The pandemic slowed worldwide drug testing to a crawl. The process has resumed, but the problems that led to poor testing ahead of the 2016 Games have not gone away. ( read original story ...)
Human resources firm Visional surges in biggest new Tokyo listing since SoftBank
The operator of Bizreach, one of the country’s most popular recruiting platforms for professionals, Visional rose as much as 50% above its ¥5,000 IPO price. ( read original story ...)
Global Core Banking Solution Market 2021 Future Demand, Analysis,Outlook to 2027 Oracle, Infosys, FIS, Tata
The Core Banking Solution Japan Market – Global industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2021–2028 report provides an analysis of the Core Banking Solution Market for the period ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher with eyes on earnings
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.74 percent or 214.29 points at 29,026.92 in early trade, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.10 percent or 20.96 points to 1,919.20. ( read original story ...)
Japan shares rise 1.2% in early trade as investors look ahead to this week’s U.S. jobs report
Thursday's session in Asia-Pacific follows a mixed finish overnight on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a new closing all-time high. ( read original story ...)
Meet the World’s Youngest Crypto Billionaire
V italik Buterin, the Russian-Canadian founder of Ethereum and vocal proponent of a wealth tax, became the world’s youngest billionaire this week, after a bull run pushed the cryptocurrency’s price up ... ( read original story ...)
If crypto cracks in the summer months, this will be ‘one of the easiest shorts’ in the book, trader says
As closely watched cryptocurrencies rally, two traders lay out their expectations for the digital asset space amid the speculative frenzy. ( read original story ...)
Scammers Score $2 Million from the WallStreetBets Crowd With Fictional Crypto Launch
A cryptocurrency scam recently pilfered at least $2 million from WallStreetBets enthusiasts, convincing them that they were buying into a new crypto coin connected to the popular memestock, according ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.73 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.73 percent at 29,024.01 on Thursday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 1.10 percent at 1,919.10. * Dow up 0.29%, S&P 500 up 0.07%, Nasdaq down ... ( read original story ...)
GBP/JPY: Bulls attack 152.00 on Japan’s return from holidays, BOE eyed
Bulls stay hopeful ahead of BOE Super Thursday amid UK’s recently strong fundamentals. Japan looks set to extend the covid-led state of emergency in the key prefectures on Friday. GBP/JPY jumps over ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: The mental strain of the delayed Olympics
Two Olympic hopefuls tell the BBC about the mental health impact of the delay to the Tokyo games. ( read original story ...)
Panic looms over Japan’s plummeting birth rate
The scale of Japan’s demographic crisis has been laid bare by figures that reveal the number of children in the country is the smallest since records began in 1950.The government marked Children’s Day ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street embraces bitcoin and ethereum with the launch of new crypto indexes
The S&P Dow Jones index announced the launch of 3 new indices tracking performance of cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Japan backs ADB with $15 mil for universal health coverage in Asia
Japan will contribute $15 million to a fund aimed at promoting universal health coverage in the Asia-Pacific region to prevent the resurgence of the coronavirus and other pandemics, Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Migrants from Japan to North Korea after war were promised ‘paradise on earth’ but ended up ‘in hell’
As the Korean War came to an end, the Japanese government wanted to get rid of the Koreans living in the slums, so it mounted a propaganda blitz, touting itself as a “paradise” with jobs} for everyone ... ( read original story ...)
VC firms are scrambling to get into crypto investing after Andreessen Horowitz reportedly plans a $1 billion fund
With cryptocurrency prices rising, VCs told Insider that some firms that don't typically invest in the space are now playing catch-up to invest. ( read original story ...)