The au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI rose 51.5 in December from 50.8 in November to extend the current sequence of rising business activity to 16 months. The expansion was only modest, however, and ...
Pressure Mounts on Japan’s ‘Host Clubs’ To End Sexual, Financial Exploitation – TaiwanPlus News
Tokyo’s most famous red-light district has been forced to rethink some of its practices amid crackdowns on longstanding criminal activity.
A close look at the crypto explosion of 2023
The year 2023 witnessed a remarkable surge in the cryptocurrency domain, marking a significant era in the digital finance world. This period was characterized ...
Talks of bitcoin spot ETF approval circulate as India blocks exchange sites and crypto is seeing more optimism
In other news, Financial Intelligence Unit, an Indian government agency, said last Thursday that it has issued a notice to nine global crypto exchanges — including Binance, Kraken, Kucoin and Mexc — ...
Core Lithium halts mining | The IPO that closed in 20 minutes | Top business trends for 2024
In today’s news, Core Lithium tells investors it will suspend mining operations and revert to processing stockpiled ore; Rich Listers pile into an IPO that closed in just 20 minutes; and the big ...
Japan to accept earthquake relief from U.S. only -Nikkei
Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and forced the ...
Japan to accept earthquake relief from US only
According to a Friday report from the Nikkei, Japan is planning to welcome a relief team from the United States in the aftermath of the earthquake tha ...
Japanese Firms Collect Crypto Donations for Earthquake Victims
Some of Japan’s biggest crypto firms are building donation platforms to help victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Asia markets set for rebound as several countries prepare to release economic data
Inflation data is expected out of the Philippines and Thailand, while retail sales numbers will be released from Singapore.
Aquarius: Your finance horoscope – January 04
Aquarius: here are your finance predictions for the day January 04 ...
Number of Japanese seniors looking for jobs doubled in 10 years: report
The number of Japanese people aged 65 and above looking for jobs has more than doubled in the past decade, according to a new report. Not retiring soon: Hello Work, an employment services agency in ...
Scenes of loss play out across Japan’s western coastline after quake kills 84
More soldiers have been ordered to bolster the rescue operations Thursday, providing those in need with drinking water, hot meals and setting up bathing facilities after a magnitude 7.6 quake hit ...
Rescuers save woman in her 80s from rubble three days after earthquake hit Japan
Rescuers save woman in her 80s from rubble three days after earthquake hit Japan - Rescuers continue to search for survivors after the earthquake in Japan ...
A crypto fund appears to have invented a fake CEO to help trick investors
HyperVerse claimed its CEO had degrees from Cambridge and Leeds universities and corporate experience, but The Guardian found that was not the case.
Bitcoin pulls back before SEC’s ETF decision. Here’s why.
Bitcoin rallied over 150% in 2023, but the crypto is still over 35% lower from its peak in 2021. Crypto market participants in general expect the SEC to approve a spot bitcoin ETF by Jan. 10, by which the agency has to decide whether to approve the application filed by ARK Investment and 21 Shares.
Woman in her 80s rescued from collapsed home 72 hours after Japan earthquake
A woman in her 80s has been pulled from her collapsed home 72 hours after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake wrecked havoc on Japan.