Japanese companies employing various strategies to retain college hires
This photo shows the Geppo app for employees to input…
‘Scandalous’: top economist Jeremy Siegel warns U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip
China’s tightening grip over the minerals that power advanced technologies has moved from long-term strategic concern to immediate…
The Design Labo creates shell-shaped pavilion for Expo Osaka
The shell of a prehistoric marine mollusc informed the spiral shape of the Pasona Natureverse Pavilion at Expo…
Thermodynamic limits surpassed with quantum energy-harvesting method
Japanese researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in energy harvesting that could redefine efficiency limits. By exploiting quantum states…
Japan achieves near-frictionless levitation on macroscopic rotor
A research team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), on Friday, announced that it had…
Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index
In 2025, the median rent for a 1-bedroom in Hong Kong is $2,421. Nikada | E+ | Getty…
When America Was Consumed by Panic With Corporate Japan
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Ozempic-Maker Novo Stops Work on Cell Therapy Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Novo Nordisk A/S cut its cell therapy division, which has been trying to find a cure for type…
Bear enters Japanese supermarket, pounces on customer, as nationwide toll reaches new high
A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a…
China sees uptick in ‘super golden week’ spending amid record travel surge
China logged a welcome uptick in spending on services during the just-concluded eight-day “super golden week” public holiday,…
Japan’s AI child porn loophole exposed by football executive’s conviction abroad
A senior Japanese football executive’s conviction in France for viewing AI-generated child abuse images has triggered a wave…
Japanese astronaut Yui photographs Typhoon Halong from space station
Japanese astronaut Yui Kimiya has shared photographs of a very strong typhoon that is approaching Japan taken from…