Amid a backdrop of a strengthening Japanese stock market, with the Nikkei 225 Index recently climbing by 2.6% and the TOPIX Index up by 3.1%, investors are increasingly attentive to opportunities ...
New Japanese bank bills have 3-D holographic portraits that turn their heads
Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years have entered circulation featuring three-dimensional portraits of the founders of financial and female education institutions in an attempt to curb counterfeits ...
Fed Chair Powell Issues ‘Critical’ Warning, Sparking Sudden $60,000 Bitcoin Price And Crypto Crash
Bitcoin, crypto and stock market traders have been closely watching the Fed for signs it will begin cutting interest rates in recent months, with analysts forced to dial back expectations of around ...
Osaka’s Wimbledon comeback ended by on-fire Navarro
Naomi Osaka's goal to improve her grasscourt game will have to wait for at least another 12 months after her Wimbledon comeback stalled in the second round following a 6-4 6-1 walloping by American ...
Inside a16z’s Boot Camp for Crypto Startups
This spring, the VC firm schooled a new batch of founders that it hopes can prove the technology is good for more than scams and speculation.
Japan issues new banknotes for the first time in 20 years
Japan's central bank is issuing a new banknote series for the first time in 20 years. The new notes in denominations of 10,000, 5,000 and 1,000 yen (approximately €57, €29 and €6) come "with the ...
Taliban Arrests and Jails 8 People for Holding and Trading Crypto
Crypto traders in Afghanistan are being arrested and imprisoned by the Taliban for dealing in digital assets despite the country's crypto ban.
Most Advisors Still Don’t Want Anything to Do With Crypto, Report Finds
As the issue of regulatory approval for exchange-traded crypto funds turned from if to when, speculation mounted that a new crop of bitcoin ETFs could revitalize the slumping digital-asset market. To ...
Strong earnings help Japan post record tax revenue for 4th year
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's tax revenue for fiscal 2023 reached a record 72.08 trillion yen ($445 billion), the Finance Ministry said Wednesday, setting a new high for the fourth consecutive year, ...
Yet another Japan stock rally fizzles out as economic reforms disappoint
Japan has squandered its chances to properly raise interest rates, abandon the weak yen policy and put strong reforms in place.
Japan issues first new banknotes in 20 years
Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, with the redesigned bills featuring 3D holograms intended to thwart counterfeiters. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday said the ...
Sony’s crypto debut: Tech giant acquires Amber Japan in major move
Sony acquires Amber Japan, marking its entry into the cryptocurrency exchange market. Sony's acquisition boosted its stock price, Bitcoin ETF inflows, and BTC's price action. Sony, Japan's ...
Japan’s Nikkei rises as tech stocks track US growth shares higher
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday as heavyweight technology stocks tracked US megacap growth stocks higher overnight. The Nikkei was up 0.81% at 40,398.35 as of 0142 GMT, after ...
Japan Launches New Banknotes
Japan on Wednesday started issuing new 10,000 yen (61.9 U.S. dollars), 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes, which marked the first ...
The End Of Japan’s Negative Interest Rate Policy: What It Means For Investors
The end of Japan's negative interest rate policy has helped in igniting some growth in the Japanese stock market with the Nikkei 225 hitting a high in 2024 ...
Japan’s Metaplanet Buys Bitcoin Worth 200M Yen, Share Price Jumps 60% MoM
Japan's public-listed firm Metaplanet is on a Bitcoin buying spree! In a fresh announcement earlier today, Metaplanet declared the purchase of 20.2 ...