Japan’s Nissan is seeking a business partnership with Honda on electric vehicles in a bid to challenge the dominance of Chinese manufacturers, media outlets have reported. Nissan and Honda have yet to ...
Eyes on Bank of Japan as unions announce wage hikes
The results of key wage hike negotiations in Japan will be announced Friday, with a win for workers expected to set the stage for a hotly anticipated shift away from the central bank's ultra-loose ...
Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100
Internationally, the invention of karaoke has widely been credited to Daisuke Inoue, a Japanese musician who released the “8 Juke" in 1971. Later hailed as karaoke’s creator by a Singaporean ...
Asia markets set to fall after hot U.S. inflation report; first estimates from Japan’s wage negotiations expected
Japan is expected to see the first estimates from its spring wage negotiations on Friday, ahead of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy meeting on March 18-19.
Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, high court rules
Current Japanese marriage law has been interpreted to restrict unions to be between a man and a woman, but LGBTQ+ activists see changes afoot.
Japan’s Nikkei reverses course to end higher
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average changed course to end higher on Thursday, as heavyweight chip-related stocks narrowed early losses and energy shares gained. The Nikkei closed 0.29% higher at ...
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Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Kyoto, and Fujikawaguchiko emerge as the most sought-after spots, each offering a unique viewing experience of the cherry blossoms at their peak.
Japan no longer in deflation, wage hike trend strong, says finance minister
Japan's economy is no longer in deflation, and a strong trend of wage hikes is taking place, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday. Policymakers, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and ...
Robinhood stock is riding the crypto wave
Robinhood surged over 5% after the trading platform reported an increase in trading volume across all asset classes since January, indicating the return of retail investors to the market.
Crypto Bros Raise $650,000 to Put DogWifHat Meme on Vegas Sphere
Something tells me this could cause some traffic jams.There will come a time when a giant meme of a Shiba Inu puppy with a hat will take over the Las Vegas Sphere. All it took was hundreds of ...
Biden says U.S. Steel must remain domestically owned and operated
U.S. Steel Corp , the $14.9 billion acquisition target of Japan's Nippon Steel , must remain a domestically owned and operated American firm, President Joe Biden will say in a statement on Thursday ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls 3% amid profit booking, worries over spike in interest rates
The record breaking rally in Japanese stocks met with a speedbreaker on March 11 as the country closely averted a technical recession, which spurred concerns over the possibility of Bank of Japan ...
Reddit IPO to raise nearly $750 million and will offer shares to Redditors. Here’s how it will work.
Together, the stock sales would be worth about $748 million, with Reddit raising about $519 million for the company through the IPO. Based on its total number of shares outstanding, the ...
Reddit IPO to Raise up to $748 Million Through Stock Debut, With Valuation of up to $6.4 Billion
In what’s poised to be one of the biggest initial public offerings of the year, Reddit disclosed financial details of its forthcoming IPO, through which it’s aiming to raise as much as $748 ...
Why Reddit’s IPO could offer an ‘unprecedented’ twist in meme-stock saga
Reddit is also inviting users and moderators who have contributed to the social-media platform to buy shares in its IPO. Users and moderators who created an account on or before Jan. 1 ...
Potential ‘meme stock’ Reddit will let Redditors sell shares immediately
Reddit’s IPO should be interesting to watch — and not just because the business remains unprofitable, but also because of how the company has chosen to bring in its community of active users ...