NJPW has announced the full card for Saturday's Battle Autumn in Osaka tour-closing event. In a newly announced bout, FTR will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Great-O-Khan ... ( read original story ...)
Karl Anderson off NJPW Battle Autumn in Osaka
Karl Anderson is officially off NJPW's Battle Autumn in Osaka show set for Saturday, November 5. NJPW has announced that Anderson, the company's NEVER Openweight Champion, will not take part in ... ( read original story ...)
Cost to construct Osaka expo pavilion rises by 4.1 billion yen
OSAKA—Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura apologized to taxpayers for the ballooning price tag of the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo caused by soaring costs for materials and the weakened yen. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 2,019 new cases
Tokyo reported 2,019 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with the daily count growing by 284 from a week before and topping the week-before level for the ninth straight day. Five new deaths linked to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan carrier ANA Holdings posts half-year profit, raises full-year target
Japan's largest airline ANA Holdings Inc on Monday swung to a half-year profit and raised its full-year earnings target as a relaxation of COVID-19 border measures fosters a recovery in travel demand. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo dept store praised for refusing entry to costumed Halloween partiers
The famous Shibuya scramble crossing in Tokyo is definitely home to Japan's biggest Halloween party -- too big, some might argue. Every year the iconic crossing essentially becomes a gigantic street ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel REIT enters Japan office market
Singapore-based Keppel REIT is acquiring a 98.47% stake in Ginza 2-chome, a freehold boutique office building in Tokyo, Japan. The remaining 1.53% interest in the property will be held by Keppel ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police step up crackdown on rule-breaking cyclists
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are stepping up their crackdown on cyclists that recklessly violate traffic rules. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rebound on robust tech issues, weak yen
Tokyo stocks rebounded sharply Monday on strong technology shares following solid earnings from U.S. firms including Apple Inc., whil ... ( read original story ...)
Japan likely spent record amount in October to prop up yen
Japan will announce on Monday that it spent what was likely a record amount on currency intervention this month to prop up the yen, with market players keen for clues about how much further the ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews: Bank of Japan fiddles while bond market burns
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is playing with forex fire. The yield-curve control policy in which the central bank attempts to hold down interest rates by buying – or threatening to buy - ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s inevitable pivot looms as a risk for markets
The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy After occupying a central role in international trade and currency developments in the 1980s and 1990s, ... ( read original story ...)
Despite fears, Halloween partying in Tokyo’s Shibuya goes on after Seoul crush
Riot police were mobilized throughout major areas and side streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district on the night of Oct. 30 to keep Halloween reve ... ( read original story ...)
Keppel REIT acquires S$85.7m office property in Japan
It plans to use the acquisition to pave the way for the firm’s entrance into Japan’s market. The manager of Keppel REIT, Keppel REIT Management Limited, has acquired a 98.47% interest in a freehold ... ( read original story ...)
Brazil ETF Gains in Tokyo as Investors Cheer Smooth Election
Brazilian assets are poised to outperform after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential ballot in a seemingly smooth election process, easing concern that a contested result would sow ... ( read original story ...)
Approval of Japan PM Kishida’s gov’t hits new low, no help from economic plan
Public approval ratings for the government of Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched a new low in one opinion poll and clung near lows in another, hit by his party's ties to a controversial ... ( read original story ...)