Japan Archives - Page 7 of 9

Korea’s Paradise Group To Consider Continuous Partnership With Sega Sammy

January 30, 2019

Korea’s leading integrated resort operator, Paradise Group, is considering extending its partnership with Japan’s Sega Sammy to a joint bid for a Japanese IR license. The two companies are current joint vent...

Crypto Garage Gets Japanese Regulator’s Approval to Test Stablecoins

January 21, 2019

Tokyo-based blockchain firm Crypto Garage today announced that it has gained regulatory approval to start the trail of its settlement system using Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain. Crypto Garage claims to be t...

DMM.com Pulls Plug on Japanese Crypto Mining Business

January 2, 2019

It appears that another large financial firm is leaving the cryptocurrency industry in Japan. Last week it was GMO Internet and this week, it’s e-commerce giant DMM.com, which is reportedly closing down its m...

Sega Sammy Names Tokyo As Preferred IR Location

December 19, 2018

Sega Sammy Chairman and Group CEO Hajime Satomi has pointed to Tokyo as the company’s preferred location should it win a license to operate an IR in its home nation of Japan. Answering a series of questions ...

FSA Launches Investigation into $60 Million Zaif Hack

September 21, 2018

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) released a statement this Friday saying it is investigating security procedures at the exchange, in response to Thursday’s $60 million hack of cryptocurrency exchange Z...

Japanese Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Cryptojacking Malware

July 3, 2018

Japanese news media sources reported earlier this week that a man has been sentenced to a year in prison, with a three-year sentencing suspension. His crime? Employing ‘cryptojacking’ malware–a piece of softw...

Japan May Prosecute Cryptojackers as Criminals, Marking Legal First

June 13, 2018

Three individuals are being investigated by Japanese police over their alleged involvement in a crypto jacking scheme, according to the Mainichi. The suspects allegedly mined a cryptocurrency called Monero f...

Coinbase Opens Japan Office, Appoints Former Morgan Stanley Banker as CEO

June 5, 2018

Coinbase, the leading U.S. exchange for cryptocurrencies, is making significant inroads into Asia as the popular trading venue has opened a new office in Japan. This is an important milestone for the company...

Money Laundering Via Anonymous Cryptocurrencies Big in Japan

May 15, 2018

Japan is suffering from a plague of money laundering, according to local news source The Mainichi. The article talks of a case of a gang which controls almost 30 billion yen ($272.1 million) in capital. In F...

Japan Demands Crypto Exchanges De-List Anonymous Altcoins

April 30, 2018

Reports from Tokyo state that numerous sources within Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) are looking at all possibilities to exhibit pressure on the Japanese platforms for trade. This pressure is there f...