Investing.com-- Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose sharply to record highs on Thursday as investors remained largely optimistic about a dovish Bank of Japan despite the central bank’s first rate hike in 17 ...
Japan Finance Minister Suzuki says monitoring FX with high sense of urgency
Japan's finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday the government is watching currency market moves with "a high sense of urgency", as the yen has fallen to four-month-lows beyond 151 per ...
Japan’s exports grow for third straight month as trade deficit shrinks to $2.5 billion
Japan’s exports rose 7.8% in February, as shipments continued to expand in cars and electrical machinery, according to government data released Thursday.
Japan logs 2.5 billion U.S. dollars trade deficit in February on record exports
TOKYO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's trade deficit shrank by roughly 60 percent from a year earlier to 379.4 billion yen (2.5 billion U.S. dollars) in February, helped by record exports, government ...
Japan watching foreign exchange moves with urgency: finance chief
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is closely monitoring foreign exchange moves "with a high sense of urgency," Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday after the yen hit a four-month low to the U.S. dollar ...
Trial Holdings Set to Debut After Japan’s Largest IPO This Year
Discount-store chain operator Trial Holdings Inc. is set to debut in Tokyo on Thursday after an initial public offering that raised ¥38.85 billion ($256 million), Japan’s largest this year.
Nikkei stock index hits new intraday all-time high
The Nikkei stock index rose to a new intraday all-time high early Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains overnight.
Markets see BOJ’s next rate hike likely in July or October, Nikkei reports
A growing number of market players expect the Bank of Japan to hike interest rates in either July or October, though an October hike is considered more likely, as it would give the BOJ around half a ...
Fed Triggers A Huge Bitcoin Price Pump As BlackRock Quietly Launches ‘$5 Trillion By 2030’ Game-Changer That Could Boost Ethereum, XRP And Crypto
BlackRock has revealed the next stage in its plan for a "technological revolution in the financial markets" that could cause a bitcoin, ethereum, XRP and crypto price ...
Crypto industry surveys US 2024 candidates, looking for friendly lawmakers
The cryptocurrency industry, a new financial force in the 2024 U.S. election cycle, is surveying candidates for Congress on their views around the digital asset, as the political arm of the movement ...
What are Crypto Stablecoins?
What is a stablecoin, and why does it matter for crypto users? Coins that maintain the same value as another asset are called stablecoins, and they have several different use cases.
MicroStrategy crosses major crypto milestone with $623 million buy
MicroStrategy, the largest publicly-traded company in terms of bitcoin holdings, bought another $623 million worth of bitcoin in the last week, making it the owner of more than 1% of bitcoin's total ...
Ethereum Foundation Gets SEC Scrutiny in Latest Crypto Crackdown
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has demanded information from companies about dealings with the Ethereum Foundation as part of a review of aspects of Ether — the world’s second-biggest ...
BloomZ Raises Expected IPO Price to $4.30 From $4 a Share
By Chris Wack BloomZ, a Japanese audio production company, has raised its expected 1.25 million-share initial public offering to $4.30 a share. In ...
The Bank of Japan’s tricky path to normalisation
The BoJ made a significant step on Tuesday. But the journey to normalising Japan’s monetary policy remains a long slog. Financial threats lurking after years of sub-zero rates have so far been tamed — ...
Bank of Japan ups interest rate first time in 17 years
When most of the central banks in the world have been raising interest rates, or refusing to bring them down, because of spiralling inflation and uncertain growth, Japan’s central bank, Bank of Japan, ...