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Activist threat pushes Japanese companies to unwind cross-shareholdings reut.rs/4s2T3z4
Nintendo's U.S. subsidiary filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday, seeking a refund of duties paid under Washington's reciprocal tariff policy.
The life insurer expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates again as soon as April.
BOJ chief says bank will scrutinise data in March, April meetings, Yomiuri reports reut.rs/40wsC8G
Anyone who paid the taxes should get reimbursed, but the high court did not address how. Business owners wonder if they'll need lawyers, brokers, money โ or luck. n.pr/4u7Wjuy
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
I rightly figured that snowstorm + election day would mean no lines at Munchโs Burger Shack.
One day, I will leave the yen and JGBs behind so I can focus all my efforts on writing about...
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I recall Alex Kerr saying something catty about it in one of his books. Something about how it looked like a hovering spaceship, prepared to blast the sumo arena to smithereens.
Japan's Takaichi cites weak yen's benefits even as her government threatens intervention reut.rs/3M5yjXx
NEW: An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nikeโs goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says.
None of the workers @oregonian.com spoke with in Nikeโs second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
Different Places Have Different Safety Rules and That's OK
Another McDonaldโs Japan gimmick burger. This chicken thing was pretty good. They need a proper chicken sandwich on the menu. The tartar sauce was globbed sloppily on one side of the bun.
Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. On Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power โ the same utility that operated the Fukushima plant โ restarted the first reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa complex.
Dramatic day in the JGB market.
Yeah, but it looks more like a stegosaurus. I don't make the rules.
The yen's decoupling from interest-rate differentials is exhibiting what the technical analysts would call a clear stegosaurus pattern.
Perhaps one for @mulboyne.bsky.social but IKEA just announced they're closing their Harajuku and Shinjuku locations in three weeks.
Harajuku opened in April 2020, Shibuya in November 2020 and Shinjuku in May 2021; three locations in a 4-station section of the Yamanote Line always seemed excessive.
A hiring spree among hedge funds in Japan is reaching fever pitch. The latest must-have: talent scouts.
Yeah. That's what happens to equity stakes in bankruptcies.
First time eating one of these McDonaldโs novelty burgers in a while. Itโsโฆpretty good! Nice mix of savory, creamy sauces. Good bun. Filling mix of the bacon, beef and potato brick.
Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band announced his death on their official website on Friday. n.pr/4aAOyGc
If there is one Japanese sports team name that I wish to preserve in amber for all eternity, it is the B.League's Bambitious Nara.
JP headline: ้ฝ็ซๅ ฌๅใใคใฌใฎ้ๅฑ้จๅใๅคง้ใซ็ใพใใใๆฟๆฉใ็ทด้ฆฌใชใฉ10ใๆ
Tokyo's public parks suffered a unique form of theft this week. Thieves made off with the flush valves from toilets in Suginami City's Wadabori Park, rendering them inoperable. Similar thefts were later reported at another 10 locations around Tokyo.
