Japan’s annual headline inflation rate jumped to 2.8% in May from 2.5% in April, the highest reading since February. The core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, also ...
Japan’s inflation rate accelerates in May to 2.8%; core inflation lower than expected at 2.5%
Japan’s annual headline inflation rate jumped to 2.8% in May from 2.5% in April, the highest reading since February. The core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, also ...
Japan stocks mixed after cooler-than-expected core inflation data; India’s Nifty hits fresh record
Japan's core inflation rate — which strips out prices of fresh food — came in lower than expected at 2.5%. Headline inflation rose to 2.8%, higher than April's figure of 2.5%. The S&P 500 pulled back ...
Move over, Tokyo. Hong Kong is now the most expensive city to build, survey shows
Hong Kong's average building cost this year will rise 4.8% to $4,500 per square meter, ranking it ninth globally and first in Asia, according to Turner & Townsend. The city's construction industry ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Debate on Tokyo’s future needed as race to elect governor begins
Campaigning for the Tokyo gubernatorial election has begun with a record 56 people announcing their candidacy. Who should take the helm of this huge c ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor election race kicks off with all eyes on 2 powerful female candidates
Veteran incumbent Yuriko Koike, 71, faces her biggest challenge from prominent opposition lawmaker Renho Saito, 56. ( read original story ...)
Departing Air Force wing commander’s Super Hercules gets a check-up in Tokyo
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules looked like a massive mechanical patient on an operating table during a routine two-week inspection at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. Stars and Stripes got a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor elections: Parties disrupt campaigning with excessive candidates and cat pictures
Campaigning began in Tokyo's gubernatorial election on Thursday (Jun 20) with a crowded field of more than 50 candidates. Already, campaign drama is playing out with one party fielding 24 candidates and using cat pictures in place of portraits on banners. ( read original story ...)
Japan Makes It Very Hard to Be Sterilized. These Women Demand Change.
The entrenched rule of Japan’s right - leaning Liberal Democratic Party, along with the country’s deep-rooted traditional family values, have prevented progress in reproductive rights, said Yukako Ohashi, a writer and member of the Women’s Network for Reproductive Freedom. ( read original story ...)
Let’s taco ’bout Guzman y Gomez: A timeline from burrito to IPO
After its blockbuster debut on the ASX, take a look back at the Guzman y Gomez story through the SmartCompany archives.
Japan issues fresh warning against yen bears as currency slides
Japanese authorities are ready to take action against speculative and excessively volatile moves in the currency market that hurt the economy, the country's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on ...
High court upholds life prison term for ex-nurse who killed 3 elderly patients at Yokohama hospital
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a ruling a lower court that sentenced a 37-year-old former nurse at a Yokohama hospital to an indefinite life term in prison for killing three terminally ill patients ... ( read original story ...)
Japan imposes trade curbs on China-based firms for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine
Japan imposed trade restrictions on China-based companies as part of a fresh round of sanctions against individuals and groups supporting Russia's war on Ukraine, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s June Factory Activity Eases as Costs Rise, PMI Shows
The au Jibun Bank flash services PMI shrank to 49.8 in June from 53.8 in May. The index contracted for the first time since August 2022. Japanese service providers suggested that output was limited ... ( read original story ...)
Most Japan Firms See No Need to Follow the US with Tariffs on China
Most Japanese companies see no need for their government to follow the US in raising tariffs on Chinese imports, saying excessive production capacity in China's industrial sector does not affect them, ... ( read original story ...)
European powers step up air, sea drills in Japan’s backyard — and China’s
TOKYO -- European countries are sending more air and sea forces to Asia for defense exercises with Japan, bringing them closer to what remains a distant security challenge: China. A destroyer from ...