From next July, DCJPY is intended to be used by telecommunication firm Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) for the settlement of clean energy certificates, which assign an "environmental value" to energy procured from non-fossil fuel sources.
The total net profit of listed companies in Japan increased 7.4 percent to 29.3 trillion yen for fiscal 2022, driven by gains in trading houses on the back of a weaker yen and rising prices of natural resources, a tally by a securities firm showed on May 12.
A total of 62.1 percent of companies in Japan have raised or plan to raise base pay in fiscal 2023, up sharply from 38.7 percent the previous year as they seek to secure talent and match rising prices, a Finance Ministry survey showed.