Japan's Finance Minister declared 2026 as "Digital Year One." Digital assets, such as crypto, will align with traditional ...

December's most unexpected entry comes at number eight. The Agatsuma Anpanman Kids Camera jumps from 26th place last month ...

Japan’s finance minister calls 2026 the “first year of digital,” backing crypto integration, new regulations, and sweeping ...

Japan is moving closer to crypto ETFs as it cuts taxes, rewrites rules, and brings digital assets into mainstream financial ...

Japan, a country known for its technological innovations in robotics and manufacturing, has surprisingly lagged behind when it comes to digital transformation. According to the 2022 IMD World Digital ...

A few weeks ago, Japan’s Digital Minister Kono Taro appeared via video link at the Tallinn Digital Summit – one of the biggest digital government events in the calendar – for the second year in a row.

Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance. As the naming ...

Japan’s government entities and regulators are too deeply embedded in the digital industry’s fixed structure — which lacks digital literacy, client responsibility and close connections with ...

Ichigo, based in Tokyo, plans to offer over $20 million worth of digital securities backed by real estate on the Osaka Digital Exchange. Proprietary trading system operator Osaka Digital Exchange (ODX ...

Japan appears to have reversed its earlier stance on CBDCs as Facebook’s Libra and China’s digital yuan pressure decision makers to release a digital yen. Ruling party lawmakers in Japan are ...

TOKYO — It’s been a rough and costly road, but digital terrestrial television (DTT) arrived in Japan on Dec. 1. Pubcaster NHK and the five national commercial networks, as well as 11 regional ...