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Choi Sang-mok, South Korea's finance minister, during an interview in Seoul on Thursday
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
In South Korea's crisis playbook, currency stability is paramount
In the four decades since South Korea was last under martial law, the nation has significantly evolved its systems to focus on ensuring economic stability.
BUSINESS / Markets
Cheap yen boost for Japan’s stocks shrinks to nil on hawkish BOJ
The Topix and the yen have been largely moving independently over the past two months.
BUSINESS / Markets
Bitcoin's true believers bask in I-told-you-so glow at $100,000
The milestone marks a spectacular comeback from a “crypto winter” two years ago in the wake of the collapse of the FTX exchange in a pile of fraud.
Bitcoin has risen to $100,000 for the first time amid optimism in the market that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will provide support to the digital-asset industry.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 5, 2024
Bitcoin hits $100,000 in highly anticipated crypto milestone
By Michael P. Regan and Emily Nicole
A price of $100,000 pushes the market value of Bitcoin to just shy of $2 trillion, making it a larger investment asset than all but a handful of public companies.
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 4, 2024
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
By Elizabeth Beattie
Tokyo stocks opened flat and the yen was little changed from a day earlier, when the South Korean president declared martial law in a late-night address.
People walk past a board displaying currency exchange rates of the U.S. dollar and Euro against Russian ruble in Moscow on Nov. 27.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 4, 2024
Why the euro is closing in on parity with the U.S. dollar again
By Alice Atkins
Hitting parity is psychologically significant for investors and policymakers and could spur a period of volatility for the euro.
The yen carry trade is expected to ramp up next year, driven by wide gaps in interest rates, higher government borrowing in the U.S. and low volatility in currency markets, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 3, 2024
Yen carry trade that rattled markets shows signs of a comeback
By Mia Glass and Masaki Kondo
Japanese retail investors as well as leveraged funds and asset managers outside the country are estimated to have boosted bearish wagers on the yen in November.
Nomura’s reputation has taken a hit after it admitted to a bond market manipulation in October and following charges brought against a former employee in November on suspicion of robbery, arson and attempted murder of an elderly couple during a customer visit.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 2, 2024
Nomura’s Japan corporate bond market rank slips after probe
By Takahiko Hyuga
Japan’s biggest brokerage saw its position fall to sixth place in November and its market share shrink to 2.1%, the latest data shows.
The 225-issue Nikkei stock average jumped on Nov. 6 after it appeared as though Donald Trump had won the U.S. presidential election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 30, 2024
Rush to ‘value up’ may be Asia stocks best defense against Trump
By Chiranjivi Chakraborty and Eduard Gismatullin
Governments are rushing to implement their own versions of Japan’s structural reforms that helped drive its benchmark index to a record high this year.
The Nikkei stock average outside a brokerage in Tokyo in late October.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 30, 2024
Japan companies boosting benefits for long-term shareholders
Behind the move are growing calls for listed companies to reward shareholders more through measures including dividend hikes.

Japanese companies weigh impact of South Korea's martial law chaos
Passengers line up at Narita Airport to board a flight to Seoul on Wednesday.
Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek to empower women
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says she will continue to review work styles flexibly to ensure that women do not have to sacrifice their careers due to life events.
Yoon fights for political life as martial law repercussions reverberate
A line of police officers stand guard as protesters gather at the edge of Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Wednesday after President Yoon Suk Yeol formally lifted martial law earlier, six hours after having declared it.
Tamaki suspended for three months as DPP leader following affair
Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
88 arrested for soliciting prostitution near Tokyo park so far this year
A woman is arrested for soliciting prostitution near Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in October.
Japan's soft power soared to new heights in 2024
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for “Godzilla Minus One,” while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in “Shogun.” Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
Lightning strikes twice for Shun Ikeda at All Japan Championships
Shun Ikeda holds the trophy after winning his second consecutive amateur yokozuna title on Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.

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