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Japan moves to regulate crypto like stocks in market growth push

The bill would classify crypto assets as financial instruments, making them subject to lower taxes and stricter trading rules and opening the door to new products like ETFs.

Shin-Etsu plans new rare-earth refinery to secure supply

The plant will be the company's third in Fukui Prefecture and will help "to ensure a stable supply of rare-earth-related products and magnets," a spokesperson for the firm said.

Football: Seasoned veterans, senior members to buttress high-flying Japan

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Kyodo) -- After pulling off upsets against Brazil last October and England this March in friendlies, the expectation level for J

New kangaroo trading cards have fans hopping to park gift shop in Japan's Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU -- Sales of kangaroo trading cards that began this spring in a large park here with about 350 of the animals have shattered initial targets

Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or d

NTT sets sights on Nvidia, AI race with $500m optical network fund

Nippon Life's private credit assets reach $4.6bn

Shin-Etsu to set up rare-earth smelter in Japan to ease reliance on China

Nippon Steel gets ¥90 billion via first bond since U.S. Steel acquisition

The yen-denominated bond sale is an early test of investor appetite for Japanese companies pursuing growth through large overseas acquisitions.

Brookfield bets on its Japan business to top Hong Kong and Singapore

Iran soccer body claims fans' tickets for World Cup games in the US have been revoked

(AP) -- Adding more turmoil to a chaotic World Cup buildup for Iran, the national soccer federation claimed Tuesday that FIFA revoked the ticket alloc

Starbucks said to weigh Japan unit options including stake sale

The U.S. coffee chain has held preliminary talks with investment banks to help determine an approach for Japan, one of Starbucks' biggest markets.

Japan Sets Nuclear Reactor Replacement Targets

METI proposes replacing up to 5 reactors in the 2040s and 11–14 in the 2050s, but rising global costs cast doubt on the plan. The post Japan Sets Nuclear Reactor Replacement Targets first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

Japan's JGC bets on carbon-feeding bacteria to create bioplastics

JR East to shift from magnetic to QR code tickets in 2027

JR East said removing the nonrecyclable magnetic layer on the back of the conventional tickets will help reduce environmental impact.

JR East to replace magnetic train tickets with QR code ones next spring

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will abolish its existing magnetic train tickets and replace them with QR-coded tickets next s

Japanese sailor sets course for around-the-world yacht race

If Masatomo Suzuki completes the 2028 Vendee Globe, an event known as "the Everest of the seas," he would become the second Japanese person to achieve the feat.

The Iran war is coming for your Diet Coke

Almost every one of those electrical devices, however, depends on the same aluminum that's disappearing from the refrigerators of Indian supermarkets.

Kin of WWII US bomber pilot meets widow of Japanese man who traced his fate in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA -- Kayoko Mori, wife of the late historian and atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori, met in Hiroshima on June 3 with relatives of Joseph Dubin

Katayama says Japan undergoing biggest budget reform since 1945

The government plans to incorporate as much spending as possible into initial budgets rather than rely on additional funding in supplementary packages.