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Bitcoin values continue to skyrocket, with the crypto currency at a record price and approaching $100,000. Should you invest? Here's what to know.

MUFG Bank has fired an employee for allegedly stealing assets worth between 1 billion and 2 billion yen from safe deposit boxes of some 60 customers in Tokyo, the Japanese megabank said. The worker ...

TOKYO -- Japanese seafood distributor Nissui expects its onshore shrimp farm operation to turn a profit for the first time this fiscal year, the company announced Tuesday, helped by a unique water ...

Crypto showed up in force this election cycle, raising tens of millions to vote out the industry's critics and vote in its friends.

TOKYO -- Japan's government is discussing a new target for greenhouse gas emissions that would aim for a 60% reduction from fiscal 2013 levels by fiscal 2035, Nikkei has learned, an effort that will ...

Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday that the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is holding closed talks with “experts” about cracking down on Bitcoin and crypto in Japan. Some residents are bullish ...

A leak has revealed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is softening its opposition to other crypto ETFs after years of ...

The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings has approached KKR & Co and other investment firms about participating in the potential buyout of the retailer, the Nikkei newspaper reported on ...

Bitcoin is nearing $100,000, thanks in part to Donald Trump's re-election. Crypto experts think it's poised to continue, but don't recommend making any rash investment decisions.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is set to rise 8.3% on a weekly basis, as the cryptocurrency continues to see a meteoric rise after Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election.  The world's oldest cryptocurrency has risen ~41% since the U.

Japan is poised to implement a new economic stimulus package by the end of 2024, as promised by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has committed to engaging in bipartisan discussions to enact ...

Understanding how energy-intensive the practice of cryptocurrency mining is, it is a great opportunity to tap into excess clean energy. Japan's largest electricity provider makes unexpected move with ...

Charles Schwab's incoming CEO is in the same boat. "Crypto has certainly caught many's attention, and they've made a lot of money doing it," Rick Wurster, the bank's current president, told Bloomberg in a Thursday interview. "I have not bought crypto ...

Illicit crypto inflows tied to scams on Japanese exchanges saw a major decline in the first half of 2024, according to Chainalysis.

TOKYO -- Japanese retailers Don Quijote and Bic Camera plan to open stores geared for foreign tourists in Japan as spending by inbound visitors hits record levels.

A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining, at $0.045 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used, could generate $5.2 billion in revenue annually, according to a report released last week by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, led by Kenya, Barbados, and France.