TOKYO—Last year, China native Tomo Hayashi, the owner of a metals-trading firm, moved to Tokyo. He quickly adopted a Japanese name, spent the equivalent of about $650,000 on a luxury waterfront ...
Kei Nishikori may be on the slight side among today’s often towering tennis players—6’6” Marin Cilic, who beat Nishikori in the U.S. Open final, had him by a good eight inches—but he is ...
A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.
Asia Pacificcategory South Korea, China, Japan to hold first summit in four years on May 26-27 May 23, 2024 Asian Marketscategory Japan's factory activity expands for first time in a year, PMI ...
Japan likely conducted its second currency intervention this week, current account figures from the central bank suggest, in another sign of the government’s intensified battle to prop up the yen.
Kabosu, a Japanese shiba inu, inspired the viral "doge" meme and became the face of Dogecoin cryptocurrency. A big barrier is erected as local residents accuse tourists of dropping litter and ...
Of the 1,729 local municipalities in Japan, 744 are "likely to vanish" by 2050, according to a report released this week at a symposium by the Population Strategy Council, a group of private ...
Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. Save When I moved to ...
Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, squeezed by weaker consumption and external demand and throwing a fresh challenge to policymakers as the central bank looks to lift interest ...
JAPAN has pledged an investment of US$1.5 billion to support investment by that country’s companies in boosting Zambia’s mining sector.Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Saito Ken ...
TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said last week's meeting with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts has laid the groundwork for Tokyo to act against ...