‘Perfect Japan’ posts spark Gen Z social media backlash
Take an everyday video on any suburban transport network, add anime-style music and a rosy filter, and it’s…
Oil, Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index, Kospi
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via…
Japan core inflation in February misses estimates, headline CPI eases for a fourth straight month
TOKYO, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 05: Tourists and shoppers walk through the Tsukiji shopping area on February 5, 2026…
Iran conflict prompts questions about China’s export power amid fractured supply chains
As the Iran war fuels global fears of stagflation, a debate is intensifying over whether the crisis poses…
Shockwave of War Is Rippling Through the Global Economy
Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — The global economy’s first collective health check since war broke out in the…
Invincible Japan edge Australia to win Women’s Asian Cup
Maika Hamano scored the only goal as a formidable Japan battled past Australia to clinch a third Women’s…
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off…
Japan beat Australia to lift Women’s Asian Cup title | Football News
Japan edges tournament hosts Australia 1-0 in the Women’s Asian Cup final to claim third title in four…
Airfares rise in China and beyond amid Gulf oil shock, with 9% increases feared
Surging jet fuel prices amid the US-Israel war on Iran are pushing global airlines including Chinese carriers to…
Iran says it will allow Japanese ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz | US-Israel war on Iran News
Japan sources more than 90 percent of its crude oil imports from the Middle East and is heavily…
Iran ready to help Japan ships pass through Strait of Hormuz, Araghchi says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran is ready to facilitate the passage of Japanese vessels through…
China’s rare earth magnet exports to the US keep falling as Europe gains
China’s exports of rare earth permanent magnets to the United States continue to fall, at a time when…