Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index trimmed earlier losses and ended slightly higher on Tuesday despite falls in European stocks, after Beijing's central bank cut two benchmark interest rates. ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire Tokyo reaches 5m players | News-in-brief
The resource for people who make and sell games. ( read original story ...)
‘Debt’ trouble forces Tokyo private school’s tech craft club to suspend activities
A technology craft club with a history of more than 50 years at the private Shiba Junior and Senior High School here has suspended its activities since December 2022 due to debt trouble, it has been learned. ( read original story ...)
Japan outrage as 9yo child sterilisations revealed
The law is widely recognised as a dark chapter in Japan's post-war recovery and was repealed in 1996. On Monday, parliament released a long-awaited 1,400-page study, based on a government ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sterilisation law victims included nine-year-olds
Two nine-year-olds were among the 25,000 people forcibly sterilised in Japan under its post-World War Two eugenics law, a parliament report has revealed. The law, in place for 48 years, forced people ... ( read original story ...)
Village House Japan And Aichi Prefecture Officials Agree On New Disaster Relief Shelters Locations In The Tokai Region
TOKYO, JAPAN - media outreach - 20 June 2023 - On 25 May 2022, village house management co., ltd. signed an agreement with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan police officer tells visitor reporting lost passport to ‘go back to China’
A sergeant at a police station here told a visitor believed to be a foreigner reporting a lost passport to "go back to China" during an arg・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
The little-known plant that’s ‘as dangerous as Japanese knotweed’ – and you face a £5k fine for planting it or PRISON
A NEW form of weed which destroys other plants is on the rise – but anyone planting it faces a £5,000 fine or even two years in prison. The pest named Himalayan balsam is invading – ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Crypto Exchanges Push for 10 Times Leverage on Margin Trading: Bloomberg
Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges are urging regulators to relax margin trading restrictions on popular cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin ...
Warren Buffett presses ahead with his big bet on Japan, upping his stakes in 5 trading houses
Buffett first disclosed his bets on Japan in August 2020 - and the country's flagship index has soared since then.
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.06%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Insurance sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.06%.
Nikkei 225 is on track to break above 40,000 points
The Bank of Japan’s monetary policy resulted in a weak yen and higher equity prices. Nikkei 225’s bullish trend should continue.
Disgruntled baseball fan arrested after security guard assaulted at Yokohama Stadium
YOKOHAMA -- A 36-year-old man was arrested on June 20 for allegedly making a Yokohama Stadium security guard fall down after a Nippon Professional Baseball game the previous evening because he was ... ( read original story ...)
Shareholder Proposals Hit Record in Japan in Quest for Returns
Corporate Japan is bracing for a record number of shareholder proposals at their annual general meetings later this month as investors demand more returns and better governance.Most Read from BloombergTucker Carlson's Fox Defense Crumbled When He Took MillionsXi Tells Blinken ‘Very Good’ That Progress Made on US-China TiesGlobal Stocks Slip on Worry Rally Looks Exhausted: ...
Warren Buffett’s Big Bet on Japan Trading Firms Helps Push Analyst Targets Up
“Quite obviously he is interested in commodities, but also in the diversified business acumen of these companies.” Berkshire plans to increase investments to up to 9.9% of each of the five Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan takes on tech titans and imposes app payment regulations
In a bid to enhance competition within the app payments market, the Japanese government recently unveiled its intention to enforce new regulations on ... ( read original story ...)