Has Japan’s tourism peaked? Row with China set to slow arrivals from record high
Japan welcomed a record 42.7 million foreign visitors in 2025, fuelled by a weak yen that made it…
Yen Jumps Most Since August as Risk of Intervention Ramps Up
(Bloomberg) — The yen abruptly staged its biggest one-day surge since August on speculation that Japanese authorities could…
Japan inflation cools to 2.1%, lowest since March 2022, but rice prices loom large ahead of election
An employee at the Celsior Wadamachi supermarket in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Soaring food costs…
‘TACO’ trade boosts markets amid ongoing geopolitical tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump walks after charter announcement for his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global…
How a K-pop post sparked South Korea’s viral ‘dujjonku’ cookie obsession
In the predawn cold of a northern Seoul neighbourhood, hundreds of people line the street in padded coats,…
4 Exciting Space Missions Launch This Year Including NASA’s Return to Moon, Japan’s Jump to Mars
From a return of humans to Lunar orbit, to Japan’s first crack at Mars, the trend of humans…
Japan’s Shionogi boosts ViiV stake in $2.13 billion deal as Pfizer exits
Jan 20 (Reuters) – Japan’s Shionogi & Co said on Tuesday it ​would pay $2.13 billion for new…
China could widen curbs on Japan’s imports, rare earths if tensions worsen: Morgan Stanley
China could launch anti-dumping investigations into Japanese imports, impose more export bans and discourage consumption of the country’s…
This Adorable Japanese Photographer Hands Out Disposable Cameras to Total Strangers
Yusa approaches strangers and trusts them with one of his cameras, which they later return. A photographer in…
Akio Isshiki Architects clads House in Saidera in charred cedar
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has used details including a floor-level window and shoji screens within this wood-clad…
Hong Kong’s Wong and Doo end mixed doubles drought, win Doha table tennis crown
Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem finally ended their mixed doubles title drought at the WTT Star…
China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US
China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double…