Growing backlash in Japan over Trump's use of anime characters
The US president has angered some fans by using the images of characters like Pikachu and Naruto.
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Japan city relieved as bear caught after roaming streets for days
A bear that roamed the streets of a Japanese city for four days, forcing mass school closures, was caught on Tuesday, capping a search involving dozens of hunters and police. Terrified families in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, peered through windows as a search mission that included he...
Here’s why shares in SoftBank, no longer Japan’s most valuable, have fallen by a fifth in the last week
Concerns about the funding commitments for OpenAI have been widely circulated this year and it appears potential creditors are worried about the company’s failure to hit ambitious internal growth targets
Japan's Largest Banks Plan Joint Stablecoin Launch by March 2027
Megabanks MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and SMBC have formed a council to develop frameworks for jointly issuing a stablecoin in fiscal year 2026.
Japan’s 30-Year Bond Sale Draws Weakest Demand Since June 2025
Japan’s 30-year government bond auction drew the weakest demand since June 2025 as a decline in yields dented investor appetite, with concerns over inflation and fiscal policy weighing on sentiment.
Japan wholesale inflation accelerates to fastest in 3 years as energy costs spike
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Japan’s largest banks to jointly issue stablecoins by March 2027
Developing story — details emerging. Check the source link for the latest updates.
Global Electronics Certification: FCC, CE, UKCA, PSE & More
Certify electronics from China for global markets — FCC, CE, UKCA, PSE, EAC, SASO & more. Which tests transfer, what runs in parallel, realistic timelines. The standard advice for multi-market certification is sequential: FCC first, then CE, then UKCA, then Japan.
Forget Weimar, it’s Japan’s Taisho period we need to talk about
People always talk knowingly about Weimar, a period of extremes: artistic and social-sexual decadence, democratic liberalism and the radicalisation of the left and the right, before Germany’s descent into Hitlerian hell. The city as a symbol, close to the site of the former Buchenwald concentrat...
Real-time data assimilation system outperforms flood early warning system
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS), have developed a real-time data assimilation system that substantially improves streamflow and flood forecasting accuracy across Japan. This new data assimilation system outperforms Japan's current early wa...
Bear captured after days of panic and school closures in Japan
A bear that triggered days of disruption in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya was captured.
How Japan Stopped Civil War
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SoftBank briefly became Japan’s most valuable company. The last time that happened was February 2000.
SoftBank knocked Toyota off its perch as Japan’s most valuable company last week, after a stock rally inflated the conglomerate’s market capitalisation by more than $120 billion in six months. Three days later, Toyota reclaimed the top spot.
SBI Shinsei links bank deposits to crypto rewards in Japan: Nikkei
SBI will give out vouchers that can be redeemed for Bitcoin, Ether or XRP through SBI VC Trade, linking bank savings with the group’s crypto exchange arm.