Olympic women’s javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi hopes that the gold medal she won in Paris will make fellow Japanese athletes think they can compete with the world’s best in any event. The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to claim Olympic gold in athletics in an event other than the marathon. Naoko Takahashi and Mizuki
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks climbed, with equity benchmarks in Japan rising after a holiday as a weaker yen is seen providing support for exporters. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares also advanced in South Korea. MSCI’s Asia-Pacific stock index traded at its highest level since Aug. 5, after its recovered from last week’s rout. The S&P
Barely one year after Osaka Digital Exchange (ODX) rolled out a digital securities platform for trading security tokens, several reports have emerged that the exchange is set to begin listing digital bonds. The SBI-backed digital exchange confirmed that ODX’s START platform will host digital bonds that meet the listing criteria. Since START’s launch in late
China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, but it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action thanks to US export controls and longstanding struggles with its innovation culture at home. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed more than 38,000 generative AI
(Bloomberg) — Asian equities were set to drop Thursday after a weak Treasury auction dealt a fresh blow to sentiment on Wall Street. Most Read from Bloomberg Futures contracts for Japan, Australia and Hong Kong fell, while a gauge of US-listed Chinese shares slipped 1.5%. Both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 declined,