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TOKYO -- Japan's core inflation rate slowed for the second straight month in October due to lower electricity prices, according to government data released on Friday.

Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) poses a serious threat to financial stability. Speaking at the Europlace Financial Forum in Tokyo, Ueda ...

Japan's headline inflation rate slipped to 2.3% in October, its lowest level since January and down from the 2.5% seen in September. The core inflation rate fell to 2.3% from 2.4%, slightly higher ...

A slew of crypto companies including Ripple, Kraken and Circle are jostling for a seat on President-elect Donald Trump's promised crypto advisory council, seeking a say in his planned overhaul of U.S.

In the same week in which Sotheby’s auction house sold a $65 million Claude Monet piece, it was a multi-million-dollar banana duct-taped to a wall that stole the show. The work, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan,

While cryptocurrency offers exciting opportunities and the potential for high returns, its environmental impact, association with illegal activities and predatory nature all present significant ethical challenges.

The all-out search for electricity to sustain the insatiable appetite for artificial intelligence is providing a lift to another industry with considerable energy usage: crypto mining.

Tokyo Gas extended gains with a surge of close to 5 percent. Software business M3 followed with gains of 4.4 percent. Taiheiyo Cement Corp, Yamato Holdings and Ube Industries, all gained more than 3 percent.

Earlier this year, U.S. senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced The Bitcoin Act to Congress, calling for the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve to reduce the U.S.'s spiraling, near-$36 trillion national debt by buying 1 million bitcoin over five years.

Welcome back to Distributed Ledger. This is Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch.

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings will list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in mid-December after a series of postponements, Nikkei has learned. The company is expected to receive listing approval from ...

Wall Street is making a push for more extended hours in the stock market, and Trump’s incoming regulators are likely to approve. What to know so you don’t lose your shirt.

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after a mixed close on Wall Street, with regional markets shrugging off a strong profit report from Nvidia that was released after U.S. markets closed.

Koji Higashi, a prominent entrepreneur in the Japanese BTC space, has said that while many people believe Bitcoin is not backed by anything of value, JPY is backed by citizens held hostage to the ...

Bain-backed Kioxia will have a market value of about 750 billion yen ($4.84 billion) based on the indicative price for its initial public offering, with the chipmaker to receive listing approval from ...

BULL MARKET — There’s a new sheriff in town. The cryptocurrency industry, once a sideshow better known for its scams than its political clout, spent and won big on congressional races this year, establishing itself as a formidable interest group in the nation’s capital.