Inflation in Tokyo accelerated again after two months of slowing down, a result that will likely intensify market attention on the central bank’s price outlook to be released after Governor Kazuo Ueda ...
Nagoya’s beloved 6-meter, 600-kilogram mannequin turns 50
First unveilied on April 28, 1973, the towering "Nana-chan" will be celebrated with a day of performances and limited souvenirs. ( read original story ...)
Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders’ meeting
Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries Japan chairs next month in the city of Niigata, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Consumer inflation in Japan’s capital accelerates, keeps BOJ under pressure
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital beat expectations in April and an index stripping away fuel costs rose at the fastest pace in four decades, highlighting the challenge new the central bank ... ( read original story ...)
Ray Dalio says he has a little bitcoin but prefers gold, calling it ‘timeless and universal’
Bitcoin moves unreliably and has a smaller valuation than mega-cap stocks like Microsoft, Dalio said on a podcast.
The Case for Regulating, Not Banning, Crypto
Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith looks at the logical flaws and assuptions made in a recent Foreign Affairs article calling to ban crypto.
Coinbase Armed for Legal Clash Over How Crypto Is Regulated
The biggest U.S. exchange said it would fight the SEC’s claim that much of its business is illegal and try to convince a court that Wall Street regulators lack the authority to oversee cryptocurrency ...
SEC’s Gensler says ‘the law is clear’ for crypto exchanges and that they must comply with regulators
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler wrote in a post on Thursday that crypto exchanges "must come into compliance, register with us, and deal with conflicts of interest." ...
Arm CEO Rene Haas is in line to join SoftBank’s board ahead of his company’s big IPO
Arm is expected to go public later this year in what could be the biggest IPO in history by a semiconductor company.
Yokohama Rubber to Supply Avid Tires for Subaru OE
Yokohama announced it began delivering tires to Subaru Corporation for use as OE on the automaker’s new Impreza in North America. ( read original story ...)
Prada Mode Travels to Tokyo
Prada Mode will be traveling to Tokyo on May 12 and 13. The ninth iteration of the architectural and cultural activation will take place in association with the Tokyo metropolitan government and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Honda, GS Yuasa to invest $3 bln for battery development, build plant -Nikkei
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over 400 billion yen ($2.99 billion) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and homes, the ... ( read original story ...)
Moon mystery: China, Japan scientists have no answers for mysterious space gear disappearances
Chinese engineers believe that dust has piled up on the hibernating rover and prevented it from charging is batteries, but they cannot verify any of the information. ( read original story ...)
Bernstein predicts crypto will emerge as an alternative financial system amid bank busts, and says to buy bitcoin
The U.S. banking crisis is setting the stage for a crypto revolution that will push bitcoin adoption even further, Bernstein says.
‘Crypto is dead in America.’ How FTX’s collapse instigated a Biden crackdown on the digital-asset sector.
The outlook for crypto has never looked worse amid a broad regulatory crackdown led by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler.
Jack Dorsey is the hero that crypto—and the internet—needs right now
Instead, I'm thinking of Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Block and the cofounder of Twitter, which Musk is rapidly running into the ground. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 ...