Risk sentiment improved Friday, pushing U.S. equity futures higher into the final trading day of a volatile week on Wall Street. ( read original story ...)
Has SoftBank’s IPO Pressure On Paytm Backfired On The Masayoshi Son-Led Fund?
SoftBank’s $1.4 Bn investment in Paytm till date has a fair value of $800 Mn as per the Japanese VC, but did it create this situation? ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Vice reminds me of my experience with the yakuza in Japan
In 2017, I published a book on yakuza tattoos, the work was based on fieldwork in Yokohama and I conducted interviews and photographed yakuza members. The series brought me back to my experience with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rebound on bargain-hunting, upbeat earnings
Tokyo stocks bounced back Friday, as investors went on a bargain-hunting campaign to scoop-up cheap shares following the Nikkei's hefty slump a day earlier, while upbeat earnings from Japanese firms ... ( read original story ...)
Japan needs to invest $1.2 trln in decarbonisation over 10 years- industry ministry
Japan's public and private sectors will need to invest a total of 150 trillion yen ($1.2 trillion) in decarbonisation over the next 10 years to help achieve the nation's ambitious goal of becoming ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks rebound on bargain-hunting, upbeat earnings
Heavily-weighted component Tokyo Electron helped lift the broader market, jumping 5.5 percent, following the chip equipment maker announcing a record net profit for fiscal 2021 and expectations for ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Shareholder Payday Still Has One More Hurdle: Tokyo
After years of delays and deflections, Toshiba management has finally agreed to consider selling the company. But Tokyo will still have the ultimate say. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 4,109 new cases as virus rebound persists
Tokyo reported 4,109 new COVID-19 cases Friday, up 1,428 from a week before and rising week-on-week for the seventh straight day. The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases stood at 4,153, up 46.1 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 4,109 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says there were 4,109 new coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital on Friday. The daily count was about 1,400 more than a week ago, and marked a seventh straight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says Russia should be held accountable for atrocities-Japan official quoting foreign minister
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday Russian atrocities in Ukraine were totally unacceptable and Moscow should be held accountable for its action, a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Honda sees profit slide on chips, material cost woes
Honda’s fiscal fourth quarter profit slipped to almost half of what the Japanese automaker earned the previous year as it endured supply shortages and rising raw materials costs. Tokyo-based Honda ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency is not actually perfectly designed for crime. Just ask the crypto cops.
It was the biggest signal yet that cryptocurrency, once seen as attractive to criminals for its supposed shield of anonymity, may not be so crime-friendly after all. Just a few years ago, the federal ... ( read original story ...)
‘Stablecoin’ collapse crushes crypto
STORY: Bitcoin is set for a record seventh consecutive weekly loss, as the collapse of a leading stablecoin and concerns about inflation continue to crush markets.The world's most established ... ( read original story ...)
How More Than $1 Trillion of Crypto Vanished in Just Six Months
The helium is coming out of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as investors shy away from risk. ( read original story ...)
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.64%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Power sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei sees best day since late-March, led by SoftBank gains
Japan's Nikkei benchmark stock index posted its biggest rise in more than a month and half as investors scooped up cheap stocks, with SoftBank Group leading gains. SoftBank Group provided the biggest ... ( read original story ...)