The Bank of Japan continued a run of unscheduled purchases of government bonds in an attempt to control a surge in yields caused by speculators betting it will pivot away from its ultra-loose monetary ...
Tokyo Shares Close Flat On Last Trading Day Of 2022
Tokyo stocks ended flat Friday on the year's last trading day, with the Nikkei falling more than nine percent over 2022.
Japan’s Nikkei index drops 9% in 2022 for 1st yearly fall in 4 years
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Why The Bank Of Japan Blinked
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Japan’s P2P lending platform Crowd Credit to be acquired by Bankers Holding
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Asia-Pacific markets set to trade higher after Wall Street rebounds
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Neworld to set up shop in Taiwan to help Japanese craftmakers market globally: Nikkei
Tokyo-based Neworld, the Japanese startup behind marketing support and an e-commerce platform focused on Japanese craft products, is now planning to develop sales channels by launch campaigns on ...
Japan’s 20-yr bond yield hits multi-year high as BOJ struggles against upward pressure
Japan's 20-year government bond yield hit a near eight-year high on Thursday, as Bank of Japan (BOJ) emergency bond buying operations for shorter term notes failed to contain the upward pressure.The ...
Crypto Price Check: Ringing Out ’22, Looking to the New Year
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India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency
India said it will prioritize the development of a framework for global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance.
UPDATE 1-Japan’s 20-yr bond yield hits multi-year high as BOJ struggles against upward pressure
By Junko Fujita TOKYO, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Japan's 20-year government bond yield hit a near eight-year high on Thursday, as Bank of Japan (BOJ) emergency bond buying operations for shorter term notes ...
Crypto Markets 2023 Will Be ‘About Differentiate Or Die’ For Investors
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OpenSea chief seeks to distance NFTs from crypto crisis
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