Sanae Takaichi is the most popular choice among stock market pros to become Japan's next leader, according to a monthly survey. Takaichi led the poll with 29% of responses, as market participants were hopeful the lawmaker would pursue economic policies similar to "Abenomics" -- those of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more.
Complex dynamics of the 2024 M7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake in Japan — the long-lasting swarm and its immediate foreshocks
A newly published study sheds light on the intricate relationship between the 2024 M 7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake and a significant earthquake swarm that began beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula in November 2020. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka arrives in Beijing with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou in tow
Naomi Osaka's return to the China Open in Beijing for the first time in five years in newsworthy in more ways than one. The former world No. 1 arrived in China ahead of next week's WTA 1000 event with Patrick Mouratoglou, purportedly set to be her new coach, in tow. ( read original story ...)
Torrential rain in Japan floods quake-stricken Noto region
Record rainfall on Saturday hit central Japan's Noto region, which was devastated by a major earthquake in January, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents and causing a power ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy rain pounds northcentral Japan which is still recovering from deadly quake
Heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and swollen rivers to overflow, flooding homes and stranding some residents in the region still recovering from a ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy rain pounds northcentral Japan which is still recovering from deadly quake
Heavy rain has pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto which triggered landslides and swollen rivers to overflow, flooding homes and stranding some residents in the region still recovering from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan orders evacuations as heavy rains trigger floods in quake-hit Ishikawa region
The cities of Wajima and Suzu, as well as Noto town, ordered about 44,700 residents to evacuate. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan Orders Evacuations In Quake-hit Region On Flooding Fears
Japanese authorities told tens of thousands of people to evacuate the quake-hit region of Ishikawa on Saturday as heavy rain lifted river levels, raising flooding fears. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia to deepen carbon trading cooperation with Japan
TOKYO -- Indonesia will finalize a bilateral agreement with Japan aimed at promoting carbon trading between the two nations, the Southeast Asian country's vice minister for the environment told Nikkei ...
‘Shogun’ shines stock market spotlight on Japan pop culture
As Japanese stocks were tumbling in August, Hiroki Iura, chief fund manager at Resona Asset Management, was buying additional shares in Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, the intellectual property holder for ...
Japan orders mass evacuation over flooding threat
Up to 30,000 people in two cities in central Japan have been ordered to evacuate after weather forecasters warned of major flooding caused by heavy rain. About 18,000 people in the city of Wajima and ... ( read original story ...)
Breaking Thermodynamic Barriers: Japanese Create First 4- and 5-Layer Perovskites
Nagoya University researchers synthesized new multilayered perovskites, finding that their ferroelectric properties change based on the number of layers. This discovery could greatly enhance future ... ( read original story ...)
Xbox Confirms Details of Tokyo Game Show 2024 Broadcast
Details of Microsoft's Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 presentation have been revealed, though the contents remain muddled. ( read original story ...)
Trump Hitches His Campaign to the Crypto Crowd
The former president and onetime bitcoin skeptic on Monday helped launch a new crypto business with his family. On Wednesday, he bought a round of burgers for denizens of a bitcoi
No Surprises From the Bank of Japan. The Yen Slides.
There was a bit of nervousness ahead of the Bank of Japan's Friday policy decision. It will take investors awhile to forget the day in late July when the central bank's interest-rate hike unwound the ...
The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited (YORUF)
Market open. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) ("Goodyear" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Off-the-Road ("OTR") tire business to ... ( read original story ...)