Tesla vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2025. Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a ...
Strong 5.3-magnitude earthquake shakes Japan’s Hokkaido
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Japan’s northern Hokkaido region on Monday, sending tremors through several districts and briefly startling residents, media reports said. The Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
Metaplanet Buys 780 More Bitcoin, Becomes Asia’s Largest Corporate Holder
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet Inc. has made headlines again with its announcement of a new Bitcoin acquisition: 780 BTC for approximately ¥13.67 billion ...
Swiggy reshapes board post-IPO as SoftBank, Accel nominees exit
Swiggy has appointed Faraz Khalid, CEO of e-commerce platform Noon, as an independent director, pending shareholder approval.
Sumo: Nagoya victory still sinking in for 1st-time champion Kotoshoho
Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament winner Kotoshoho said Monday he was still coming to grips with his first top-division championship. ( read original story ...)
SUMO/ Kotoshoho wins 1st championship at Nagoya basho in new arena
Rank-and-filer Kotoshoho stole the spotlight in the first tournament featuring two yokozuna in four years, capturing his first top-division championship on July 27 at the newly relocated Nagoya Grand ... ( read original story ...)
Israel will do to Gaza ‘what we did to Tokyo and Berlin,’ Lindsey Graham says
Hamas is a terrorist organization that is chartered to destroy the state of Israel," Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC. "They're religious Nazis. ( read original story ...)
Struggling Japanese AI Firm Turns to Bitcoin via Hong Kong Subsidiary
Quantum Solutions is turning to Bitcoin via a Hong Kong subsidiary, joining struggling firms chasing upside through crypto treasury plays.
Bank of Japan expected to stand pat on interest rates
The Bank of Japan is expected to leave its short-term interest rate unchanged at a two-day policy meeting that ends on Thursday.
Japanese Yen slides to one-week low against USD amid reduced safe-haven demand
The Japanese Yen (JPY) kicks off the new week on a softer note as the latest optimism over a trade deal between the US and the European Union (EU) undermines traditional safe-haven assets. Furthermore ...
Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis
On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very top.
Trevor Bauer heading back to Japan after signing with Yokohama Bay …
The Yokohama Bay Stars are bringing back Trevor Bauer, who last pitched in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers in June 2021, the Japanese club announced Monday.. It will be Bauer’s ... ( read original story ...)
Scientists repurpose old solar panels to convert CO2 exhaust into valuable chemicals
Significantly reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere to mitigate the most devastating effects of climate change will require a large reduction in emissions as well as strategies designed to ... ( read original story ...)
The rise of Japan’s far right was supercharged by Trump – and tourists
With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the feathers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its embattled prime ... ( read original story ...)
Haunting Japanese ghost town frozen in time sheds light on country’s turbulent economic past
An urban explorer recently documented Kinugawa Onsen, a Japanese resort town in disrepair emblematic of economic hardship the country saw near the turn of the millennium. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo schools rush to install air conditioning amid dangerous temps
Efforts to equip schools in this north Japan city with air conditioning are underway amid another scorching summer, with the current instal･･･ ... ( read original story ...)