Tokyo stocks fall in morning on profit-taking, strong yen

Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning on profit-taking a day after the benchmark Nikkei index ended at a two-and-a-half month high, and selling in exporters due to the firm yen against the U.S. dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 96. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks open lower on profit-taking, strong yen

Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday on profit-taking a day after the benchmark Nikkei index ended at a two-and-a-half month high, and selling in exporters due to the firm yen against the U.S. dollar. In the first 15 minutes of trading, ( read original story ...)

Russia and Japan Have Fought Before, and It Was Won Decisively

Russia could have had a rematch of one of its most "humiliating" military defeats, had the country followed through with recently revealed plans to attack Japan last year. A (FSB) shared with Newsweek a leaked letter that claimed Russia was "quite seriously preparing for a localized military conflict with Japan" in August 2021, ( read ...

Can Tokyo’s charms be replicated elsewhere?

As, across the world, Modernist ideals of unity and clarity gave way to a post-modern embrace of disorder, Tokyo’s kaleidoscope came to be regarded differently. Its hectic neon streets began to look ... ( read original story ...)