Japan Financial News
21.09 / 13:45
Citi
Digital
Top Nomura banker Steven Ashley steps down to run digital assets unit
Steven Ashley, Nomura’s most senior banker in the City, is stepping down from his role as head of its wholesale unit to lead the Japanese bank’s new digital assets company.
21.09 / 13:25
NFT
Metaverse
Crypto Exchange
Japanese Crypto Exchange Coincheck Partners with Actor Kenji Kohashi for The Sandbox Project
The Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has enlisted Kenji Kohashi, a top-billing movie director and event organizer, to design its metaverse space in The Sandbox.
21.09 / 09:21
Climate change
Man set himself on fire amid outcry over Shinzo Abe's state funeral plans
A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo early Wednesday in a sign of protest against the state funeral for former leader Shinzo Abe.
20.09 / 13:11
Blockchain
UPS
Infinity
play
Japan Gaming Giants Looks to Play 2 Earn - That’s Good News for Battle Infinity
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20.09 / 07:25
Blockchain
Gaming
Yield Guild Games: Web3 gaming adoption needs a local touch
The blockchain-based gaming industry will need to look at localized strategies to attract Web3 gamers, says decentralized gaming guild Yield Guild Games (YGG).
19.09 / 21:01
Dollar’s Rise Spells Trouble for Global Economies
The U.S. dollar is experiencing a once-in-a-generation rally, a surge that threatens to exacerbate a slowdown in growth and amplify inflation headaches for global central banks.
19.09 / 14:29
J-pop to Go Crypto with IEO-funded Idol Group to Debut in 2023
J-pop is ready to take the crypto plunge, with Japan’s biggest pop producer set to debut a new “idol group” (a boy band or girlgroup) in the metaverse – a project that will be funded through an initial exchange offering (IEO).
19.09 / 05:55
business
Blockchain
Gaming
Bandai Namco, SEGA among gaming giants eyeing blockchain gaming
Japanese gaming giants are positioning for mainstream blockchain game adoption, and will not be swayed by the section of gamers that are against crypto and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), an exec from the Oasys blockchain project told Cointelegraph.
19.09 / 00:05
recovery
Asia-Pacific Reopens for Tourism, but Recovery Is Slow
Japan is getting ready to join other top Asia-Pacific destinations in fully reopening to tourism. But the region’s beaches, shopping meccas and cultural sites are finding the return to pre-Covid prosperity is slower than in the U.S. and Europe, in part because would-be Chinese tourists are still largely stuck at home.
18.09 / 22:03
18.09 / 20:55
Queen Elizabeth II
UN
London
us house
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blames Azerbaijan for renewed Armenia conflict
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has openly blamed Azerbaijan for renewed conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, though this was challenged by Baku.
18.09 / 19:39
18.09 / 19:29
Queen Elizabeth II
UN
London
Ukraine war: Russian 'torture chambers', Kherson 'provocations', fears on Ukraine-Russia border
Ukraine claimed to have found makeshift prisons used by Russian forces to "torture" Ukrainian troops on Sunday.
18.09 / 19:29
Queen Elizabeth II
UN
Protest held in London over police shooting of unarmed man Chris Kaba
Hundreds of people protested outside Scotland Yard in London on Saturday after a young black man was shot dead by police
18.09 / 16:29
pandemic
Queen Elizabeth II
Japan battered by typhoon Nanmadol as millions take shelter
A powerful typhoon hit the southwest coast of Japan on Sunday, with authorities advising millions of people to seek shelter.
17.09 / 00:01
UPS
CEO
Walmart
‘The economy is braking hard’ and CEO confidence is miserable, says billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht
The U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of a serious downturn if the Federal Reserve doesn't pump the brakes on its rate hikes, billionaire CEO Barry Sternlicht said.
16.09 / 13:37
coinbase
Crypto Exchange
Coinbase Japan Almost Doubles the Number of Tokens it Lists
The crypto exchange Coinbase Japan has almost doubled the number of tokens it lists on its platform, taking the total of coins listed from six to 11 – a suggestion that Japanese exchanges could start significantly expanding the number of tokens they handle.
16.09 / 06:43
Blockchain
Gaming
NOT
Gamers want fun, not a grind fest for tokens — Animoca subsidiary
Blockchain-based games need to spend more time actually being “fun to play” rather than developing flashy tokenomics, an Animoca Brand-owned blockchain game developer told Cointelegraph.
15.09 / 23:23
NFT
Gaming
play-to-earn
Strategic game that pits two DAOs against each other reveals when it will launch
An upcoming blockchain game has revealed when it will launch.
15.09 / 21:23
regulation
Financial
Singapore's financial authority grants license to SBI's digital asset arm
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, has granted SBI Digital Markets, a subsidiary of the digital asset arm of Japan-based financial giant SBI Holdings, a license to conduct certain regulated activities in the country.
15.09 / 15:27
Dollar’s Strength Prompts Question: What Will Japan Do With Its Bounty of Bucks?
TOKYO—The U.S. dollar’s rise to a 24-year high against the yen is great news for Japanese savers who put a chunk of their retirement nest eggs into dollar-denominated assets.
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