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Japan's government is expected to compile an extra budget in October or November, senior ruling party lawmaker Kozo Yamamoto said on Wednesday, calling for spending of around $239 billion to cushion ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead as planned unless struck by an unprecedented “Armageddon”, according to leading International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. Already foreign spectators have been ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is likely to proceed with the Tokyo Olympic Games as planned this summer even if there are no spectators, senior ruling party official Kozo ... ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency volatility may not be such a bad thing, but it could well be if investment decisions are determined by the impulses of Tesla boss Elon Musk. On ... ( read original story ...)

A recent bout of volatility in the crypto market has helped to reignite a push for increased scrutiny of the nascent digital-asset sector by lawmakers. ( read original story ...)

With value investing back in fashion, Japan can emerge as the next hotspot. The Bank of Japan has been one of the largest investors in Japanese stocks through exchange-traded funds. With nearly 30 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday but soon rebounded to positive territory following a jittery session on Wall Street with eyes on US economic data.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an official Tokyo Olympics sponsor, called for the Games to be cancelled on Wednesday, describing the event as "a threat to health". ( read original story ...)

A professor of public health and adviser to the New Zealand government said on Tuesday there was no justification for holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic, and to go ahead would be 'absurd' ... ( read original story ...)

Liz Cambage was included Wednesday in the 12-women Australian basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics, ending an earlier saga in which she first threatened to boycott the games but later changed her ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the ... ( read original story ...)

In 2015, about 92% of bitcoin trading was done with the Chinese currency renminbi, but a government cracked down cut that down to almost zero. ( read original story ...)

Many of South Korea’s 200 crypto exchanges face an “existential crisis” as they struggle to meet conditions for regulatory approval, in a shake-up for one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency markets ... ( read original story ...)

With blockbuster listings of his risky bets on Asia, Son has defied critics who said his gambles would not be embraced by investors. ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.55 percent at 28,396.62 on Wednesday, while the broader Topix shed 0.42 percent at 1,911.37. nAZN017BM3 TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

It is the pizza delivery that will go down in the history of cryptocurrency. When Jeremy Sturdivant came across a request on an online crypto forum to send two large pizzas to computer programmer ... ( read original story ...)