Delighted to learn Estados Unidos de Japon was a bestseller in Spain last month thanks to @GigameshTienda! I'd heard it had sold out at on the first day at Celsius Festival, so I'm very grateful to Spanish readers for checking out this alternate history with mechas!

Japanese news aggregator app developer SmartNews will list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 15, with the indicative price set at ¥1,390 per share, it said in a filing Thursday.

Japan's Biggest Broker May Be Ready to Walk Away From Crypto Nomura Holdings is exploring a potential sale of its crypto subsidiary, Laser Digital, Bloomberg reports. The Zurich-based firm offers crypto trading, asset management and on-chain credit services. Its losses last year reportedly dragged Nomura's European business into the red. Laser Digital entered the market in 2022 and has since expanded into DeFi and private credit. It also secured a Japanese crypto exchange registration in August. Bloomberg says potential buyers include Marex Group. A sale would mark a major change in Japan's institutional crypto ambitions.