Japan’s chief currency official sent a warning on recent foreign exchange moves, after the yen weakened against the dollar following Friday’s Bank of Japan decision. ( read original story ...)
Institutional Meets Retail: How Teng Is Positioning Binance For The Next Crypto Boom
Binance is now a global system layer, able to carry the weight of institutional flows, the frequency of retail activity, and the precision of regulatory infrastructure.
Thailand turn their focus to Asian Games in Nagoya
Thailand, who closed the curtain on the 33rd Southeast Asian Games with a commanding performance on home soil, have quickly shifted focus to next year's Asian Games in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama’s most famous park is a reminder of how beauty can be born from tragedy
If you want an example of tragedy turned into beauty, look no further than Yamashita Park in Yokohama. The park rose from the rubble of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Built using repurposed debris from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan prepares to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since the 2011 ... ( read original story ...)
Why China’s spat with Japan could still get worse
F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social ... ( read original story ...)
Japan HR record-setter Munetaka Murakami joining White Sox
Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, who hit 56 home runs in Nippon Professional Baseball in 2022, is joining the White Sox. ( read original story ...)
US introduces new bill to fix tax loopholes in crypto
On Dec. 20, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) introduced the bill called the Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation, and Yields (PARITY) ...
Japan’s Takaichi government maintains 75% approval rating
TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government held steady at 75% in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey, maintaining the 70% level for three consecutive months ...
Tencent uses Datasection’s Osaka and Sydney data centers to access Nvidia’s newest GPUs despite US export limits
A data center outside Osaka now runs thousands of Nvidia’s newest chips for Tencent, giving the company a path around Washington’s hardware limits while keeping everything within legal bounds. The ... ( read original story ...)
NTT UD REIT acquires Osaka residential property to boost portfolio
The latest announcement is out from NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation ( ($JP:8956) ). NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation announced the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan imposes new ground rules as concerns grow over foreign-owned land
From next year, anyone buying property will have to confirm their nationality – a move some analysts say is overkill. ( read original story ...)
North Korea stole a record amount of crypto—again: report estimates its hackers’ 2025 haul at $2 billion
A massive amount of crypto was robbed this year, and most of it went to North Korea. The country accounted for roughly 59% of the more than $3.4 billion in stolen crypto, according to Chainalysis’ ...
House Plan Seeks Tax Safe Harbor for Stablecoins, Crypto Staking
A bipartisan House duo is drawing up a cryptocurrency tax framework that would provide a safe harbor for some stablecoin transactions and delay taxation of rewards earned by verifying blockchain ...
Japan hikes interest rate to highest level since 1995 as inflation bites
It comes as new PM Sanae Takaichi is keen for inflation to fall but also needs low government borrowing costs. ( read original story ...)
Japan shinkansen bullet train transforms into moving disco
JR Central on Friday held a disco event in a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train car complete with a dance floor, with DJ KOO of Japanes ... ( read original story ...)