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2013-06-18 Asahi Shinbun (Major Japanese Newspaper)
by
jonwaller
on 18/06/2013, 11:02:56 UTC
Paywall:
http://www.asahi.com/shimen/articles/TKY201306170680.html

Full article and English translation:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1gkfsm/bitcoin_article_in_asahi_shinbun_japans_no2/

Summary:
Positive. Mostly accurate. Covers remittance, exchanges, volatility, Bitcoin's similarity to gold, and a comment from the ECB.  

Quote
Sebastien Gari a Currency Strategist at the large French finance [group] Societe Generale says "Because a problem in the design of bitcoin, it became used for speculation.", however he goes on to say, "This [new] type of "electric money" is extremely promising. Possibly in the future people will build various kinds of new currencies and ways of settling payments."