Japanese stocks may rise on slowing U.S. consumer inflation and as fears ease about the Fed’s aggressive tightening.
Japan business sentiment improves in second quarter, Bank of Japan survey shows
Japanese business sentiment improved in the second quarter as easing supply constraints and the removal of pandemic curbs lifted factory output and consumption, a central bank survey showed, a sign ...
Japan factory activity slips back into contraction in June on soft orders
Japan's factory activity contracted in June after expanding for the first time in 7 months in May, a private survey showed on Monday, dragged down by weak orders for cyclical goods amid a global ...
Japan big manufacturers sentiment improves for first time in 7 qtrs – BOJ tankan
TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Japan's big manufacturers' business sentiment improved to plus 5 in the June quarter, rising from 1 seen in the previous quarter and marking the first increase in seven ...
Football: Dominant Marinos increase J1 lead with 4-1 win over Shonan
Anderson Lopes scored a goal in each half to help Yokohama F Marinos tighten their grip on first place with a dominant 4-1 victory ... ( read original story ...)
Care homes in Japan use big data to boost caregivers and lighten workloads
So, Sompo Holdings, one of Japan’s biggest insurance companies and the operator of about 280 care homes across the country, has turned to technology to address the problem. Takako Kojima, a care manager at one of its Tokyo nursing homes, says that new methods of analysing data are helping to reduce workloads and tailor care ...
A century on, Japan remembers faithful Hachiko
As good boys go, he was one for the record books. Japan is preparing to mark 100 years since the birth of Hachiko, a Japanese Akita dog regarded as a paragon of ( read original story ...)
Colourful facade hides flaws in Japan’s ‘green’ waste policy
Critics of Japanese waste management policy argue that the incinerators are almost too successful. Even when they are less elegant than Maishima, they still provide an elegant solution to Japan’s generation of rubbish. ( read original story ...)
Japan Set to Pour Fukushima Water Into Pacific, Irking China
Japan is set to win approval to discharge more than a million cubic meters of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site into the Pacific Ocean, a contentious plan that’s soured ties with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post books 85 billion yen impairment loss on Rakuten holding
Japan Post Holdings said on Friday it booked an impairment loss of 85.1 billion yen ($587.5 million) in the April to June quarter on its stake in beleaguered Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group. ( read original story ...)
CRYPTO; Seeking a Balance
The MAS has taken a progressive approach to regulating cryptocurrencies, recognising their potential benefits while also seeking to mitigate their associated risks. The MAS’s managing director Ravi ...
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Brian Armstrong and Jack Dorsey Blast Apple’s App Store Crypto Clampdown
Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor wants you to know he’s still Buying Bitcoin—and voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trevor Bauer throws tantrum on teammates in Japanese league: ‘Wake up!’
Bauer, who now pitches for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, snagged a bases-loaded comebacker to end the sixth inning of the team’s game against the Chunichi Dragons ... ( read original story ...)
Analysts say foreign minister’s visit to Japan will bolster relations with Asian industrial giant
Pakistan wants friendly relations with all countries of the world. Japan is a very influential country of the world and Asia. Pakistan needs industrial technology and knowledge to build its economy ... ( read original story ...)
Chaos in Little Tokyo as customers run for cover from suspects in a high-speed chase
Little Tokyo erupted in chaos Saturday evening as suspects in a high-speed chase abandoned their car and fled through a crowded plaza. ( read original story ...)
AI Will Help Crypto Get To The Next Level
AI is not a cure-all for the ills of the crypto space, but there are some ways that AI-based tools can – and will – improve the understandability, transparency, and comfort with which firms and ...