Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita have made a joint commitment to ensure that the city's ... ( read original story ...)
USD/JPY advances modestly bolstered by Fed officials as a Japanese intervention looms
Fed policymakers are laser-focused on taming inflation towards its 2% target. Japanese authorities remain nervous due to high volatility in the FX markets. The USD/JPY climbs for the fourth ...
Japan says it is ready to take action as yen dives
Japan has not announced any specific measures to bolster the yen, such as instructing the central bank to buy it against other currencies. But on Thursday, officials from the BOJ, the finance ministry ...
Japan planning new economic package in October after near-term help
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government will present another economic package in October, which would add to a slew of measures to deal with the pain from the rising cost of living ...
Scandal in Japan could bring the Winter Olympics to Utah earlier than expected
A bribery scandal in Japan could put Sapporo's 2030 Winter Olympics bid on shaky ground and clear the way for Salt Lake City. ( read original story ...)
Why it will now be more than a year before IOC picks host for 2030 Winter Olympics
A final decision on the host of the 2030 Winter Games between Salt Lake City; Sapporo, Japan; and Vancouver, Canada; was postponed from next May in India until September or October of 2023 at a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan upgrades Q2 GDP as the lifting of local Covid-19 restrictions boosted consumer and business spending
Japan’s economy grew an annualized 3.5% in the second quarter, beating estimates forecasting a growth of 2.9%, as the lifting of local COVID-19 restrictions boosted consumer ... ( read original story ...)
The New Condiment Brand Bringing a Dash of Japan to the Kitchen
Cabi’s all-natural, made-in-Japan seasonings—sweet yuzu vinegar, umami dashi soy sauce, and zesty sansho peppercorn miso—aim for flexibility and versatility. ( read original story ...)
Japan Q2 GDP Revised Higher on Stronger Business Spending
helped by steady consumer and business spending. A reading last week showed that capital expenditure by Japanese companies surged 4.6% in the second quarter, as more companies bet on improving ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Price Check: Bitcoin Slightly Higher as Market Share Shrinks
Cryptocurrency prices are slightly higher, but bitcoin's share of the overall market is at its lowest in as much as four years.
U.S. seizes $30 million in crypto from North Korea-linked hackers
The company said in a blog post it played a role in the recovery with U.S. law enforcement and other crypto organizations, without naming them, in the first ever recovery of stolen cryptocurrency by a ...
El Salvador 1 Year Later: Gauging The Impact of Crypto Winter
How is El Salvador's big bitcoin bet playing out one year later as the crypto winter continues to send crypto prices lower?
3 IPO Stocks to Watch in September
The drop-off is clear. The slowing IPO activity can be traced back to the 6 month bear market we went through in 1H22, to the increased market uncertainty and the overall economic downturn.
Chobani’s IPO Would Have Been a Big One. Now It’s Gone.
Chobani has requested to withdraw the IPO, according to a Sept. 2 letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On heels of Hinnamnor, another typhoon may unleash ‘dire flooding situation’ in Japan
Parts of Japan that are still recovering from a devastating blow dealt by powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor face the potential for significant tropical impacts from an intensifying storm that is predicted to ... ( read original story ...)
Once-in-a-century dwarf bamboo flowering linked to rodent population outburst and disease outbreak
The rare, once-in-a-century large-scale flowering of a dwarf bamboo species may trigger a population boom of the Japanese field mice, leading to forestry damage and disease outbreaks, according to a ... ( read original story ...)