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Report: Legendary Sonic Designer Yuji Naka Arrested In Japan
18.11.2022
Over the past 24 hours a number of people in Japan—including a Square Enix employee—have been arrested on insider trading charges related to a Dragon Quest game announcement. Legendary Sega designer Yuji Naka is reportedly among them.Read more
AVAX expands its reach to Japan via Coinbase
17.11.2022
After Coinbase lists AVAX on the platform, Avalanche blockchain enters the Japanese market. AVAX can now be traded on desktop computers and mobile devices throughout the region. The Avalanche blockchain’s native token can be used for minting non-fungible tokens, playing games in the Web3...
FTX Contagion: This Crypto Currency Exchange Just Suspended Withdrawals
16.11.2022
The FTX contagion keeps spreading. Among the most recently affected companies is the Liquid exchange, which suspended withdrawals on Tuesday.
The exchange stated that it had done so in order to comply with regulations relating to FTX's bankruptcy filing.
The company said on Twitter that,
"Fiat...
Japan’s Run for Money to be converted to an NFT game
16.11.2022
Run for Money, a game variety show produced in Japan and regarded as the country’s most popular is now airing on Fuji Television. According to plans for the near future, this will be transformed into a version of a game based on NFTs. Run for Money, by the way, has been broadcast since 2004....
FTX-owned crypto exchange Liquid halts all withdrawals
15.11.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange acquired the Japanese crypto trading platform Liquid Group and its subsidiaries in February 2022
Japanese Government: We’ll Take ‘All Possible Measures’ to Help FTX Japan Customers
14.11.2022
The Japanese government has vowed that it will do all it can to protect customers of FTX’s Japanese subsidiary, FTX Japan. But the exchange has announced that its clients’ funds are safe.
Nikkei quoted the nation’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki as explaining that regulators had hit FTX Japan...
Japanese Regulator Slaps FTX Japan With Business Suspension Order
12.11.2022
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has issued a business suspension order to FTX Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of FTX.com. The financial watchdog has also ordered the crypto exchange to submit a business improvement plan by Nov. 16. Japanese Regulator Takes...
FTX CEO Updates Crypto Community, Sunsets Alameda Trading, Addresses a Specific ‘Sparring Partner’
10.11.2022
On Nov. 10, 2022, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) addressed the crypto community in a thread posted to Twitter. SBF noted that he messed up and “should have done better” and also detailed that at some point he “might have more to say about a particular sparring partner.” SBF Says He Messed...
Japan's financial regulator requests FTX Japan halt operations
10.11.2022
Under the orders, FTX Japan will be required to suspend OTC derivatives transactions and related margins as well as new deposits from Nov. 10 to Dec. 9 unless the FSA steps in
FTX Japan Ordered by Regulator to Suspend Operations Following Withdrawal Halt
10.11.2022
Japan's Financial Services agency has ordered the local arm of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange to halt operations until December and put together a "business improvement plan."
In the Volatile World Of VTubers, Companies Crash And Burn
10.11.2022
Elves, robots, zombies and pirates. Many of today’s internet stars aren’t even human, but outlandish characters that wouldn’t look out of place in a popular anime or manga. Such is the world of virtual YouTubers or “VTubers,” who have gone from a niche technology experiment to a full-blown cultural...
We Need To Start Holding Japanese RPGs To Higher Standards
9.11.2022
I had one hell of a weekend. After I published my piece on Final Fantasy producer Naoki Yoshida’s misguided comments about the next game’s overwhelming whiteness, the fans completely lost their minds. Sure, I saw the usual slurs and petty insults. But those weren’t the comments that stuck to...
Japanese Mobile Firm NTT Plans to Invest $4 Billion in Web3 Technology – Find Out Why
9.11.2022
Japan’s largest mobile telecoms operator NTT DOCOMO has announced plans to invest up to 600 billion yen ($4 billion) into Web3 infrastructure.
The company has joined forces with multichain smart contract platform Astar Network as well as Irish services company Accenture to speed up Web3 adoption...
Largest Japanese Bank MUFG Projects to Offer Financial Services in Metaverse by 2023
9.11.2022
MUFG, the biggest bank in Japan, is projecting to offer financial services through the metaverse in 2023. The financial giant has partnered with ANA Holdings, a holdings consortium focused on air transportation companies, to be part of ANA’s Granwhale metaverse, and explore the possibility...
Japan Mobile-Phone Operator NTT Docomo to Invest $4B Into Web3
8.11.2022
The operator will collaborate with Astar Foundation and Accenture to speed up Web3 adoption in the country
Gamefi Project Oasys Aims to Grow Blockchain Gaming in Japan Through YGG Partnership
8.11.2022
Oasys, a gaming-oriented, Japan-based Web3 project, is partnering with YGG, a blockchain gaming guild, to grow blockchain gaming in Japan. The partnership encompasses the use of YGG resources to promote gaming projects built on top of the Oasys ecosystem, giving developers from all over the world...
Japan’s largest mobile operator to establish Web3 consortium
8.11.2022
Partially owned by the state, NTT Docomo aims to to accelerate the Web3 adoption in the Japan
Square Enix Announces Symbiogenesis, a Story-Driven NFT Interactive Experience
7.11.2022
Square Enix, the Japanese AAA game developer and publisher, announced the launch of a new NFT-based gaming franchise, titled Symbiogenesis. The experience, which will be built on top of Ethereum, will leverage the use of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as art that users can set as profile pictures...
Japan's Digital Agency launches DAO to explore DAOs and Web3
3.11.2022
The group added it would consider the benefits and challenges of granting the DAO legal status in Japan, citing the state of Wyoming approving similar legislation in July 2021
Japan Digital Ministry to Create DAO for Web3 Exploration
3.11.2022
Japan's Digital Ministry is to create a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to deepen its understanding of Web3 technology