Japan’s stock market faces a moment of truth

Japan’s stock market rally this year - including the surpassing of a 1989 high - was welcomed as one of the clearest signs that policymakers’ more-than-decade-long push to improve the efficiency of the $4 trillion economy was working. ( read original story ...)

Going for gold at Japan’s World Cosplay Summit

The championship is part of the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, a three-day event that draws thousands of fans—many keen to show off their own costumes. "People really commit to cosplay competitions," ... ( read original story ...)