Takahiko Wada
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Japan’s top financial regulator voices caution over cryptocurrency trading
Tokyo should instead focus on issuing central bank digital currencies, he said.
Japan said to further ease rules on foreign ownership of stocks
The exemptions will benefit foreign hedge funds and wealth asset managers, which own or invest heavily in Japanese shares.
Japan to limit foreign ownership in 12 sectors
The sectors include defence, nuclear power, aerospace, utilities, gas, cybersecurity and telecom.
Six i-banks named to lead Japan Post share sale, Nomura left out
The Japan government is expected to raise $11 billion from the stake sale.
Japanese regulator may direct crypto exchanges to tighten security of digital money
The move by the FSA highlights the difficulties in ensuring security of virtual currencies.
Tokyo bourse to take over Japan’s commodities exchange in consolidation move
The deal brings Japan in line with a global trend towards consolidation that has created bourses trading everything from currencies to cheese.
Japan’s Coincheck said to win regulatory nod for crypto exchange operations
It won the approval to operate as a licensed cryptocurrency exchange after improving its governance in the wake of one of the biggest digital money th
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan to appoint self-regulating body
The self-regulating body will be formed in a bid to better safeguard investors following a $530 million digital money heist in January.
Japan’s Nomura poised to start China retail brokerage biz
Nomura already serves wealthy Chinese from retail operations in Hong Kong, and offers wholesale - or business-to-business - services in mainland Chin
Japan regional banks’ merger plan further delayed
A proposed merger between two banks in southern Japan will likely be delayed for a second time.
