Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki sees no contradiction between Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) monetary policy and government efforts to cope with surging fuel cost, per Reuters. Rapid FX moves are ... ( read original story ...)
In first, court rules Tokyo’s order to cut business hours amid COVID spread was ‘illegal’
The Tokyo District Court ruled Monday that the metropolitan government’s decision to order the Global-Dining Inc. restaurant chain to reduce its business hours last year due to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
JETRO’s U.S.-Japan Business Platform “J-Bridge” to Expand Support Services to the Digital Sector and Host Webinar on Smart Cities
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will host a webinar on the topic of "Smart City" technologies to celebrate the expansion of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura targets up to 90% jump in core pretax income in 3 years
Nomura Holdings Inc , Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, said on Tuesday it is targetting an up to 90% jump in pretax income in three years as it plans to beef up digital and advisory ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s meltdown refocuses regulator attention on the industry
Crypto's meltdown last week, sparked in part by the implosion of a major stablecoin, has regulators refocusing on the need to craft federal rules for the industry. ( read original story ...)
MiamiCoin crypto lost 88 percent of its value in less than a year
Miami, host city of the Bitcoin 2022 event we recently visited, doesn’t own or manage the MiamiCoin cryptocurrency, although the coin has enjoyed the support of Mayor Francis Suarez, who at one point ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Is Marked Down As Crypto Winter Wipes Out Billions In Market Value
We’ve gone through painful crypto wipeouts before. Find out why Bitcoin's current price offers both a risk and an opportunity. ( read original story ...)
Japan inks $100 million loan deal to rescue Ukraine economy
Japan signed a 13 billion yen ($100 million) loan agreement with Ukraine Monday, offering financial assistance as the country faces a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Geisha Go More Public
Hoping to revive a long-declining business that took a further hit from the pandemic, the entertainers are performing for large dinner shows and appearing in advertisements ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s financial crisis
TerraUSD was a "stablecoin,” a class of digital tokens supposedly engineered to hold a steady value relative to the U.S. dollar, which is meant to allow for predictable investments like those offered ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to communicate closely with BOJ on econ policy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to pull the economy out of COVID-19-induced doldrums by closely communicating with the Bank of Japan.Kishida told a meeting of his top economic ad ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan’s U.S. Treasury holdings drop to lowest since January 2020 -data
Japan's holdings of Treasuries in March fell to their lowest level in more than two years as a sharp depreciation of the yen against the dollar encouraged Japanese investors to sell U.S. assets to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan signs ¥13 bil loan deal to help Ukraine economy
Japan signed a 13 billion yen ($100 million) loan agreement with Ukraine Monday, offering financial assistance as the country faces an economic crisis due to Russia's invasion. The aid will be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida to work closely with BOJ on economic policy
Close communication between the government and the BOJ is particularly important in Japan, the world's third largest economy ... Haruhiko Kuroda took office in 2013. At the meeting, Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Launches Her Own Sports Agency
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka can relate, as its reported that she recently left her sports agency IMG to launch her own sports agency — EVOLVE. As reported by the Bleacher Report, Osaka and her ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: the collapse of terra and what it could mean beyond crypto
After the crash of the ‘stablecoin’ sparked panic, could the fall of the wider crypto market lead to a more permanent economic crunch? ( read original story ...)