MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1%, but was still up 1.39% on the more than five-week low it hit on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG Plans to Buy 10% Stake in SBI Worth Over $443 Million -Nikkei
Inc is in final talks to acquire 10% of online financial giant SBI Holdings Inc in a deal likely worth over 60 billion yen ($443 million), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The deal, ... ( read original story ...)
Yen bruised as Japan’s rates gap widens with rest of the world
The yen hit a fresh 24-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, having taken another tumble overnight as U.S. bond yields continued to rise, in stark contrast to Japan's stubbornly low interest rates ... ( read original story ...)
Final bill for Tokyo 2020 Olympics comes in at $10.4 bln
Olympics, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, cost 1.42 trillion yen ($10.4 billion), nearly double the figure quoted in the city's bid for the Games, ... ( read original story ...)
Ibaraki Airport – Tokyo’s dark horse airport struggles to regain a definable role
Ibaraki, a new civil airport on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, was quickly redesigned for a low cost function, most of its unnecessary trappings being removed. Traffic began to grow. But since the ... ( read original story ...)
‘People Are Scared’—Crypto Braced For A Fresh Fed Earthquake After $2 Trillion Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Crash
Fried, the billionaire chief executive of crypto exchange FTX, has blamed the Fed for the bitcoin and crypto price crash and warned people are ... ( read original story ...)
Elon Musk says he never told people to invest in crypto. Here’s what he has said.
With the entire cryptocurrency market currently tanking and major crypto firms becoming insolvent, one would think Elon Musk might reflect on some of his recent statements with a little contrition. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Weekly: DeFi deflates
STORY: This is Crypto Weekly, with your top stories on alternative currencies. This week, bitcoin takes another battering, and why DeFi is deflating. Bitcoin is under pressure again. Over the weekend ... ( read original story ...)
United announces flights between Nagoya and Fukuoka to resume following 2-year pandemic-caused pause
United Airlines is relaunching the Nagoya-Guam and Fukuoka-Guam nonstop services in August. This follows other announcements expanding the airline’s non- stop service and capacity between Japan and ... ( read original story ...)
United to relaunch Guam’s Nagoya, Fukuoka routes in August
United Airlines announced Wednesday that Nagoya-Guam and Fukuoka-Guam nonstop services will relaunch in August, expanding the airline’s non-stop service and capacity between Japan and Guam. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka, LeBron James launch media company
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka and basketball icon LeBron James announced plans to launch a joint media production company venture. The Hollywood Reporter reported on Tuesday that Osaka and her ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo mayoral win a ‘huge surprise’ for candidate living in Belgium
Japanese national Satoko Kishimoto won ward of 500,000 people 5,800 miles away with online campaigning ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher after yen hits new 24-year low vs. dollar
Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday, with support coming from sharp gains on Wall Street overnight and buying in automakers ... ( read original story ...)
Final cost for COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics will be double the original estimate
Tokyo Olympics organizers were expected to place the final cost of the Games at 1.42 trillion yen, about twice of what was forecast when the IOC awarded them in 2013. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka, LeBron James luanch media company
The Hollywood Reporter reported on Tuesday that Osaka and her business partner Stuart Duguid’s venture, Hana Kuma, will partner with James’s own production company with longtime business ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics cost doubles to $13bn on COVID and overruns
The price tag for last summer's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics ballooned to 1.42 trillion yen (about $13 billion based on 2021 rates), nearly twice the initial estimate, with ... ( read original story ...)