Japan's top currency diplomat, Masato Kanda, said on Friday authorities will take action as needed in the foreign exchange market, after the yen's spike overnight raised market speculation about ... ( read original story ...)
Yen Soars Over 2% as Japan’s Kanda Plays Coy on Intervention
The yen surged more than 2% against the dollar after a softer-than-expected reading of US inflation, prompting reports that Japan stepped into the market to support its currency.The currency rallied ... ( read original story ...)
Japan builds gas markets in Asia to boost LNG trading, energy security
Japanese companies foreseeing a growing surplus in stocks of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as their demand for the fuel wanes in coming years, are scrambling to invest in regional markets to provide ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wants to make it easier to shoot bears as attacks rise
Facing an alarming rise in bear attacks, Japan wants to make it easier to shoot the animals in residential areas - but hunters say it is too risky. In the year to April, there were a record 219 bear attacks in the country - six of them fatal, according to official data. ( read original ...
Major Crypto Updates: BlockDAG Targets $5M Daily in Presale! Solana Meme Coins Slide, RNDR’s Forecast Wavers
From dazzling the market early in 2024, Solana meme coins like WIF and POPCAT have seen a downturn in fortunes as the year progressed, mirroring the fluctuating forecasts for RNDR’s price. Amid this ...
Biden officials open crypto line
Plus: RFK Jr. social media ad sparks blowback from CNN’s Jake Tapper {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Biden administration opens line with crypto industry The move ...
Crypto Markets Entangled With $100B In Illicit Funds Since 2019: Report
Fresh data by on-chain analytics firm Chainalysis found that nine figures worth of illicit funds have found their way into the digital asset space.
Singapore’s Keppel DC REIT enters Japan with US$145mil data centre purchase
SINGAPORE: Singapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT and sponsor Keppel are set to buy a data centre in Tokyo for 23.4 billion yen ($145 million), in the REIT's first ...
Japan warns recent exchange rate moves out of line with fundamentals
Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Thursday (Jul 11) he was concerned about recent exchange rate moves that have become dominated by speculation and were out of line with fundamentals, ...
Japan rolls out new banknotes for the first time since 2004, but only 30% of the country’s many vending machines can accept them
and it will continue to play a significant role,” Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday morning, echoing comments by Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki the previous day. Prime Minister Fumio ...
Paris welcomes biggest Japan festival in Europe with Osaka as City of the Year
Osaka takes centre stage as the Japan Expo’s City of the Year which will also host the next World Expo in 2025. The World Expo is one of the oldest and largest international events, held every five ... ( read original story ...)
Cordae And Naomi Osaka Reportedly Welcome A Baby Girl
On Tuesday (July 11), Cordae and Naomi Osaka marked a joyous milestone by becoming first-time parents to a baby girl, as reported by People. The couple initially signaled their expanding family in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls 500km Tokyo-Osaka conveyor tunnel
The Japanese government is considering building a 500km-long underground conveyor system to move freight and consumer goods between Tokyo and Osaka to address a logistics crisis caused by labour ... ( read original story ...)
Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen surges after U.S. inflation data as traders monitor possible intervention
The yen has been combating sustained pressure since the Bank of Japan ended its monetary policy of negative interest rates in March. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has backed the need for ...
Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?
The yen has been sliding to fresh 38-year lows day by day, with market participants on alert for Japanese authorities to step in again, as they did in March, to defend the currency.But a few factors ... ( read original story ...)