Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled more than 2% to a three-week low on Friday, putting it on course for its worst week since December 2022 as tech shares slid on Wall Street's lead.
Bank of Japan hints at near-term rate hike, pushing yields higher
TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said inflation would likely accelerate from "summer toward autumn" as bumper pay hikes push up prices, the Asahi newspaper reported, his strongest ...
S. Korea, US, Japan highlight N. Korea’s cyberthreats in co-hosted informal UNSC meeting
South Korea, the United States and Japan co-hosted an informal U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting Thursday to highlight North Korea's evolving cyberthreats, in a show of their unity following Russia ...
STAR ISLAND 2024, the world’s alluring “futuristic fireworks entertainment” to make its highly anticipated comeback in Japan
TOKYO, JAPAN - Media OutReach Newswire - 5 April 2024 - The STAR ISLAND Executive Committee and the STAR ISLAND FUKUOKA Executive Committee are delighted to announce that the futuristic fireworks ...
Japan’s Yen Intervention Strategy Faces Big Test From US Data
Japan’s currency is yet again at the mercy of the US economy, with Tokyo’s efforts to buy time for the beleaguered yen vulnerable to shifts in the outlook for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve ...
Japan warns against excessive yen moves, repeats verbal intervention
TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday excessive exchange-rate moves were undesirable, reiterating the government's resolve to take appropriate action ...
Marc Andreessen, Jeff Vinik Back Crypto Startup Neoclassic Capital
A pair of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and BlockTower Capital alumni have launched a new digital-asset investment firm focusing on areas including derivatives, tokenization of real-world assets, ...
NFTs aren’t totally dead as crypto-loving ‘Goblins’ swarm to NYC this week: ‘We’re back’
A handful of investors claim the notoriously battered NFT sector is showing fresh signs of life after a spectacular fall – and hordes of so-called crypto “goblins” are swarming to events across New ...
Japan won’t intervene unless yen slides below 155, says Watanabe
They probably won’t step in unless the yen makes a sudden plunge below 155 to the dollar,” said Watanabe who, as vice-finance minister for international affairs oversaw Japan’s currency policy from ...
A look at Japanese equities and the developments driving the market
Change is occurring in Japan and its implications are reverberating across varying aspects of the economy, particularly capital markets. On March 14th, at the Senior Leadership Forum in Tokyo, Japan’s ...
Authorities target ‘pig butchering’ crypto scam that cost victims millions
Brooklyn-based victims were scammed out of at least $5 million after they were convinced to invest in cryptocurrency by someone they met through a random text message, a dating site or through a ...
Bitcoin price surges past $67,300, Cathie Wood reveals drivers
As the bitcoin price regains the momentum that pushed it to new records, Cathie Wood of ARK Invest outlined the crypto market drivers.
‘Pig butchering’ online crypto investment scams fleeced New Yorkers of $10.5M
A devious crypto-currency scam called “pig butchering” that involves luring investors online into coughing up their savings in the hopes of big returns has cost New Yorkers more than $10.5 million ...
Jefferies and Japan’s Sumitomo expand alliance into Canada
Jefferies Financial will strengthen its presence in Canada through an expanded partnership with Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC), as it looks to tap into the dealmaking market in the ...
Nikkei leads Asia higher as yen slips; commodities on a roll
Asian shares rallied on Thursday as U.S. rate cuts remained on the menu, even if their timing was unclear, while the yen slid against everything except the dollar and boosted Japanese stocks. There ...
Google sues alleged scammers over fake crypto investment apps
Google sued two Chinese nationals in New York federal court on Thursday, accusing them of misusing its Google Play app store to scam thousands of users out of their money through dozens of fake ...