Markets are also bracing for a series of key events, including US consumer price data due on Friday, the Federal Reserve's policy decision next Wednesday and the BOJ's monetary policy decision.
Tokyo’s latest must-book pizza spot just opened at The Bulgari Bar
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Bank of Japan must raise rates further, board member says
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Crypto.com’s Blockchain Rewound Two Hours to Undo a $74 Million Exploit. Could Bitcoin or Ethereum Ever Do the Same?
Cronos validators discarded 11,000 blocks to reverse the Tectonic exploit on August 30. Here is why Bitcoin and Ethereum couldn't do it.
Tokyo Skytree glows gold as over 140 sites join childhood cancer awareness campaign
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Hunter Biden’s Crypto Memecoin Launch Went Even Worse Than Predicted
It’s no wonder as to why Andrew Callaghan made sure to distance himself from the crypto project.
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Biden had touted the launch of the meme coin, saying it was a way to reclaim a symbol that had defined coverage about him when his father was president.
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Coin Creates A Crypto Millionaire and a $200,000 Bagholder
Hunter Biden's LAPTOP meme coin peaked two minutes after Wednesday's launch and now trades 99% below that high. One trader cleared more than $1 million inside the window. Another turned $200,000 into ...
Citi Japan’s Tokenized Deposit Launch Extends the Institutional Pivot Into Asia’s Deepest Regulatory Framework
Citi is bringing its tokenized deposit remittance services to Japan According to Nikkei Asia, Citigroup will offer blockchain-based tokenized deposit remittance services for Japanese corporate clients ...
Naomi Osaka Taunts Her Haters After U.S. Open Criticism
Naomi Osaka carved out time in her schedule Wednesday to address her critics. Osaka had quite the run at the US Open this year – both on and off the court. She kicked off her campaign by pulling up to Arthur Ashe Stadium in an Allen Iverson-inspired outfit for her match against Anastasia Zakharova. ( read ...
Japan’s Shizuoka Pref. names food maker Yataro as 1st intercultural-support business
SHIZUOKA -- Japanese food manufacturer Yataro has become the first business certified by the Shizuoka Prefectural Government under a system recognizin･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya shatters 136-year rainfall record as linear rain band overwhelms city drains
Nagoya flood 2026: Japan's host city for the Asian Games recorded 104.5 mm of rain in a single hour on September 8 -- the highest hourly rainfall in 136 years -- overwhelming sewer systems engineered for half that intensity and forcing 2. ( read original story ...)
Jack Dorsey’s Block makes major move to become a U.S. crypto bank
Jack Dorsey 's Bitcoin - (BTC) centric financial services company, Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), announced on Sep. 8 that it has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to launch a national trust bank.
SoFi Dips 3% Despite Reported Kraken Crypto Settlement Tie-Up; Affirm Drops 5%, Robinhood Holds Steady
SoFi shrugged off a reported Kraken crypto partnership and S&P 500 inclusion buzz to drop 3%, while Affirm bled 5% on nothing but sector mood. Find out why Robinhood is the only one left standing and what that split reveals about where fintech risk appetite actually sits right now.
‘Tariffs Are Something Out of Our Control’: Sapporo to Move Some Beer Production From Canada to US
Sapporo Breweries is moving some beer production from Canada to the United States as the Japanese brewer responds to steep U.S. tariffs on Canadian-made beer and looks to expand its North American ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya’s drainage system comes in clutch as Asian Games host beats flood
Nagoya's drainage system has come in clutch as the Asian Games host has recovered from the floods in quick time. Videos and images have emerged from the city showing that there has been a recovery from the record floods, ( read original story ...)