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Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a global hit on his hands with the upcoming Netflix tentpole Last Samauri Standing, and the formula he believes will work is a combination of contemporary aesthetics with a healthy dose of old school action. Speaking on the sidelines of this week’s 30th Busan International Film…
If Good Will Hunting were to get a Chinese remake, Zhang Zhongchen could be the protagonist. Just swap Matt Damon’s math wunderkind for a Chinese arthouse prodigy. Zhang, now 34, was born to a poor family in a small village in China’s Anhui province. After high school, like so many rural young people of that…
Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing HBO Max to fresh corners of Asia. The company said Tuesday that its flagship streaming platform will launch direct-to-consumer on Oct. 15 in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and six other smaller regional markets. The expansion continues the service’s gradual push across the region following…
When Mark Lee was a law student at Harvard, a trademark class exposed him to the staggering scale of counterfeiting, an illicit industry worth more than $3 trillion annually, and set him on an unexpected path to entrepreneurship. “I was always broadly interested in technology and startups, but I never really thought I’d be an…
Chinese regulators are reportedly preparing to restrict mainland state-owned enterprises and banks from pursuing stablecoin and crypto initiatives in Hong Kong. Chinese internet giants, state-owned enterprises and financial institutions operating in Hong Kong may face restrictions on stablecoin and crypto activities. According to a Thursday report by local news outlet Caixin, mainland Chinese firms operating…
Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Custody has exited its Japan venture with SBI Holdings after two years, with both firms calling the move a strategic realignment. Zodia Custody, the digital asset custody firm backed by Standard Chartered, has dissolved its joint venture with Japan’s SBI Holdings two years after launching the initiative. The venture, known as SBI…
Aging demographics, labor shortages, the adoption of GenAI, and the 2023 implementation of e-invoicing are driving companies to automate finance, tax, procurement, and HR in Japan. Yet only 16% of digital transformations succeed, and that’s only 4–11% in traditional industries. The main barriers? Weak leadership commitment, a rigid culture, and a lack of digital talent….
Pintarnya, an Indonesian employment platform that goes beyond job matching by offering financial services along with full-time and side-gig opportunities, said it has raised a $16.7 million Series A round. The funding was led by Square Peg with participation from existing investors Vertex Venture Southeast Asia & India and East Ventures. Ghirish Pokardas, Nelly Nurmalasari,…
As Asia and the Middle East lead crypto adoption, success no longer comes from avoiding regulation, but mastering compliance to unlock true scale. Opinion by: Dipendra Jain, co-founder of TCX Regulation has become the baseline for crypto. From the United States’ regulatory enforcement to Dubai’s comprehensive crypto rulebook and India’s renewed debate on formalizing Bitcoin…
Ming Shing Group Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed Hong Kong construction firm, struck a $483 million deal to acquire 4,250 Bitcoin via share issuance. Nasdaq-listed Hong Kong construction firm Ming Shing Group Holdings said Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire 4,250 Bitcoin for nearly $483 million, joining the wave of companies adding the cryptocurrency…