i'm tadhg enright. we start injapan where the ruling liberal democratic party has chosen a new leader, who will become the next japanese prime minister. shigeru ishiba, a 67—year—old political veteran, won the vote to lead the scandal—hit party into a general election next year. mr ishiba is a former defence minister, who takes the top job on his fifth attempt. seen as something of a continuity candidate, the currency markets have responded favourably to his election with the value of the yen surging on the result, although that could have had more to do with the defeat of his rival, who represented the party's nationalist wing. the japanese economy has been on something of a roller—coaster of late. this year it dropped down the global economic league table. it was overtaken by germany and is now the world's fourth largest economy. it had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. mariko oi

my colleague tadhg enright spoke to the chief legal officer of one of the biggest exchanges and askedion is for crypto's future. vice president has it —— harris has had less an opportunity to do so but has reached out to the crypto industry and sought to better understand the concerns of the industry and ways we might from the much more hostile, more enforcement focused approach of the current administration and i cannot underscore enough how important this is notjust for the us but for the world because not only is the us an important market for cryptocurrencies, so much of the important technology has been developed here and i think it is critically important we not lose sight of the fact the rest of the world is not waiting for the us to get its act together. all over the world we are seeing similar efforts to adopt standards that i think put a lot of competitive pressure on the us not to be left behind. the c to not to be left behind. the crypto industry _ not to be left behind. the crypto industry has - crypto industry has collectively donated more than a towards campaigns for th

my colleague tadhg enright spoke to the chief legal officer of one of the biggest exchanges and askedor crypto s future. donald trump is more explicitly adopted pro—crypto options which would call for a sensible standard for cryptocurrency and stable rules that are quite encouraging. vice president harris has had less of an opportunity to do so but she has reached out to the crypto industry and better understand the concerns of the industry in ways that we can break from the much more hostile and much more enforcement focused approach of the current administration and i cannot underscore enough how much this is notjust of the us but for the world because of course, not only is the us an important market for cryptocurrency, it's very important technology that has been developed here and it's critically important that we do not lose sight that the world is just not waiting for the us to get its act together. and adopting standards and i think adopting standards and i think a lot of competitive pressures being put on the united states not to be left behind stopped by but they have collec

i'm tadhg enright. the economy is facing new "problems" and vowed to tackle the long running property crisis, pledging to deploy "necessary" spending and further interest rate cuts to make sure china meets its growth target of 5% this year. this, alongside further reforms to the banking and business sectors, comes hot on the heels of stimulus measures that came out on tuesday. and it appears markets like what they're hearing. let's have a quick look. the news has given a boost to european markets opening up,

i'm tadhg enright.start in china, where president xi and other top leaders have admitted the economy is facing new "problems" and vowed to tackle the long running property crisis, pledging to deploy "necessary" spending and further interest rate cuts to make sure china meets its growth target of 5% this year. this, alongside further reforms to the banking and business sectors, comes hot on the heels of stimulus measures that came out on tuesday. and it appears markets like what they're hearing. let's have a quick look. the news has given a boost to european markets opening up, and the close in asia saw significant gains in hong kong and japan. the picture there is across the world, that is last night but this is what we are drawing our attention to here, the hang seng up by almost 4% and then ak injapan up by 3% as well. for more, joining me now is rory green, chief china economist at t5 lombard. how significant are the new measures? it isa it is a significant step up in stimulus from beijing. what we h

i'm tadhg enright. new leader, who will become the next japanese prime minister. shigeru ishiba, a 67—year—old political veteran, won the vote to lead the scandal—hit party into a general election next year. mr ishiba is a former defence minister, who takes the top job on his fifth attempt. seen as something of a continuity candidate, the currency markets have responded favourably to his election with the value of the yen surging on the result, although that could have had more to do with the defeat of his rival, who represented the party's nationalist wing. the japanese economy has been on something of a roller—coaster of late. this year it dropped down the global economic league table. it was overtaken by germany and is now the world's fourth largest economy.

welcome to talking business weekly with me, tadhg enright. let's have a look at what's on the show.tial election for the future of cryptocurrency? the democrats have spent years cracking down on rogue crypto firms. so will that continue with kamala harris, or can donald trump fulfil his promise to make america the crypto capital of the planet? i'm going to be discussing all of this with these two. the chief legal officer of one of the world's biggest crypto

welcome to talking business weekly with me, tadhg enright. let's have a look at what's on the show.he crypto crunch is coming. with opinions divided, just how important is the us presidential election for the future of cryptocurrency? the democrats have spent years cracking down on rogue crypto firms. so will that continue with kamala harris, or can donald trump fulfil his promise to make america the crypto capital of the planet? i'm going to be discussing all of this with these two. the chief legal officer of one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges explains why it's crucial the world's biggest economy makes the crypto rules clearer. and we'll hear from the man overseeing them. the head of the us regulator, the securities and exchange commission, explains why he's brought so many lawsuits against crypto firms. plus, the viability of vaping. the boss of the e—cigarette firm juul tells us why his business has a long—term future, even though he doesn't want any young people taking up the habit. wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, hello, and welcome to the show. the us