Mideast conflict forcing Calbee to use black-white snack packages
Snack food manufacturer Calbee Inc. plans to switch to black-and-white packaging for some mainstay products, including potato chips,…
Kospi, Hang Seng Index, Nikkei 225
A pedestrian walks past monitors displaying a figure of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm…
China tightens its grip on global shipbuilding, grabbing 85% of new orders
China’s shipyards have mounted an astonishing comeback after facing down US efforts to curb their dominance last year,…
Furniture as Architecture: Micro-Modernisms Inside the Home
70 Years of Unite d’Habitation/Le Corbusier. Image © Paul Clemence Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
Tokyo’s popular ‘urban oasis’ ravine trail reopens after 3 years
A worker cuts a tree using safety ropes at Todoroki…
Vietnam’s workers power Japan Inc but face AI risks at home
Economy Vietnamese have edge in Japanese skills but consultant also warns of visa hurdles, rising costs A Vietnamese…
Fed Data Suggest Japan Sold US Debt Amid Intervention
(Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve’s custody holdings of Treasuries fell for the first time in a month at…
Takashi Homma on His Photobook Philosophy
Takashi Homma made his name photographing street style in 1990s Tokyo, during Japan’s so-called Lost Decade. Since then,…
Yokohama ferry terminal “first major” parametric building
Continuing our parametricism series, we look at the futuristic Yokohama International Port Terminal designed by Foreign Office Architects,…
Leadership challenge swirls around Starmer
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street on February 02, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. Alishia Abodunde…
3 ways the pros are trading markets right now
A slew of strong AI-driven earnings helped push the S & P 500 and Nasdaq to all-time highs…
Japan may have spent $32 billion in additional yen-buying intervention
By Atsuko Aoyama and Rocky Swift TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) – Japan may have spent as much as…