Asia-Pacific markets are set to start mixed on Monday as investors look toward key data from Japan and China later in the week. Japan’s gross domestic product for the second quarter will be out on ...
Football: Nagoya stay unbeaten at home with 1-0 win over Kashima
Third-place Nagoya Grampus maintained their unbeaten home record and kept up the pressure on the teams ahead of them in the J-League ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open mixed amid Bon holidays, weak yen
Tokyo stocks opened mixed Monday in slow trading amid Japan's Bon holidays, with some export-related issues supported by the yen's weakness. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 41. ( read original story ...)
Weak yen gives Japan’s automakers temporary relief from China pain
TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Japanese automakers are getting much-needed cover from ... For instance, Toyota has stuck to its forecast for an average exchange rate of 125 to the dollar this business year ... ( read original story ...)
Yen Within Sight of This Year’s Low on Wide Japan-US Yield Gap
The yen hovered around the psychological 145 level versus the dollar and within reach of its weakest level this year as a persistently wide interest-rate gap with the US weighs on the Japanese currency. ( read original story ...)
How The PayPal Stablecoin Will Change The Crypto Conversation
Lastly, PYUSD is fully backed and redeemable on a 1:1 basis with the U.S. dollar. All these traits combined 1) make sense considering the pivotal role PayPal plays in digital payments, and 2) ...
An 18-year-old girl reveals the shocking situation in Umeda, Osaka, where “you can earn 2 million yen a month” and “some girls look like idols.
In Umeda, one of Osaka's most popular shopping areas, there is now a gathering of "tachimbo" girls. Men are also gathering to buy them, creating chaos in a corner of Togano-cho. We interviewed some of ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan to develop hypersonic missile interceptor–Yomiuri
Japan and the U.S. will agree this week to jointly develop an interceptor missile to counter hypersonic warheads being developed by China, Russia and North Korea, Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper said on ... ( read original story ...)
A traditional Japanese garden in Mississippi? It was hidden in plain sight for decades.
A wealthy New Orleans couple transformed their Pass Christian property near the beach with cherry blossoms, a Buddha shrine and more. Here’s the full history and photos. ( read original story ...)
The future of crypto hinges on a fight between the SEC and a former burger flipper
A looming courtroom battle between the largest cryptocurrency exchange and the world's most powerful regulator promises to shape the future of crypto.
$2.6 Trillion ‘Glitch’ Causes Crypto Price Chaos After XRP-Led Bitcoin And Ethereum Boom
A price "glitch" has caused Ripple's XRP to briefly surge to $50 on crypto exchange Gemini, an increase of around 8,000% that gave XRP a greater market capitalization than bitcoin at $2.6 ...
Shinkansen services between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka to be canceled on Tuesday
Central Japan Railway says it will cancel all services between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line on Tuesday due to Typhoon Lan. ( read original story ...)
Baseball: Yanagi gem, 10th-inning homers lift Dragons past Carp
Yuya Yanagi threw nine hitless shutout innings before the Chunichi Dragons won a 10th-inning home run derby to defeat the Hiroshima ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon festival held in Yokohama, Japan
An inflatable Pikachu is seen at Minatomirai in Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 13, 2023. To commemorate the launch of the 2023 Pokemon World Championships, a Pokemon festival is held in Yokohama's Minatomirai ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon World Championships 2023, 800 Drones Illuminate Night Sky Of Yokohama, Japan 4
This footage was filmed and produced 10 August 2023. The "Pokemon World Championships 2023" an annual esports tournament, kicked off on Friday, August 11, in Yokohama, Japan. A spectacular show ... ( read original story ...)
S Korean’s fury over Tokyo’s nuclear waste plan
Hundreds of people in South Korean took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's contentious plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo is set to ... ( read original story ...)