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Korean 500-Won Coins Mistaken for Japanese Yen

FNN reported on the 20th that cases where 500 Korean won coins are mixed into piles of 500 Japanese yen coins at stores in Fukushima, Tokyo, and other regions in Japan have been occurring ...
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Yen-Backed Stablecoin Can’t Come at a Better Time as BOJ Seen Raising Rates

Japan is set to launch a blockchain-based version of the yen, with the Financial Services Agency likely to approve the first yen-denominated stablecoin this fall. The Bank of Japan is expected to ...

Markets eye Bank of Japan meeting on Friday as yen repeats 40-year US dollar lows

The Japanese yen is eyeing new 40-year highs against the US dollar around the Bank of Japan’s next interest-rate meeting with ...
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JPYC Rolls Out First Yen-Backed Stablecoin — A Game Changer for Japan?

Japanese firm JYPC launched the first regulated yen-pegged stablecoin. The peg is fully guaranteed by yen bank deposits and Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). The launch of the yen stablecoin could ...
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Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments

AZ-COM Maruwa will adopt yen stablecoin JPYC to pay 2,300 business partners and truck drivers. The move aims to speed up cash ...