Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the latest UK public finances figures give Jeremy Hunt more headroom for tax cuts. Hundreds of millions of pounds extra investment ...
Will AI Save Japan’s Birth Rate? One Dating Simulator’s Ambitious Mission
In Japan, one of the biggest dating app developers, Tapple, has turned to AI to tackle the erosion of real human romance in the country.
Deceptive ‘Cherry-Picking’ Crypto Scam Results In 2-Year Jail Term For Investment Firm CEO
The CEO of an investment firm has been handed a two-year prison term by United States authorities for his role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. What Happened: Peter Kambolin, the executive of Systematic Alpha Management, was found guilty of ...
Binance Pushes for Early Dismissal of SEC Lawsuit
Crypto exchanges are trying to shoot holes in the Securities and Exchange Commission's legal reasoning for why digital-asset sales qualify as securities. If they land, courts could dismiss major lawsu
SME IPO: Akai India to raise Rs 32.13 cr with price band around Rs 80-85 per share
AKAI is a Japanese brand of consumer electronics and white goods company ... and satisfy the other working capital needs of the company. Also read: Nova Agritech IPO: Should you subscribe to Rs ...
Tokyo Stock Rally Stalls After Bank of Japan Decision
A recent rally in Tokyo stocks paused on Tuesday after investors interpreted a Bank of Japan monetary policy decision as hawkish, or signaling that financial conditions could tighten at some point in ...
Japan’s Tepco tests drones for wrecked nuclear plant in decommissioning first
Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company wrapped up testing on Tuesday of the first drones to be deployed to the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant in its decades-long ... ( read original story ...)
Juiki Tatsuyoshi Outpoints Yuki Yonaha In Osaka
Juiki Tatsuyoshi overcame a hand injury to earn his latest win. The second-generation boxer turned away a stiff challenge from Yuki Yonaha en route to an eight-round, majority decision. Judge Tomohiro ... ( read original story ...)
DFA exec says another Filipino arrested for deaths of couple in Tokyo
The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo is verifying reports that another Filipino was arrested in relation to the deaths of a Japanese couple at a house in Adachi Ward, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei again hits 34-year high on Wall Street record
Find out more about subscription packages here. JAPAN’S Nikkei share average again rose to a 34-year peak on Tuesday (Jan 23), buoyed by Wall Street’s climb overnight to a fresh record high and the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) decision to keep ultra-easy ...
Morning Bid: Juiced-up Nikkei counts on BOJ staying relaxed
While Chinese shares were again starved of stimulus, Japanese stocks (.N225), opens new tab need no such help, hitting a fresh 34-year peak on Monday for the seventh time so far this year and bringing the Nikkei's gains for January to almost 9%.
Travelers stuck in Tokyo due to Shinkansen service suspension
Shinkansen bullet train service connecting Tokyo and other areas of Japan has been partly suspended, affecting travel for many commuters and tourists. NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki went to Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers
The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework — all while suffering from poverty ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei hits 34-year high on Wall Street boost; BOJ looms
Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 34-year peak on Tuesday, buoyed by chip shares as the index tracked Wall Street's climb to a fresh record high. The gains come even as investors cautiously await the Bank of Japan's monetary policy decision later in the trading day. ( read original story ...)
Aquila Clean Energy eyes Japan battery storage and onshore wind power opportunities
The plans come on top of its 8 megawatt solar project in Japan's Chiba prefecture which started commercial operations last year. "We're already looking at several hundred megawatts (MW) of battery ... ( read original story ...)
Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says ‘Lord told us to’
A Colorado-based pastor for an online church accused of pocketing $1.3 million through a cryptocurrency fraud scheme told followers in a video statement that the Lord told him to do it.