TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism Agency (JNTO ...
BOJ’s Kazuo Ueda Signals Rate Hikes, Japanese Bond Yields Rise To 14-Year High—What The Recent Past Tells Us About Impact On US Markets
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated Wednesday that the central bank is prepared to raise interest rates if economic and price conditions continue to improve, as Japan’s 10-year government bond ...
Tennis-Osaka delights in revenge over Muchova at Australian Open
Naomi Osaka said she was enjoying a little bit of revenge against Karolina Muchova at the Australian Open on Wednesday, recalling how the Czech had ended her U.S. Open campaign last year when she was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is so awash with tourists, business travellers are resorting to capsule hotels
But that is also raising prices for Kojima’s staff and other Japanese business travellers. Capsule hotels, a Japanese institution, offer claustrophobic bed-sized pods, often dou ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tourism boom prices out business travelers
After traveling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima’s IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom makes regular rooms too pricey for business trips. A weak yen is attracting ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Hedge Funds Had a Great 2024, But Failed to Beat Bitcoin
During a great year for cryptocurrencies, hedge funds focused on digital assets unsurprisingly did very well, too. It’s just that many didn’t do as well as the industry’s most famous token: Bitcoin.
Bitcoin surges past $97,000 on speculation of Trump’s day-one crypto policy
On Tuesday, the price of bitcoin returned above $97,000, as as speculation swirled within the crypto industry about a potential executive order on cryptocurrency during the first day of Donald Trump’s ...
Japan to take appropriate action against excessive FX moves, finance minister says
Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against excessive moves on the foreign exchange market. "The government has been alarmed ...
Naomi Osaka gets ‘revenge,’ ousts Karolina Muchova in second round of Australian Open
Naomi Osaka, ranked just No. 51 in the world after a disappointing 2024 season, shook off a slow start en route to a second-round upset win in the Australian Open on Wednesday. Osaka rallied past 20th ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s Australian Open and the rediscovery of a tennis superpower
At her peak, the four-time Grand Slam champion played her best tennis in the toughest moments. In Melbourne, she did it again. ( read original story ...)
Zheng loses to No 97 Siegemund, Osaka rallies to advance at the Australian Open
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won’t be repeating her surprising run to the Australian Open final after a second-round upset loss to No. 97-ranked Laura Siegemund in his first tournament for 2025. ( read original story ...)
‘My little revenge’ – Osaka fights back in Melbourne
Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka says she took out a "little revenge" after coming back to beat Czech 20th seed Karolina Muchova. ( read original story ...)
Japan foreign minister ‘gravely concerned’ about maritime tensions escalating
Japan is gravely concerned about actions being repeated in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, its foreign minister ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tourism boom prices out business travellers
After travelling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima's IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom makes regular rooms too pricey for business trips. But that is also ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s comeback rollercoaster arrives at the Australian Open on the upswing
Osaka got her teeth into the match early in the second set, lacing a series of deep, down-the-line backhands that sent Muchova sideways and backwards while finding the kind of groove on her first ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka battles back for ‘statement win’ over No. 20 Muchova
After dropping the opening set, Naomi Osaka wins the next two to beat No. 20 Karolina Muchova and advance to the third round of the Australian Open. ( read original story ...)