Japanese consumer inflation slowed for the third straight month to 2.0 percent in January, government data showed Tuesday.Japan's economy shrank an adjusted 0.1 percent quarter-on-quarter in the last ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firms eye record net profits of over 47 trillion yen amid weak yen
Major Japanese companies are expected to see their combined net profits for the year ending March to surpass 47 trillion yen ($312 bi ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks are at a record high, revealing a primary lesson about investing
Most investors ignore Japan when concluding that stocks should come out ahead over investment horizons as short as a decade. There’s a belief that ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Keene’s Japan (Pt. 52): Finding comfort in the metropolis of Tokyo
TOKYO -- In essays he contributed to The New York Times in the 1980s, Donald Keene mentioned Tokyo from time to time. By the time of one entry dated Nov. 4, 1984, titled "A Livable Metropolis," it had ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ miraculously wakes up on lunar surface
Japan’s SLIM mission, which landed on the moon in January, woke up and captured new images of its landing site after being dormant for most of February. ( read original story ...)
SLIM lives! Japan’s upside-down moon lander survives freezing lunar night, defying all expectations
After enduring two weeks in the freezing lunar night, Japan's SLIM moon lander awoke long enough to snap some new pictures and communicate with researchers on Earth. ( read original story ...)
Fidelity Suddenly Issues Huge $1.5 Trillion Prediction As ‘Parabolic’ Bitcoin Price Surge Boosts Ethereum, XRP And Crypto
"Bitcoin will eventually capture around a quarter of the monetary gold market," Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity, wrote in an X post, referring to the gold held by the world's ...
$11 billion exchange makes bold all-time high crypto price prediction
Analysts at Kraken OTC have predicted that a $370 billion crypto asset can hit its highest-ever price in the coming months.
Cryptocurrency Market News: Reddit’s Crypto Stash, Bitcoin Tops $53,000
Crypto News From Last Week and What To Expect From Week of Feb. 26 Bitcoin reclaimed $53,000 after more than two years Monday. Reddit revealed it owns bitcoin and ether in regulatory filings ahead of ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 extends rally to new all-time highs; China’s nine-day winning streak ends
This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Japan's Nikkei 225 index hit a fresh high Monday as traders returned from a long weekend, while China markets snapped a nine-day winning streak.
Japan’s first inflation undershoot in 2 years?
Japanese inflation figures could provide the biggest market fireworks in Asia on Tuesday, potentially pushing the yen to a new 2024 low, closer to its recent three-decade depths, and into territory ...
Japan’s SMFG aims for three successive years of record profit, CEO says
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) aims for three successive years of record net profit as Japan's second-largest lender beefs up its business portfolio abroad including in India and the United ...
Japan kicks in another $4.8 billion for TSMC plant, calls cutting-edge chips ‘extremely essential for the future of industries’
C.C. Wei, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), left, shakes hands with Kenichiro Yoshida, chairman and CEO of Sony Group Corp., at TSMC's new factory in Japan on Saturday. Toru ...
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ survives long lunar night, snaps new photos
Japan’s SLIM mission, which landed on the moon in January, woke up and captured new images of its landing site after being dormant for most of February. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Blends Business With Personal Belief To Come Up With An Exciting Announcement For LPGA Players
As she makes a comeback to tennis, Naomi Osaka is also partnering up with the LPGA in its endeavor to make its athletes household names this year. With the aim to benefit female golfers improve their ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Omron to cut 2,000 jobs globally on slow China automation ops
KYOTO, Japan -- Japanese electronics maker Omron is slashing 2,000 jobs at home and overseas, the company said Monday, as its struggling factory automation equipment business in China drives the first ... ( read original story ...)