The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year contract with Japanese star Tomoyuki Sugano, a right-hander coming off an MVP season in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity shrinks for sixth straight month, services activity improves in December
The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI increased to 49.5 in December 2024, from November’s eight-month low of 49.0, above the market forecasts of 49.2, preliminary estimates showed. However, it ...
Waymo Is Expanding Internationally, Bringing Its Self-Driving Fleet to Tokyo
Waymo, the self-driving arm of Google's parent Alphabet, is going international. The company on Monday said it's partnering with Japanese taxi service Nihon Kotsu and taxi app Go to bring its fully ... ( read original story ...)
Nippon Life chair to become head of Japan’s main business lobby
Yoshinobu Tsutsui is set to be the first chairperson of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, from the financial industry. ( read original story ...)
Hard Numbers: Crypto keeps cooking, what Russia got out of A$$ad, Japan’s biggest bank makes huge apology, Brazil tracks DNA of gold
Whether you see them as heroes or as villains, one thing is for sure: the crypto bros are absolutely cooking these days. The value of Bitcoin, the world’s largest crypto currency, has tripled in value ...
Chipmaker Kioxia Faces Tough Debut in Tokyo’s Busy IPO Arena
Kioxia managed to price only at the middle of its indicative IPO range. Only it and one other firm ended up debuting below the upper limit out of 75 IPOs in Japan this year that gave a price range, ...
Waymo to Test Self-Driving Cars in Tokyo
Waymo will start testing self-driving cars on the streets of Tokyo next year in its first step toward international expansion. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is already a common sight ... ( read original story ...)
Waymo robotaxis are coming to Tokyo in 2025
Waymo will begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo in early 2025, the first time the Alphabet company's robotaxis have driven on public ... ( read original story ...)
Waymo Robotaxis Are Heading To Tokyo For Their First Overseas Road Tests
The Alphabet Inc. unit is partnering with Japan’s biggest taxi service to test a fleet of electric Jaguar SUVs that will learn how to drive in Japan early next year. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open up as tech issues rise, Fed meeting weighs
Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday as tech issues tracked overnight advances by their U.S. counterparts, although gains were limited ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting starting ... ( read original story ...)
Trump unveils picks for his future ambassadors to Japan, Austria and other countries: ‘PUT AMERICA FIRST’
In a series of Truth Social posts on Monday, President-elect Trump announced his ambassadorial picks to Japan, the Dominican Republic, Austria, Luxembourg and Uruguay. ( read original story ...)
FirstFT: Japan’s SoftBank woos Trump with planned $100bn investment in US
Also in today’s newsletter, North Korean troops sustain casualties fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, and UK court reveals identity of alleged Chinese spy ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Hip-Hop Stars Creepy Nuts On Their Surprise Mega-Hit — And Their Vision For Their Future
As Billboard Japan unveiled its 2024 year-end charts, the hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts — rapper R-Shitei (also known as R-rated) and DJ Matsunaga — land the No. 1 song of the year ( read original story ...)
Hitachi’s digital makeover sets standard for corporate Japan
New chief executive is taking over vastly streamlined conglomerate with most of its revenues and employees overseas ...
Japanese Nu-Metal Band HANABIE. Reflect on Lollapalooza & How International Festivals Led to Their ‘Bucchigiri Tokyo’ EP
HANABIE. is an all-woman nu-metal band of vocalist Yukina, guitarist and vocalist Matsuri, bassist and backup vocalist Hettsu, and drummer Chika. ( read original story ...)
Everything you should know before visiting northern Japan
Tohoku is rebuilding its tourist economy after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Here’s all the info you need to plan your visit—when to go, what to do, where to eat, and how to get around. ( read original story ...)