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Welcome to the one hundred second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. A big thank you to everyone who made it to Tokyo for the core of Japan Fintech Week 2025, and especially those who joined us for our meetup on Monday, the most international participation we have ever had!
sustainability
The Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) was established in July 2022 to develop sustainability disclosure standards to be applied in Japan and to contribute to the development of international sustainability disclosure standards, following the establishment of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). In developing the sustainability disclosure standards, in
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Welcome to the one hundred first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, and welcome to Japan Fintech Week 2025! The Japanese equity market has been lagging so far this year. Topix and Nikkei were down by around 2% and 3% mid-week, respectively, while the Hang Seng Index led with a
carbon
Nomura Securities has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shonaikomekobo Corporation for a business collaboration aimed at promoting decarbonization and enhancing agriculture using biochar. Shonaikomekobo is a group of farmers and agricultural successors from the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan engaged in rice cultivation and other agricultural
asset management
Taking advantage of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's “Action to Implement Management that is Conscious of Cost of Capital and Stock Price”, Fivestar Asset Management today launches the Capital Efficiency Improvement Fund (Nickname: "TOB Hunter"), an open-ended, additional type fund investing in domestic (Japanese) equities. The fund
trading
AlpacaTech, a subsidiary of FOLIO Holdings that provides innovative financial solutions as part of the SBI Group, has begun providing Japanese and US stock news data owned by Minkabu The Infonoid and its subsidiary Minkabu Solution Services on the Snowflake Marketplace. Snowflake is currently accelerating its adoption as a data
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Welcome to the ninety-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This edition, and the magical 100th edition next week, bracket one of the world's largest crypto conferences held in a suburb of Shenzhen. While we still have to spot the Energizer Bunny Steve Vallas hopping around the island,
bitcoin
Metaplanet has boldly declared its fiscal year 2024 a resounding success, marking a transformative shift from its previous incarnation as a legacy, asset-heavy business to Asia's premier publicly traded Bitcoin Treasury Company. Its earnings presentation, emblazoned with the tagline "Secure the Future with Bitcoin," underscores the
broker/dealer
PayPay will acquire shares in PayPay Securities from SoftBank and LY Corporation, as well as subscribe to a third-party allocation of shares conducted by PayPay Securities, with the aim of further enhancing the corporate value of PayPay Securities. By becoming the parent company of PayPay Securities, PayPay aims to strengthen
security token
Toyota Financial Services, Toyota Finance, Daiwa Securities, MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and Progmat plan to issue the Toyota Group's first publicly offered security token bonds. Toyota Financial Services and Toyota Finance have developed financial services to allow each and every customer to drive their car
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Welcome to the ninety-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The past week saw the peak of earnings season for the financial sector, generally with very good to exceptional results for most players, including the FinTech segments of platforms like LY Corporation and Mercari; the only exception being cooperative Norinchukin
broker/dealer
Nomura reported strong financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024/25, with significant year-over-year (YoY) growth in net revenue, income before income taxes, net income, EPS, and ROE. All business segments (Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale) contributed to this growth. The company highlighted its robust financial