The Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association has officially announced its plan on how to deal with the possibility of a Bitcoin protocol split on August 1. Thirteen of the groups bitcoin exchange members, including Coincheck, Gmo-Z, Bitbank, and Bitpoint, will suspend bitcoin deposits and withdrawals on August 1 at 00:00 Japan time.
https://news.bitcoin.com/13-japanese-exchanges-suspend-bitcoin-service-august-1If it really happened, what's the worst consequence that japan will face? Whether to damage the Japanese economy ??
Is not this japan now accept bitcoin as legal currency?
I really don't know why you consider this news as weird for Japan. They're not halting bitcoin operations permantently. They just take precaution which is needed to avoid undesired situations. That's all.