Major markets across Asia-Pacific broadly fell this week as US consumer prices released showed that inflation stayed firm, and its central bank indicated it was in no hurry to cut interest rates. Read ...
Japan GDP expands by 0.3% in third quarter, snapping two quarters of year-on-year declines
Japan's third-quarter real gross domestic product expanded 0.3% year on year, snapping two straight quarters of year-on-year decline. Third quarter GDP rose 0.2% quarter-on-quarter, expanding 0.9% on ...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Pursues Strategic Share Repurchase
Yokohama Rubber Co (JP:5101) has released an update. Yokohama Rubber Co. has announced a strategic share repurchase as part of its medium-term ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew most greenhouse gas of world cities
Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, and Shanghai is the most polluting ( read original story ...)
Japan Marks Modern-Day Adventurer’s Final Stop on 46,000 Km Trek Across Asia
For Nok, the country represented the furthest he could travel in Asia without getting a plane. He arrived by ferry in the southwestern city of Fukuoka last month and then meandered his way to Tokyo on Nov. 7, 274 days after leaving home. By comparison, a direct flight from Cairo to Tokyo takes about 12 ...
Japan, US vow solid alliance under respective new gov’ts
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday that the two countries will maintai ( read original story ...)
The Human Cost of Japan’s Tech Boom: AI, Robots, and NFTs
We explore Japan’s latest document regarding AI, NFTs, and robots and evaluate the true cost of Japan’s tech boom.
The Week in Crypto; Major Price Moves, U.S. Political Developments, and Key Partnerships
Whale pump spotted as Bitcoin breaks $90,000 on institutional demand and optimism This week, Bitcoin set a new record high trading above $90 000 majorly due to ...
Bitcoin could hit $100,000 by Inauguration Day, says crypto expert—what a Trump Presidency could mean for digital assets
All told, bitcoin, the largest and most widely traded cryptocurrency, has risen 30% since election night, and crypto experts say there could be more room to run in the near term.
Trump victory tipped to break logjam of exotic US crypto ETF filings
Industry figures are hopeful that Trump, who has pledged to turn the US into “the bitcoin superpower of the world”, will replace Gensler — widely expected to resign in the wake of the election result ...
Japan’s Nikkei rises as auto, bank shares gain
TOKYO, - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday as a weaker yen lifted automakers, and financial stocks gained after raising their annual profit forecasts. The Nikkei was up 0.8% at 38,842.13 by ...
Jensen Huang says SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son once offered to help him buy out Nvidia — but he passed
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he turned down a chance to buy out the chip giant, while SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son regretted selling the stock early.
Easy Japanese news in translation: Osaka’s Universal Studios to open Donkey Kong area
The theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in the city of Osaka announced on November 12 that it will open "Donkey Kong Country," a new area themed on Nintendo's popular game series, on December 11. ( read original story ...)
Suspected ringleader of burglaries linked to ‘dark’ jobs arrested in Osaka
A 37-year-old man suspected of being the ringleader of a burglary group linked to dark part-time jobs and two other men were arrested for breaking into the home of an Osaka company executive, the ... ( read original story ...)
Man found guilty of stealing ¥10.4 million tea bowl from Tokyo exhibition
The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man to two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years, for stealing a pure gold matcha bowl valued at ¥10.4 million ($66,500) from a department store exhibition earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GDP grows 0.9% in July-Sept. on solid consumption
Japan's economy grew an annualized real 0.9 percent in the three months through September, expanding for the second straight quarter ... ( read original story ...)