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Japanese financial giant SBI acquires crypto trading firm B2C2
16.12.2020
Japanese financial services firm SBI has acquired a 90% stake in trading firm B2C2, hopes to attract institutional investors into crypto
Japan’s Biggest Crypto Bull SBI Makes M&A Charge in UK Liquidity Firm Deal
15.12.2020
Japanese banking and securities giant SBI Holdings has had a bullish year in crypto – and it isn’t done with 2020 yet. The firm has announced its first meaningful overseas crypto acquisition deal, snapping up the UK-based crypto liquidity provider and brokerage B2C2 for an undisclosed sum.
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SNK Is Making A New Game Console, It Seems
15.12.2020
At one time, SNK made what was considered the Roll Royce of video game consoles. As a kid, I remember thinking that the Neo-Geo was the most amazing game hardware I had ever seen. And now earlier today, the company announced that it making a new game machine.Read more
Mt Gox Creditors’ Wait Nearly Over as Trustee Announces Rehabilitation Plan
15.12.2020
Mt. Gox’s trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has at last filed a draft plan for the rehabilitation of creditors including former users. See also: Mt. Gox Deadline Extended Again After Creditors Criticize Refund Proposal
New Mamoru Hosoda Anime Film Coming In 2021
15.12.2020
Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast) has announced his newest film. Called Belle, the movie tells the story of a young woman in modern-day Japan as she enters a massive virtual world.Read more
Mt. Gox trustee files draft rehabilitation plan
15.12.2020
Mt. Gox is inching closer to refunding its users one day
Ghost In The Shell Director Mamoru Oshii On This Year's Biggest Anime Hit
14.12.2020
When people look back at 2020, for all its awfulness, one bright spot will stick out in Japan: the runaway success of Demon Slayer.Read more
Report: Japanese Pokémon's Voice Actress Alleged Involved In Covid-19 Relief Scam
11.12.2020
According to Japanese publication Friday, voice actress Rika Matsumoto is under fire for alleged suspicious acts regarding the Japanese government’s covid-19 relief.Read more
As Citizens Suffer Central Banks Flush Trading Houses With Trillions, Ease Corporate Strains
10.12.2020
Central banks across the world have been increasing stimulus and letting inflation run high in order to combat the disastrous economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak response. The Bank of Japan has recently become the country’s largest stockholder and the European Central Bank...
Dragon Quest Attraction Coming To Japanese Theme Park
10.12.2020
The Nijigen no Mori amusement park on Awaji Island, Japan is getting a new Dragon Quest themed attraction. Read more
Once Again, Hikaru Utada Is Singing The Rebuild of Evangelion Theme
9.12.2020
Next January, the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series will hit Japanese movie theaters. And of course, Hikaru Utada will once again sing the theme. Read more
Sake Brewery Teams Up With Japanese Burger Chain For Non-Alcohol Milkshake
9.12.2020
Dassai is one of Japan’s most famous brands is joining forces with Mos Burger, Japan’s best burger chain, for a non-alcohol milkshake.Read more
Japanese SBI and Swiss SIX plan joint crypto venture in Singapore
8.12.2020
The new platform aims to establish an institutional corridor between Europe and Asia
World governments agree on importance of crypto regulation at G7 meeting
7.12.2020
A vast number of nations, including many G7 members, want more rules for crypto
Japan's Super Nintendo World Looks Amazing, Sure, But Also Kind Of Small
7.12.2020
Yes, we can all probably agree that the upcoming Super Nintendo World looks incredible. On the inside, it’s amazing, but on the outside, it looks somewhat small. Read more
New Code Geass TV Anime Announced
7.12.2020
A new Code Geass anime has been announced. Titled Code Geass: Z of the Recapture, the series is the follow-up to the 2019 film Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection.Read more
Japanese City to Trial Blockchain Voting System
7.12.2020
Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, is looking at blockchain tech to solve problems in the city, starting with an e-voting system
LayerX will develop blockchain-based voting system using digital ID verification in Japan
7.12.2020
“Voting over the Internet presents more challenges, such as preventing double voting, technical hurdles to keep ballots secret, and the cost of voting devices."
Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Creator Keiichiro Toyama Has Left Sony
3.12.2020
Keiichiro Toyama first made a name for himself, writing and directing the first Silent Hill while at Konami. In 1999, he joined Sony’s Japan Studio, and today, he’s announced that he has left to form his own studio.Read more
95% of Ripple’s customers are not from the US, CEO Garglinghouse says
3.12.2020
Potential customers in the U.S. are apparently holding off from using Ripple’s XRP-related services due to regulatory uncertainty