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Japan offers Russia common digital currency on Kuril Islands
March 21st, 2017
Tokyo has prepared a range of offers to Moscow for joint economic projects on Russia’s Kuril Islands, according to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK. The package of proposals, including tourism and fisheries, as well as a common electronic currency, will ...
The Saudi Stock Exchange and the Japan Exchange Group signed a MoU
March 14th, 2017
The Saudi Stock Exchange “Tadawul” and the Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),on March 14, 2017, that will formalize and develop further cooperation between the two exchanges. The memorandum signed by Eng. Khalid Alhussan, ...
Singapore and Japan establish FinTech Cooperation Framework
March 13th, 2017
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan announced the establishment of a Co-operation Framework to enhance FinTech linkages between both countries. 2. The Framework enables MAS and FSA to refer ...
Japan Exchange Regulation and Tokyo Stock Exchange to apply AI to market surveillance operations
March 1st, 2017
Japan Exchange Regulation (“JPX-R”) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (“TSE”) have decided to take the groundbreaking move of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to market surveillance operations. JPX-R and TSE have been examining ways to conduct more sophisticated market surveillance ...
Japanese Giant Hitachi Tests Blockchain Tech for 150 Million Member Rewards Program
February 28th, 2017
Hitachi, a major and decades-old Japanese conglomerate and multinational is implementing a blockchain platform onto its popular point management and rewards platform, PointInfinity. Japanese blockchain developer and bitcoin exchange Tech Bureau is providing ‘Mijin’ its private blockchain solution to ...
Dollar hits two-week high vs yen on U.S.-Japan summit relief
February 13th, 2017
The dollar rose to a two-week high versus the yen on Monday, with the market breathing a sigh of relief as the closely watched two-day U.S.-Japan summit held over the weekend was seen to have ended smoothly. U.S. President ...
Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in January 2017
February 2nd, 2017
Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in January 2017. Cash Equity Market – In January 2017, the daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) was JPY 2.6311 trillion. – In the ETF market, monthly ...
Interactive Brokers Japan fined JPY 20 million
January 26th, 2017
Japan Exchange Regulation (hereinafter “JPX-R”) has inspected Interactive Brokers Securities Japan,Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”) and deemed that there was insufficient trading management to prevent acceptance of orders, etc., which could potentially result in the creation of manipulative quotations. Tokyo ...
Sayōnara, Humans: Japanese Company Replaces Its Workers with AI
January 9th, 2017
34 workers at a Japanese insurance company are being laid off and replaced with an artificial intelligence (AI) system. Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, seeking greater efficiency in calculating their payouts to policyholders, will soon replace many of its office ...
Euro Climbs Along With Oil as Japan Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap
December 30th, 2016
European currency spiked as much as 1.6% versus greenback Crude climbed after first daily decline in nine days The euro spiked higher as the dollar weakened for a second day and oil advanced in thin end-of-year trading. Japan’s Topix ...
