The Japanese government will not appeal a high court ruling that nullified the state's decision to remain silent on whether Finance M ...
Japan govt. not to appeal ruling that rejects non-disclosure of Moritomo papers
Japan's government has given up appealing a high court ruling that rejected the Finance Ministry's decision not to disclose documents related to a scandal over a sale of state-owned land to school ...
Hong Kong Filmmaker Johnnie To Planning To Shoot New Action Movie In Hokkaido, Japan
Hong Kong director-producer Johnnie To has been scouting locations for a new action movie in northern Japan, leading to hopes that he will soon return to directing. To has been spotted either checking ... ( read original story ...)
Sinkhole traps car on central Japan road, no one injured
A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck but no one injured, loc ... ( read original story ...)
I went off the beaten track in Central Japan — here’s what your tour isn’t showing you
‘Don’t worry about swimwear, you have to be naked for the Onsen hot spring’. And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour around central Japan with a group of strangers began, a little more ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police ID dismembered corpse as gov’t worker, say suspect lived in same building
A man whose dismembered corpse was found in a mountainous region of Osaka Prefecture in January has been identified as a transport ministry w･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
ECB hopes Trump’s crypto plan will speed up digital euro
The European Central Bank hopes U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to support cryptocurrencies pegged to the U.S. dollar will speed up legislative backing for the digital euro, ECB board member Piero ...
Asian stocks surge on Thursday: Nikkei extends gains, CSI up 0.7%
Asian markets are trending mostly higher on Thursday, drawing support from broadly positive cues on Wall Street overnight. Eased concerns over a potential global trade war, following amicable ...
Proposed Delisting via Merger of BenevolentAI into Osaka Holdings S.à r.l. and Publication of Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
BenevolentAI, ("BenevolentAI" or "the Company") (Euronext Amsterdam: BAI), a pioneer in AI-driven drug discovery, today announces: ...
Japan’s Nomura says former employee arrested over alleged fraud
Japanese financial giant Nomura Holdings said on Thursday that a former employee at its brokerage unit had been arrested on suspicion of fraud. ( read original story ...)
Shifting landscapes due to the 2024 Noto peninsula earthquake in Japan
What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory. ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Alberta eyes Japan for new LNG deals amid US tariff threat, minister says
Canada's Alberta province, a major gas producer, needs to find new export markets in face of a U.S. tariff threat, and expanding in Japan is an important target, its minister of environment and protected areas, ( read original story ...)
‘Anti-crypto’ Elizabeth Warren joins industry in decrying debanking
Warren is urging Trump to act against major U.S. banks over what she and the crypto industry call unfair account closures.
Stock market today: Asian shares rise following Wall Street rally on healthy earnings
Asian shares were trading mostly higher Thursday, after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained nearly 0.2% in early trading to ...
Bank of Japan must raise rates to 1% by latter half of fiscal 2025, board member Tamura says
THE Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1 per cent by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain upside inflation risks, its board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday. Read ...
Hawkish BOJ Board Member Calls for Faster Rate Hikes
Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura said, “Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter half of fiscal 2025 is necessary to reduce upside risk to prices and achieve ...