Japan

The Japan Bank Consortium to Central Provide Domestic and Cross-Border Payment, which was launched in October 2016 by leading Japanese financial institutions, and the...

A new TV show launching in Japan aims to introduce the idea of digital currency and blockchain technology to the public with the help of Japanese...

Blockchain technology has gotten a major boost in Japan as Rakuten has committed itself to the research and development of blockchain solutions for e-commerce....

Japan recently made headlines by announcing that its government was considering defining Bitcoin and other digital currencies as currency rather than commodity.This was confirmed...

The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported in early March that the country’s parliament, the Diet, will soon vote on a set of Bitcoin regulations to...

This post is by Krystle Vermes.Japanese legislators officially proposed handling virtual currencies as methods of payment on February 23, Nikkei reports. This would mean...

Japanese cryptocurrency management service provider and SmartCoin operator Orb hasraised US $2.3 million in seed funding from leading Japanese venture capital firms and angel...

This is a guest post by Drew Hinkes, an attorney at Berger Singerman. Drew is also frequently published and cited for his work on...

OKWave, the largest Q&A site in Japan with more than 40 million monthly visitors, has announced that the company will integrate bitcoin to allow...

It’s been a long time coming, but Mt. Gox customers who lost their funds can finally make claims against the exchange, which filed for...