By Megumi Fujikawa The Bank of Japan on Thursday raised its economic assessment for four of the nation's nine regions as recovery from the ...
Saudi wealth fund joins US$930 mil pre-IPO bet on Kakao Entertainment Corp
Kakao Entertainment Corp. has won US$930 million ($1.24 billion) from investors including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, securing one of the country’s largest-ever financing rounds at a time ...
Japan has record current account surplus in November
Japan has reported its biggest-ever current account surplus for November. The figure was pushed up by returns from investments abroad.
Japanese sake brewery Wakaze secures $7.6M series B to boost US, China expansion
Wakaze Japanese sake brewing startup Wakaze announced on Wednesday that it has secured about 1 billion yen (about $7.5 million) in a series B round. The round was led by Jafco Group ...
Japan Overall Bank Lending Rises 2.7% On Year
Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.7 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday - coming in at 596.525 ...
Who Is Naomi Osaka’s Boyfriend, Cordae?
Tennis champion and Team Japan 2021 Olympian Naomi Osaka has been dating her boyfriend, Cordae, since 2019. Get to know more about their relationship. Jenna Ortega hit the 2023 Golden Globes in a ...
Japan logs 1.8 trillion yen current account surplus in Nov.
Japan logged a current account surplus of 1.80 trillion yen ($14 billion) in November, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
Japan Has Y1,803.6 Billion Current Account Surplus
Japan posted a current account surplus of 1,803.6 billion yen in November, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday - up 16.4 percent ...
From the Shanghai upgrade to U.S. regulation: Watch these 5 events to see where crypto markets are heading in 2023
The crypto market is in a lull as the industry dusts itself off from the FTX collapse and investors wait for the Federal Reserve to signal it may be time to jump back to risk assets. Bitcoin, which ...
Naomi Osaka’s Boyfriend Is a Rapper & Has Already Written a Song About Her—Meet Her Baby’s Father
Her first love will always be tennis, but off the court, it looks like Naomi Osaka‘s boyfriend takes the cake! The four-time Grand Slam champ has been dating her current beau since 2019—though, the ...
Naomi Osaka Announces Pregnancy With Rapper Cordae
The tennis star shared her "little life update" online and the one thing she's looking forward to with motherhood.
Amid criticism that he’s ‘bleeding assets,’ crypto’s last man standing claims he’s planning to hire thousands of employees
Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, of Binance says he isn’t worried about the Crypto Winter as sector losses top $2 trillion.
Do Crypto Prices Actually Mean Anything?
After each high-profile crypto meltdown, there have been renewed calls for greater oversight of the space. The idea here is that if we regulated crypto players like traditional financial institutions, ...
Naomi Osaka appears to reveal pregnancy and declares absence from 2023 season
Naomi Osaka appears to have suggested she is pregnant and will therefore miss the rest of the 2023 season. The four-time grand-slam champion last week pulled out of this month’s Australian Open with ...
Coinbase to close majority of Japan operations following global layoffs: Report
A Coinbase spokesperson said in a recent report that the company is considering all options and will communicate updates once available.
Crypto exchange Binance plans 15%-30% hiring spree in 2023 even as rivals slash jobs
Crypto exchange Binance plans to increase the number of staff by between 15% and 30%, CEO Changpeng Zhao said.