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Asian stocks mixed after hopes for China-U.S. talks, trade deal with UK lift Wall Street
Shares were mixed in Asia on Friday as investors pinned their hopes on weekend trade talks between China and the U.S. U.S. futures and oil prices logged modest…
6 hours ago
Japan Today
Asian stocks mixed after hopes for China-U.S. talks, trade deal with UK lift Wall Street
Gov't rules out consumption tax cut as inflation, tariff relief
Japan's government on Friday dismissed the idea of reducing the consumption tax rate to help soften the blow from inflation and U.S. tariffs, brushing aside growing calls from…
5 hours ago
Japan Today
Gov't rules out consumption tax cut as inflation, tariff relief
Pakistan launches multiple attacks along India's western border, India says
Pakistan's armed forces launched "multiple attacks" using drones and other munitions along India's entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday, the Indian army said, as conflict…
9 hours ago
Japan Today
Pakistan launches multiple attacks along India's western border, India says
Woman arrested for setting fire to her home
Police in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of arson after she set fire to her home. According to police, the woman…
5 hours ago
Japan Today
Woman arrested for setting fire to her home
Australian field hockey player who tried to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics returns from ban
Field hockey player Tom Craig was recalled to the Australian national team on Friday after serving a six-month suspension for trying to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics.…
12 hours ago
Japan Today
Australian field hockey player who tried to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics returns from ban
Japan's real wages in March fall 2.1% on year, down for 3rd month
Japan's real wages in March fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive monthly decline, as income growth continued to fall behind price hikes, government…
5 hours ago
Japan Today
Japan's real wages in March fall 2.1% on year, down for 3rd month
Japan's real wages in March fall 2.1% on year, down for 3rd month
Japan's real wages in March fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive monthly decline, as income growth continued to fall behind price hikes, government…
5 hours ago
Japan Today
Japan's real wages in March fall 2.1% on year, down for 3rd month
Man United and Tottenham reach Europa League final and are one win away from Champions League
For Manchester United or Tottenham, a miserable campaign will end in Europa League glory. Despite both teams languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League, the Champions…
12 hours ago
Japan Today
Man United and Tottenham reach Europa League final and are one win away from Champions League
King Charles calls for global peace as UK marks 80th anniversary of VE Day
King Charles said on Thursday the world had a duty to commit to seeking lasting peace and preventing warfare in a speech to mark the end of four…
15 hours ago
Japan Today
King Charles calls for global peace as UK marks 80th anniversary of VE Day
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed foes drew global calls for calm. The fighting…
9 hours ago
Japan Today
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
Cardinals elect first U.S.-born pope as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
Robert Francis Prevost, 69, became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him as the first American leader of the world's 1.4 billion…
9 hours ago
Japan Today
Cardinals elect first U.S.-born pope as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
The Who announce North America farewell tour dates
British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer. Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend confirmed Thursday that they will…
15 hours ago
Japan Today
The Who announce North America farewell tour dates
Heads of hibakusha groups urge Pope Leo to promote abolition of nukes
They expressed hopes that the new pontiff will follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Francis, who visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2019.
3 hours ago
Japan Times
Heads of hibakusha groups urge Pope Leo to promote abolition of nukes
Panasonic targets 10,000 job cuts worldwide
The cuts will focus on positions at consolidated companies — 5,000 in Japan and 5,000 overseas.
4 hours ago
Japan Times
Panasonic targets 10,000 job cuts worldwide
Japan’s slam poetry scene is all about raw vulnerability
Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry stage for 10 years now.
4 hours ago
Japan Times
Japan’s slam poetry scene is all about raw vulnerability
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
The U.S. has warned that comparing Japan with the U.K. was apples and oranges, and that getting over the line with many countries will be a slow and arduous process.
4 hours ago
Japan Times
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
NTT announces ¥200 billion buyback in capital efficiency push
The buyback from May 12 through March 31 is geared toward raising capital efficiency and boosting shareholder returns, the company said.
5 hours ago
Japan Times
NTT announces ¥200 billion buyback in capital efficiency push
Japan household spending slides 0.1% in FY2024
The decrease reflects sustained inflation, which is making people more budget-minded on food.
5 hours ago
Japan Times
Japan household spending slides 0.1% in FY2024
Japan household spending slides 0.1% in FY2024
The decrease reflects sustained inflation, which is making people more budget-minded on food.
5 hours ago
Japan Times
Japan household spending slides 0.1% in FY2024
Former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee and father convicted of insider trading
Keito Hosomichi, 27, passed along confidential corporate information to his father, who then profited by investing in the shares of three companies.
5 hours ago
Japan Times
Former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee and father convicted of insider trading
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Regardless of the outcome of July's Upper House election, the bar will be high for anyone seeking to unseat incumbent Shigeru Ishiba.
5 hours ago
Japan Times
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Timberwolves cruise past Stephen Curry-less Warriors in Game 2
Anthony Edwards added 20 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, which evened the best-of-seven series at 1-1.
6 hours ago
Japan Times
Timberwolves cruise past Stephen Curry-less Warriors in Game 2
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda, 43, said he struggled with mental health issues as a result of his parents’ expectations for him to excel academically.
6 hours ago
Japan Times
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Nidec withdraws its $1.8 billion hostile takeover bid for Makino Milling Machine
Makino had previously threatened to block the takeover by granting stock acquisition rights to existing shareholders.
8 hours ago
Japan Times
Nidec withdraws its $1.8 billion hostile takeover bid for Makino Milling Machine
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