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A representation of Tether stablecoin cryptocurrency. The coins¡¯ rapid growth in anonymous, self?custody wallets is undermining financial oversight.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2026
Stablecoin is the wrong weapon in U.S.-China fight
As the market in digital greenbacks grows, Washington and Beijing will fight over the future of money ¡ª just as they are over control of AI.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2022
The economic consequences of Vladimir Putin¡¯s war
Sanctions rarely work; they are simply not the economic equivalent of the bombs that Russia is currently dropping on Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2022
U.S., U.K., Europe and Canada to block Russian access to SWIFT
The decision by Western nations will exclude some Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, used for trillions of dollars worth of transactions between banks around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2022
U.S. puts banning Russia from SWIFT global system back in play
The Biden administration is seriously considering whether to seek Moscow¡¯s expulsion from the financial messaging system over the Ukraine invasion as allies in Europe warm to the idea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 16, 2018
Hackers stole $6 million from Russian bank via SWIFT system, central bank says
Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) from a Russian bank last year in an attack using the SWIFT international payments messaging system, the Russian central bank said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2016
SWIFT discloses more cyberthefts, pressures banks on security
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its members¡¯ banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February¡¯s high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2016
Vietnam bank thwarts attempted heist through SWIFT system
Vietnam¡¯s Tien Phong Bank said that it interrupted an attempted wire fraud that involved the use of fraudulent SWIFT messages, the same technique at the heart of February¡¯s massive theft from the Bangladesh central bank.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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