The Sapporo District Court on Monday handed down the ruling on the lawsuit against the Hokkaido prefectural government and a mutual aid association for local government workers. The plaintiff, Sasaki ... ( read original story ...)
Instacart aiming for valuation of $8.6 billion to $9.3 billion in IPO, reports say
Instacart is aiming to go public at a valuation between $8.6 billion and $9.3 billion, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. The company’s stock is expected to trade on the ...
Japan’s Nikkei closes lower on rate hike fears
Japan's Nikkei share average gave up early gains on Monday to close lower, as a report flagged a possible early end to the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rate policy. The Nikkei fell 0.43% to ...
Yen climbs with bond yields after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda remarks on negative rates
Japanese bank shares also jumped after Ueda told the Yomiuri newspaper it’s possible the BOJ will have enough information by year-end to judge if wages will continue to rise — a key factor in deciding ...
Japan court rejects damages claim by woman over same-sex benefits
A Japanese court rejected Monday a damages suit by a woman in a same-sex relationship arguing that the refusal by her former employ ... ( read original story ...)
UK, Italy, Japan companies eye novel sensor mix for GCAP warplane
Leonardo UK, Leonardo Italy, Italy’s ELT Group and Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric envision divvying up the fighter's sensor-related work share in 2025. ( read original story ...)
Japan 42-12 Chile: Rugby World Cup 2023 – as it happened
Japan take on the lowest-ranked team in the tournament in Toulouse. Join Daniel Gallan ( read original story ...)
Heartbreak for Fiji against Wales at Rugby World Cup. South Africa and Japan win openers
Wales has struggled to hold off fast-finishing Fiji to win 32-26 in the latest instalment of their entertaining Rugby World Cup rivalry in Bordeaux. ( read original story ...)
Japan says ‘overtourism’ is spoiling Mt Fuji
STORY: Long lines, overflowing bins and broken toilets......scenes you might expect at a county fair but maybe not Mt. Fuji, the iconic Japanese mountain, a sacred source of pride in the country for its symmetrical form. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei gives up early gains on rate hike fears
Japan's Nikkei share average reversed early gains on Monday, with a report flagging a possible early end to the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rate policy.
Morocco earthquake: A look at the world’s deadliest temblors over the past 25 years
April 25, 2015: In Nepal, more than 8,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. — March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks mixed as banks bought, tech sold on yield’s rise
Tokyo stocks were mixed Monday morning, as a rise in long-term government bond yields to a nearly 10-year high prompted buying of bank shares but put downward pressure on semiconductor heavyweights. ( read original story ...)
Japan Financial Stocks Jump as 10-Year Govt Bond Yield Hits 9-Year High
Japanese financial stocks rose sharply as the 10-year government bond yield hit a nine-year high after the Bank of Japan’s governor told a local daily that ending negative interest rates would be an option if wage and consumer price gains look sustainable. ( read original story ...)
Japan Banks Surge With Yields on Ueda Comments on Negative Rates
Japanese financial firms rally after comments from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda suggesting an end to negative interest rates is possible if policymakers become confident that prices and wages will keep going up sustainably. ( read original story ...)
Mount Fuji in trouble: How Japan’s highest peak fell victim to overtourism
“Overtourism – and all the subsequent consequences like rubbish, rising CO2 emissions and reckless hikers – is the biggest problem facing Mount Fuji,” says Masatake Izumi, a Yamanashi prefectural government official and expert on the famed peak. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cross-shareholdings drop to new low on investor pressure
TOKYO -- Japanese companies slashed their cross-shareholdings to ... according to securities filings from 2,200 corporations analyzed by Nikkei.