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The head of the Japanese Bankers Association says a possible default by Russia on its government bonds would not have an immediate impact on Japan's financial system. ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank chief said on Friday the country will likely reach its key two-percent inflation target as oil rates surge. ( read original story ...)

Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Transport and Power sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.65%. ( read original story ...)

The sanctions, which include the freezing of assets, are Japan's latest measures since Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began on Feb. 24. The now cover 76 individuals, seven banks and 12 other bodies ... ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, 24, was reduced to tears after she was heckled at Indian Wells in Southern California on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Indian Wells the city, which the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei benchmark stock index ended higher on Friday and posted its biggest weekly gain in nearly two years, tracking overnight Wall Street gains, amid caution over a five-day rally in local ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a long-time crypto critic, has announced a new bill that would block bitcoin and cryptocurrency companies from doing business with those hit by ... ( read original story ...)

Tough times will push stablecoin adoption in Russia, just as it did in Turkey. That could further erode the powers of central banks everywhere. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan on Friday kept its ultra-easy policy in place, distancing itself from a global wave of monetary tightening because inflationary forces remain weak in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Japan said on Friday it will impose sanctions against 15 Russian individuals and nine organisations, including defence officials and state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport. The sanctions, which ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan's next governor must be someone who can steer the central bank toward an exit from ultra-easy monetary policy, Kenta Izumi, head of the country's biggest opposition party, said on ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is set to announce its latest monetary policy decision at 11:00 a.m. HK/SIN on Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, with the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.6% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, marking the fastest pace in two years in a sign of growing inflationary pressure from higher ... ( read original story ...)

Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would enable the president to sanction foreign cryptocurrency firms doing business with sanctioned Russian entities and prevent them from ... ( read original story ...)

ApeCoin, the token linked to the NFT, or non-fungible token, collection, had rough debut on Thursday. The token, which was airdropped to the Bored Ape NFT owners, saw its price tumble from a high of ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers introduce a bill that would sanction crypto platforms that do business with already-sanctioned entities. ( read original story ...)