Bank Indonesia (BI) will allow banks to sell non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) of the rupiah against the Malaysian ringgit, Thai baht, and Japanese yen by August, as part of efforts to deepen market …
Ripple Launches On-Demand Liquidity with SBI Remit to Accelerate and Grow Cross-Border Payments from Japan
Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions for global payments, announced today the launch of RippleNet’s firs …
Ripple Teams With SBI Remit For On-demand Liquidity In Japan
Cryptocurrency and digital payments network Ripple is working with remittance company SBI Remit and Coins.ph to introduce on-demand liquidity service in Japan.
The Next One: Japan’s Hashimoto takes gold in gymnastics
Daiki Hashimoto grew up watching Kohei Uchimura win gold medals, just like every other aspiring Japanese gymnast over the past decade-plus. Yet the idea of carrying on the legacy Uchimura built during …
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Japan top medal table, heat forces tennis change – live!
Join our team of writers for live updates from day five of the Olympic Games in Tokyo …
Olympic host Japan records highest number of new COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic
As the Delta variant fuels a surge in infections, a hospital director says “medical system collapse is a real possibility.” …
Japan’s men’s, women’s field hockey teams still winless
It was another rough day for Japan’s field hockey teams. The Olympic hosts have had good moments on both the men’s and women’s sides, but neither has won a match at the Games, and time is running out.
Fukushima, intended to celebrate recovery from nuclear disaster, will have an ‘unfortunate’ lack of fans for Japan’s Olympic baseball game
After a 13-year hiatus, baseball is returning to the Olympics — although no fans will be there to witness it.
Timely bunt rallies Japan past DR in 9th in Olympic opener
At risk of an embarrassing defeat to start the Olympic tournament, the Japanese baseball team turned things around with its signature fundamentals. Fans of Major League Baseball, be ready: bunting is …
Tokyo Olympics: Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto wins all-around gymnastics gold
Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto wins the Olympic gold medal in the men’s all-around gymnastics final after an almost flawless high bar routine.