Lawyers are worried that AI will end the need for lawyers, but one of the nation’s top legal minds on crypto believes it’s going to help the boutique firm she’s launching. Teresa Goody Guillén – whose ...
CLARITY Act Delayed Until After August? Reports Suggest Senate Could Push Crypto Legislation Into Fall
CLARITY Act faces growing timing risk in the Senate. Crypto industry fears another major delay. Elizabeth Warren intensifies opposition to the bill. Senate scheduling pressures ...
Tokyo stocks rally as Nikkei sets new peak
Tokyo stocks surged on Friday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closing at a fresh record high amid growing optimism over a possible ...
Japan’s extra budget expected to reach $19B as government reverses course on spending
Japan's Finance Minister Katayama announced a ¥3 trillion ($19B) supplementary budget to counter inflation and geopolitical shocks, reversing earlier stance.
Japan is quietly building a hypersonic aircraft so fast it’d fly passengers 2,500mph faster than America’s Concorde successor
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Many foreign entrepreneurs desperate as Japan tightens ‘business manager’ visa rules
TOKYO -- The Japanese Diet is debating tighter visa rules for foreign residents, while an amendment to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Polymarket Plans Major Prediction Market Push in Japan
Polymarket is preparing a major expansion into Japan as the company looks for new global growth opportunities. According to Bloomberg, the prediction market platform already has a representative in ...
Japan’s Nikkei rallies to record close as AI shares shine
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average soared to a record-high close on Friday as AI shares rallied on the back of gains for US peers.
US, Japan, Australia, India to have ‘Quad’ top diplomats’ meeting in Delhi, Japan says
The U.S., Japan, Australia and India will hold a meeting of foreign ministers of the 'Quad' grouping in New Delhi on May 26, Japan's foreign ministry said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Polymarket is said to seek Japan prediction market approval
Polymarket has appointed a representative in Japan and is preparing to lobby for the authorization of prediction markets in the country, according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
5 crypto firms wind down this week amid ongoing market slump
At least five crypto companies have shuttered this week as a prolonged downturn in the crypto market has put downward pressure on user activity and investor funding. Crypto trading card platform ...
Coinbase Global Says New Crypto Rules Could Unleash Its ‘Everything Exchange’
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) executives said the company is preparing for a broader expansion of crypto trading, stablecoin payments, derivatives, tokenized assets and AI-driven commerce, with ...
Japan’s cooling inflation may force the Bank of Japan to pause further rate hikes
Subsidies, slowing consumer prices and a fragile yen are complicating the BOJ’s tightening path even as underlying inflation pressures refuse to disappear.
Step right up: Nagoya selling old drain covers for reuse
The Nagoya Municipal Government is selling 10 maintenance hole covers made between 1989 and 2021, including three designed to commemorate th ... ( read original story ...)
Multi-vehicle crash in Yokohama leaves 5 injured, driver flees scene
A car slammed into a line of vehicles stopped in traffic in Yokohama, triggering an accident involving at least eight ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka gets favorable French Open start, but it gets much tougher from 3R
Osaka learns her French Open draw as the former world No. 1 is looking to reach the second week at Roland Garros for the first time. ( read original story ...)