Japan will not regulate Bitcoin
BREAKING: According to Reuters, Japan will not regulate Bitcoin in the nearest future. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has decided to go against Bitcoin regulation in the aftermath of the Mt. Gox failure. Bitcoin has been under scrutiny by the authorities in Japan, the temporary conclusion by the Liberal Democratic Party is therefor somewhat surprising. The Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takuya Hirai, who leads the party's internet media division, said on Thursday: Basically, we concluded that we will, for now, avoid a move towards legal regulation. He also told that a final decision....
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