down almost 3% on Wednesday, extending this week's slump that has wiped around $13 billion from its market capitalisation, as investors fretted about the ... ( read original story ...)