Crisis-hit Sri Lanka invites Japan to resume investment

Sri Lanka on Saturday invited Japan to resume investment in projects including power, roads and ports, after the Japanese foreign minister wrapped up the first high-level visit to the crisis-hit country in nearly four years. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan Admits Reality

The Bank of Japan on Friday took another step toward normalizing monetary policy—or did it? Add confusion to the list of risks from decades of policy experimentation by the central bank in the world’s third-largest economy, as investors decipher the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan gearing up to launch small moon lander next month

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is gearing up to send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission to the moon on an H-2A rocket on Aug. 26 Japan time (0034 GMT, 9:34 a.m. JST, or 8:34 p.m. EDT on Aug. 25). ( read original story ...)