TOKYO - The Japanese government approved a bill on April 10th to revise the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, aiming to classify crypto assets such as Bitcoin as financial products subject to regulation.
Under the proposed changes, crypto assets would be treated similarly to securities, bringing them under insider trading regulations, while companies issuing digital assets for fundraising purposes would be required to disclose relevant information to investors.
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Typhoon No. 18 remained a strong storm as it passed near Minamidaito Island on August 25, with Okinawa's main island and the Amami region expected to experience their most severe rain, winds and waves late at night through around midnight. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon was near Minamidaito Island at 9 a.m. on August 25 and was moving west-northwest at 20 kilometers per hour.
The Japanese government plans to reuse low-radioactivity soil generated by decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear accident at government office complexes in Saitama and Sendai, marking the first such reuse outside Tokyo.
An 85-year-old couple have donated a combined 400 million yen to Osaka City with a request that the money be used to create a giant Myaku-Myaku statue about 20 meters tall at the former site of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, envisioning a landmark that could become a lasting symbol of the event and of renewed prosperity for Kansai and Japan.
Lawson plans to cut prices on its main line of onigiri rice balls by 10 yen from September 29 as falling rice prices begin to feed through to retail costs.
Police have established a temporary police post in the whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, ahead of the September 1 opening of the annual drive hunt for whales and dolphins.
SoftBank Group announced on August 24 that it will issue 1 trillion yen in unsecured corporate bonds for individual investors, in what is set to be its largest such offering.
Japanese companies and venture investors are stepping up efforts to commercialize technologies that could transform shipping and recruitment, with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines pursuing fully autonomous operation of giant cargo vessels while startup Calaris develops an interactive AI interviewer designed to uncover abilities that conventional job applications may miss.
Japanese online publishing platform note is using artificial intelligence to review its management meetings and analyze company-wide activity as it prepares for a future in which AI increasingly determines what information, products and services people discover online.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming cyber warfare by enabling faster, automated and continuous attacks, raising concerns that governments and companies may struggle to detect and stop intrusions before serious damage occurs.
Running a business in Japan at present involves constantly coping with evolving threats. The Japan cybersecurity market is growing rapidly, and this growth speaks for itself.
The creation of the ERC-20 standard allowed the blockchain ecosystem to scale through the deployment of fungible tokens, where every asset is completely identical and interchangeable with another.
RTP is one of the clearest mathematical indicators available when Kiwi players assess an online casino game.
Data center construction is accelerating across Japan as artificial intelligence drives demand for computing capacity, creating new business opportunities for domestic companies supplying air-conditioning systems, transformers, measuring equipment, construction machinery, batteries and electrical distribution systems.
