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Japan’s central bank has examined the role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the current monetary system in a report released on Feb. 19. In the document, the bank describes the ... ( read original story ...)

Members of Japan’s insurance and financial services sectors are teaming up in an effort to remove barriers for small businesses (SMBs) to conduct trade with the U.S. Reports in the Nikkei Asian Review ... ( read original story ...)

NAM will offer CLS settlement services to 21 investment trust funds in Japan in collaboration with Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (JTSB), The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (NMTB) and The Maste... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is considering collecting data for its monthly price statistics online from businesses to streamline its operations, it was learned Tuesday. Currently, the central bank sends and rec... ( read original story ...)

Japan allowed nonbank companies to enter money ... barrier protecting banks from new competition. With complaints that bank remittances take too long -- over a week for some international ... ( read original story ...)

Headline indices of the Japan share market closed slight higher on Tuesday, 19 February 2019, as buying on hopes for a trade deal between the United States and China was offset by selling to lock in g... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s second-largest bank by assets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) using blockchain consortium R3’s Marco Polo trade finance platform. ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank was ready to ramp up stimulus if sharp yen rises hurt the economy and derail the path towards achieving its 2 percent inflation ... ( read original story ...)

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest investment bank, slipped out of the top three for the first time since 2016. Japan’s bankers are falling behind partly because of the high proportion of M&A deals ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. dollar rose in the upper 110 yen range Tuesday as the Bank of Japan's governor mentioned the possibility of providing additional monetary stimulus if necessary to support the Japanese economy ... ( read original story ...)

Instead, the CLO market is on tenterhooks because Japan’s largest agricultural bank is set to finalise its budget for the financial year beginning in April. Norinchukin Bank, which for nearly 100 year... ( read original story ...)

and Woori Bank; Sumitomo Mitsui of Japan; United Overseas Bank Ltd. of Singapore, CIMB Bank of Malaysia, and Beijing-based Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). Likewise, the central bank ha... ( read original story ...)

World number one Naomi Osaka says she was not willing to “sacrifice” her happiness following her surprise split from coach Sascha Bajin last week. Osaka split with Bajin 16 days after winning the Aust... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Operators of cashless payment systems are struggling to expand in Japan, urging companies like SoftBank's affiliate QR payment service PayPay to invest in promotional campaigns in a bid ... ( read original story ...)

TAIJI, Japan -- Fishermen in the village of Taiji are counting the days until July, when they will be able to hunt large, fatty minke whales commercially for the first time in decades. The ... ( read original story ...)

Seven companies received the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s inaugural Tokyo Financial Award in recognition of their excellent contributions to ESG (environmental, social and governance) investments o... ( read original story ...)