The dollar is king? It has been a volatile year for the global currency market, with the U.S. dollar rallying to its highest in 20 years against its major rivals. Last month, the ...
Japan to unveil $200 billion spending package to ease inflation pain – sources
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedbank on Thursday reported a better-than-expected operating profit for the third quarter, underpinned by strong income from mortgages. FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's Lufthansa ...
2.1 million earthquake early warnings issued for Bay Area quake
Many residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck east of San Jose this week. ( read original story ...)
Removing Sanctions on Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Won’t Be Easy
Crypto firms and advocacy groups likely face long odds to win their lawsuits aiming to remove crypto mixer Tornado Cash from the Treasury’s sanctions list, where it landed due to money-laundering ...
Tourists return to Japan, and Mario Karts return to Tokyo roads with them
Back in 2019, just before the pandemic, the annual number of overseas tourists to Japan peaked at a record high 31.9 million, before dropping drastically to 4.1 million the following year, and then ... ( read original story ...)
A pheromone that explains why puffer fish spawn on beaches under moonlight
A group of animal biologists and chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in central Japan, in collaboration with Toyota Boshoku Corporation and Niigata ... ( read original story ...)
SEVENTEEN turn Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya into ‘concert play park’ amidst ‘BE THE SUN’ tour
SEVENTEEN will host their first dome tour in Japan, turning Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya into a ‘concert play park.’ Taking on the theme of their ongoing world tour 'BE THE SUN', the citywide project will ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Price Check: Market Sees Relief Rally
Cryptocurrency prices are higher with a number posting double-digit gains.Cryptocurrency prices were moving higher in what one analyst called "a much-needed relief rally."Bitcoin was up slightly to ...
Tokyo taxi company offers Halloween rides with ghost girl from The Ring
A Tokyo cab company is offering rides with the ghost girl from The Ring to celebrate Halloween. Taxi-hailing app S.Ride is offering trips featuring the character Sadako from the bone-chilling Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Existing Office Buildings Get Filled in 2022
According to global property consultant CBRE, Tokyo's office vacancy rate is rising on the back of new supply. All-grade office vacancy rates rose to 4.9% in Q3 2022, an increase of 0.6 points from ... ( read original story ...)
Bear Market Didn’t Slow Institutional Interest in Crypto, Says Fidelity Survey
The firm continues to combine its institutional investor and crypto interests with the new fourth annual Fidelity Digital Assets Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study. More than half of those ...
Hong Kong May Overturn Crypto Rules, Open Trading to Retail Investors: Report
A new crypto program in Hong Kong may see retail investors welcomed back to the world of trading, but raises questions about China’s influence.
As Bitcoin Teases 100-Day Average, Prominent Traders Say Latest Crypto Bounce Looks More Constructive Than August
Risk assets seem to be breaking out bullishly, with bitcoin challenging its 100-day simple moving average (SMA) that aborted the August rally.The ...
Sapporo raising estimated cost to host Olympics by 17 billion yen
SAPPORO—Soaring consumer prices and the sliding yen forced the Sapporo city government to add 17 billion yen ($116 million) to its estimated cost to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, sources said. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama port locks in CMA CGM to new D5 terminal
The new terminal will have 20% more yard capacity and over double the number of reefer plugs, while the new quay cranes and 16 m draft will be able to handle CMA CGM’s 15,000 teu vessels ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas doesn’t expect major supply problems due to Malaysia LNG pipeline disruption
Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas Co Ltd does not expect its procurement of liquefied natural gas to be heavily affected by recent disruptions to Malaysia LNG supplies due to a pipeline leak ... ( read original story ...)