The other company announcing no new strong drink rollouts was Sapporo Breweries. They explained that the decision was made in light of consumer trends, including growing health consciousness. Beverage ... ( read original story ...)
Fun fact: Denver is the only city to reject the Olympics
The United States has hosted the Olympic Games several times over the decades, but none of those have happened in the Centennial State or the Mile High City. But that wasn’t for lack of ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Brazilian swimmer Fratus, feted for Tokyo bronze joy, to miss Paris
Brazilian swimmer Bruno Fratus, whose jubilation at winning a freestyle bronze medal went viral at the Tokyo Olympics, has opted out of the Paris Games after a long battle with injuries. Fratus at 32 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan may introduce tax breaks to spur repatriation into yen, Sankei reports
Japan may introduce measures to provide tax breaks for companies converting foreign profits into the yen and include it in the government's annual mid-year policy blueprint compiled in the summer, the ... ( read original story ...)
G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility
Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations have committed to phase out coal power by 2035. ( read original story ...)
Japan Manufacturing PMI Climbs To 49.6 In April – Jibun
The manufacturing sector in Japan continued to contract in April, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from Jibun Bank revealed ... ( read original story ...)
‘Perfect Storm’ Sparks Sudden Bitcoin Price Crash Under $60,000 As Ethereum, XRP And Crypto Brace For Shock Fed Flip
A "perfect storm of negatives" has crashed the bitcoin price ahead of Fed chair Jerome Powell's interest rate decision
Australia and Japan markets set to slip as Fed decision looms, most Asian markets closed
Australian and Japanese markets are set to fall Wednesday as investors brace for the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision, due early Thursday in Asia. Investors will also keep an eye on the yen, which ...
Japan Should Leave the Yen Bazooka at Home
The root cause of yen weakness lies in the US, not Japan. That makes the latter's options very limited. Sovereignty only goes so far. Kanda & Co. need to pick their shots carefully, and with discretion. Never mind the bazooka. Just a few bullets will suffice.
Japan’s ruling party loses key by-elections in blow to scandal-tainted PM Kishida
The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost the House of Representatives seats for Shimane, Tokyo and Nagasaki to the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPL) led by leftist lawmaker Kenta Izumi.
Hideo Kojima and Mads Mikkelsen Will Be at Osaka Comic Con 2024
Death Stranding Director Hideo Kojima and Mads Mikkelsen will attend Osaka Comic Con 2024, and the event will feature a talk between them. ( read original story ...)
Landlord In Little Tokyo Gentrification Battle Says New Tenant Will Be Another Restaurant
When he made the move last year to evict a beloved Little Tokyo restaurant, landlord Tony Sperl went from relative obscurity to Public Enemy No.1 with neighborhood activists. Hundreds of people petitioned or rallied against the displacement of Suehiro Cafe ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity falls slow, PMI shows
Japan's factory activity shrank at a slower pace in April as declines in output and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday. Inflationary pressure continued but firms found ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Unlikely to Change Interest Rates Rapidly, IG Says
Hebe Chen, market analyst at IG, talks about the yen and Bank of Japan policy. Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)
Latest biotech cuts hit pioneering DNA sequencing company, Verily’s eye-focused joint venture
Twenty/Twenty Therapeutics LLC — a joint venture between Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Verily Life Sciences unit and Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. of Osaka — will be shuttered, the company said in a ... ( read original story ...)
Yen retreats after U.S. data as eyes turn from Tokyo to Fed
NEW YORK >>The yen stumbled against the dollar today, relinquishing some of its sharp gains in the prior session sparked by suspected intervention by Japanese authorities, while a flurry of U.S. ( read original story ...)