Canon shares similarities with some other Japanese giants - in that growth has been stagnant for a long time, and the company is searching for more. Click here to read more. ( read original story ...)
Starlink IPO: The Latest Updates from Elon Musk
The Starlink IPO is one of the most anticipated public debuts on the market. CEO Elon Musk announced the company plans to go public in the future. Starlink is a satellite internet constellation ...
Naomi Osaka pulls out of Pan Pacific Open with abdominal pain
Naomi Osaka's title defense at her home Pan Pacific Open ended Thursday when the former world No. 1 withdrew ahead of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia due to abdominal pain.
4-time Slam champ Osaka loses to American Collins at U.S. Open
NEW YORK--Naomi Osaka walked off the court, headed toward the locker room and laid down, draping a towel over her face. Out-hit in Arthur Ashe Stadium by another big hitter, Danielle Collins ...
Top Wall Street bankers say these are the 3 tech startups with enough revenue to go public and end the IPO drought
According to Dealogic, the amount of 2022 US-IPO volume fell to a dismal $17 billion from 142 IPOs after reaching $228 billion from 700 IPOs at this time last year. The dramatic decline has left ...
Developer China Vanke unit eyes Hong Kong’s biggest 2022 IPO
HONG KONG -- Onewo Space-Tech Service, the property services arm of developer China Vanke, is aiming to raise as much as 6.15 billion Hong Kong dollars ($783 million) in Hong Kong's biggest IPO ...
Demand for Porsche IPO races past deal size
STORY: Demand for the hotly anticipated Porsche IPO has raced past the number of shares on offer. A source close to the deal says the offering already looks hugely oversubscribed, with the books ...
Tokyo tightens security for Abe’s state funeral as protests continue
With scores of foreign VIPs among those attending the funeral, the authorities are not taking any chances. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan’s yen intervention is ineffectual but inoffensive
A pledge by the Bank of Japan to stick with its ultra-loose monetary policy drove the yen to a 24-year low. Within hours, Tokyo intervened to buy its own currency for the first time since the late ... ( read original story ...)
Seven fascinating facts about Japan’s bullet trains as country reopens to tourism
The Bullet Train has been receiving attention recently as it is featured heavily in the Brad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson gangster comedy of the same name. ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes upping defense spending to $279 billion over 5 years
Japan is considering sharply increasing its defense spending to more than 40 trillion yen ($279 billion) over the next five years, go ...
Factbox: Tokyo tightens security for slain Shinzo Abe’s funeral
Japan's state for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday is under the spotlight as authorities seek to avoid the kind of security blunders exposed in his assassination in July. ( read original story ...)
Qinwen, Samsonova set up China-Russia tennis final in Tokyo
In another Chinese-Russian matchup, unseeded Liudmila Samsonova overcame Zhang Shuai 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. In a match that lasted a little over three hours, Qinwen and fourth-seeded Kudermetova traded huge ... ( read original story ...)
30 creatures to give you the willies featured in ‘creepy exhibition’ in Yokohama
In other words, it attempts to shift visitor's away from focusing on the animals' sometimes alarming appearances and inspire them to think about why the creatures are how they are. On display are ... ( read original story ...)
Security beefed up in Tokyo ahead of rare event for former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe | Video
Police in Tokyo are beefing up security ahead of Tuesday's (Sep 27) state funeral for Japan's late former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Michiyo Ishida takes a closer look at the Unification Church that ... ( read original story ...)
‘Buyers will feel aggrieved’: ‘Big problem’ sellers may not know about Japanese knotweed
Japanese knotweed is a perennial weed that spreads rapidly across boundaries and can cause widespread damage to building structures and gardens. ( read original story ...)