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

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

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 is joining a growing list of countries exploring the possibility of adopting a digital currency, with the country’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), announcing that it would launch a pilot ...

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, March 31 (Reuters) - Japan is stepping up efforts toward issuing a digital yen with the creation of a government advisory panel and the launch of a pilot programme, joining a growing number of ...