Japan Finance Ministry said it will issue commemorative 10000 yen US70 gold coins for the upcoming 2025 World Expo in Osaka with a price tag of ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s Ex-Coach Extends Surprising Offer to Coco Gauff as He Sparks Speculation Amid Major Tennis Season Changes
"It's not the summer that I want" - Coco Gauff's first reaction after she failed to defend her title at the US Open. The post Naomi Osaka's Ex-Coach Extends Surprising Offer to Coco Gauff as He Sparks Speculation Amid Major Tennis Season Changes appeared first on EssentiallySports. ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Joins Methanol Fueling Project
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company has joined the methanol fueling project in Yokohama, Japan under which it will work on a simulation of methanol bunkering from Kokuka Sangyo’s methanol bunkering vessel ... ( read original story ...)
‘The Boyfriend,’ Japan’s First Same-Sex Reality Show, Hopes to Normalize LGBTQ Romance in the Country: ‘Hey, They’re Just Like Us’
Netflix's Japanese same-sex reality show ‘The Boyfriend’ delivers a carefully calculated normality and moves the needle as a result. ( read original story ...)
Japan electronics company: walkie-talkie used in Hezbollah attacks discontinued 10 years ago
Japanese wireless communication equipment-maker Icom said Thursday it cannot confirm whether a walkie-talkie used in the explosive attacks against Hezbollah was related to the company, noting the production and sales of that device and its battery were discontinued about a decade ago. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka To Begin 2025 Tennis Season At ASB Classic In Auckland
Former world no. 1 Naomi Osaka will begin her 2025 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland, as she returns to the city for the first time in eight years. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metro, Rigaku set stage for $3 billion Japan IPOs as listings gather pace
Japan's Tokyo Metro and Rigaku on Friday kicked off the processes to launch a combined $3.1 billion in initial public offerings (IPOs) next month, according to term sheets, as the local capital ... ( read original story ...)
China, Japan Reached Consensus in Aug on Fukushima Water Discharge, CCTV Says
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Chinese state television CCTV reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan to ‘hibernate’ until political dust settles, says strategist
Masahiko Loo of State Street Global Advisors gives his take on how Japanese politics and the Fed's surprise 50 basis point rate cut affects the Bank of Japan's next move. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rigaku aims to raise up to $888 million in IPO, term sheet says
Japan's Rigaku, which makes X-ray testing tools, is aiming to raise up to $888 million in its initial public offering in Tokyo, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters. Rigaku, owned by private equity firm Carlye Group, ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate steady as it treads cautiously on normalizing policy
The decision came as the central bank seeks to wean its economy off the long-held ultra-easy monetary policy and curb the yen's slide against the U.S. dollar. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei leads gains in Asia Pacific after Wall Street soars; China holds benchmark rates
Traders in Asia will also look toward August consumer prices index from Japan and Hong Kong, and central bank decisions from Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China. ( read original story ...)
Final preparations underway for China to resume Japan seafood imports, NHK says
Japan and China are making final preparations towards the resumption of imports by China of Japanese seafood and other marine products after regulatory monitoring of radioactive water was expanded, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan Eyes Deal to End Chinese Ban on Seafood Imports, Media Say
China and Japan may be close to a breakthrough over Beijing’s ban on seafood imports from Japan, imposed last year in response to the release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August
Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for ... ( read original story ...)
As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. ( read original story ...)