Tag: finance

The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings has approached KKR & Co and other investment firms about participating in the potential buyout of the retailer, the Nikkei newspaper reported on ...

Bitcoin is nearing $100,000, thanks in part to Donald Trump's re-election. Crypto experts think it's poised to continue, but don't recommend making any rash investment decisions.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is set to rise 8.3% on a weekly basis, as the cryptocurrency continues to see a meteoric rise after Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election.  The world's oldest cryptocurrency has risen ~41% since the U.

Japan is poised to implement a new economic stimulus package by the end of 2024, as promised by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has committed to engaging in bipartisan discussions to enact ...

Understanding how energy-intensive the practice of cryptocurrency mining is, it is a great opportunity to tap into excess clean energy. Japan's largest electricity provider makes unexpected move with ...

Charles Schwab's incoming CEO is in the same boat. "Crypto has certainly caught many's attention, and they've made a lot of money doing it," Rick Wurster, the bank's current president, told Bloomberg in a Thursday interview. "I have not bought crypto ...

Illicit crypto inflows tied to scams on Japanese exchanges saw a major decline in the first half of 2024, according to Chainalysis.

TOKYO -- Japanese retailers Don Quijote and Bic Camera plan to open stores geared for foreign tourists in Japan as spending by inbound visitors hits record levels.

A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining, at $0.045 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used, could generate $5.2 billion in revenue annually, according to a report released last week by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, led by Kenya, Barbados, and France.

The Bank of Japan has an important short-term decision to make regarding whether to raise interest rates in December or January to 0.5 per cent. This will depend largely on whether the yen weakens ...

The latest U.S. sanctions against Russia are not expected to affect the purchases of Japan’s Osaka Gas of Russian LNG under its long-term contract for LNG from the Sakhalin-2 LNG project, Osaka Gas’s ...

Private equity firm Bain Capital-backed Kioxia is being valued at about 750B yen (around $4.85B) in its proposed Japanese IPO.

Chief government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said Friday that the package expected to be worth 21.9 trillion yen ($141.8 billion) would be approved by Ishiba's cabinet later in the day ...

Bain Capital-backed Kioxia Holdings Corp. is setting its indicative IPO price at ¥1,390 per share, the latest attempt to capitalize on Japan’s stock market renewal.

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Japan's No. 3 seafood processor, Kyokuyo, has opened a $12.65 million factory in Vietnam, following widespread concerns around Fukushima water safety and overreliance on China. From the plant, the company plans to export products around the world, including to Japan and Southeast Asia, the company told Nikkei Asia on Friday.

Japan is considering spending 13.9 trillion yen ($90 billion) from its general account to fund a new stimulus package aimed at mitigating the impact of ...