A single 25-year-old needs a minimum of just under 300,000 yen (about $2,030) to live a modest but ordinary life in the capital's Setagaya Wa･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Will Restaurants Survive COVID-19?
MUNCHIES asked chefs from around the US what their restaurants would need to survive the coronavirus pandemic. In their own words, chefs describe their frustrations with the recently passed CARES Act ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka gears up for the 2025 World Expo with memories of hosting a half …
But in Osaka, many older residents say such events are more necessary than ever. Many retain vivid memories of the 1970 Expo. They remember schoolchildren attending multiple times, particularly ...
This is the first time in three years that Fujinami returned to the stadium, bringing spectators to …
"I've never seen anything like this before." This is what an official of the Yokohama BayStars said in an interview with Japanese media about the second-tier game against the Chiba Lotte Marines on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Investors Brace for BOJ, Earnings After Trump-Fueled Rally
Investors, finally having some good news, seemed to largely ignore thorny questions about the details of the trade deal, let alone the tenuous position of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following a ... ( read original story ...)
A Japanese AI Firm Plans to Buy 3,000 Bitcoin Over Next 12 Months
The decision to invest in bitcoin was driven by the depreciation of fiat currencies, rising global financial uncertainty, and a to diversify its asset portfolio.
Half of Japanese detainees in China convicted of espionage
TOKYO -- Nine out of 17 Japanese nationals detained by Chinese authorities since an anti-espionage law went into effect in 2014 were found to have provided information to Japan's intelligence agency ...
16-Year-Old Japanese Track Phenom Sorato Shimizu Bursts Onto The Scene With Blazing Fast World Record
Sorato Shimizu is a name to know in track and field. The 16-year-old sprinter hails from Japan and will very soon be running alongside the best runners in ... ( read original story ...)
US-Japan trade deal gives Trump control over $550 billion in investments. It could be ‘vapor ware’ — and a model for other countries
Analysts at Bank of America said that the Japan deal "looks like a reasonable blueprint" for other auto-exporting countries like South Korea. ( read original story ...)
“The dots are connecting”: Netizens speculate as BTS’ Jungkook seemingly teases new Calvin Klein Tokyo project with recent cap detail
On July 25, 2025, Calvin Klein Japan shared a teaser image for its upcoming flagship store in Tokyo with a similar logo as earlier seen on BTS' Jungkook’s cap. ( read original story ...)
XRP and 2 More Top Crypto Buys In August
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the kinds of returns the crypto sector has provided thus far in 2025. In an effort to be transparent, the overall crypto sector has surged nearly 60 ...
Tokyo Metro’s IPO could propel the Japanese market as investors seek …
Tokyo Metro's initial public offering could drive momentum in the Japanese market and attract more companies into the country, analysts said, as China continues to lose steam. In Japan's biggest ...
Tokyo Metro Prices IPO at Top in Biggest Japan Deal Since 2018 – MSN
The company expects to list the shares in Tokyo on Oct. 23. The IPO is Japan’s biggest since SoftBank Corp.’s $21 billion listing in December 2018, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Japan says $550 billion package in trade deal could finance Taiwanese chipmaker in US
Japan's $550 billion investment package agreed in this week's U.S. tariff deal could help finance a Taiwanese firm building semiconductor plants in the U.S., Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei ...
Trump says Japan will invest $550 billion in US at his direction. It may not be a sure thing
President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the United States. It's an astonishing figure, but still subject to negotiation ...
Trump’s Japan ‘investment vehicle’ could become trade talk template — even if nobody is sure what it is
Observers are closely watching plans for a 'new Japanese/USA investment vehicle.' They expect it to provide a template of sorts for a slew of remaining trade talks — even as conflicts grow over ...