Tag: finance

The central bank voted to raise its short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25% in January, taking it to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.

Households are being forced to scrimp and bargain hunt as their purchasing power drops. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PALO ALTO, California -- Japan and the U.S. should "fast-track" partnerships on using artificial intelligence in defense systems, CEO Alex Karp of American data analytics Palantir said, urging tech ...

A Japanese version of the AI agent service will start as early as this month, SAP Chief Executive Christian Klein told Nikkei. The service will be introduced as an add-on to the German company's ...

With all of these occurrences crypto investors and policy advocates would be forgiven to expect prices and investment funds to be much higher and more positive than have turned out to be true in 2025.

A leak has revealed Russia is using crypto to trade with China and India and skirt international sanctions—as the Bank of Russia opens up bitcoin and crypto buying to a “limited circle of Russian ...

There’s a buzz in the crypto space right now, and it’s not just the usual market fluctuations. No, this time, it's all about those promising projects that are s ...

Donald Trump's ties to the crypto world might get even deeper if reported talks with Binance lead to a working relationship with the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

PEPE is trading at $0.000008781, a 6.13% drop from yesterday; SHIB is valued at $0.00001452 and has a 6.45% drop. Both tokens have notably declined since their ...

A growing number of Chinese parents want their children to get educations in Japan, and as a result help them and their families migrate to Japan. Messages posted on RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu ...

Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures markets are underestimating the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will deliver its next increase by the summer. In the past few ...

Almost all market watchers believe the BOJ will keep rates unchanged at this month's meeting. As of Friday, the market sees a 1% chance of a rate hike at the upcoming meeting, according to Totan ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday (March 14) for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a move that could hurt his administration's already low approval ratings and risk delaying passage of next fiscal year's budget.

Goldman Sachs, an American multinational bank, has acknowledged cryptocurrencies for the first time in its annual shareholder letter. While skeptical of crypto, the firm has raised its Bitcoin ...

James Baca has served as CFO of Roland Americas (the makers of industry-leading electronic musical instruments, sound mixing, accessories, synthesizers, and production software) during a time of ...

Crowds protesting in front of the Finance Ministry have grown in size in recent months, as has the range of their complaints.