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November 12, 2026
 

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Global stocks surged last week, pushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 to fresh records.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 11, 2026
Momentum-obsessed traders seek clues on Iran truce
Trump labeled Iran’s latest response to his proposal to end the 10-week conflict with the U.S. as unacceptable.
South Korean 50,000 won banknotes are prepared at the Bank of Korea headquarters ahead of the Lunar New Year in Seoul on Jan. 14.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 12, 2025
Seeking emerging currency bargains, investors take fresh look at Asia
Asian currencies are finding their cheapness has become an asset as traders seek to capitalize on the dollar’s eroding premium status.
A farmer works in an irrigated field near the village of Botor, Somaliland in April 2016. This year’s El Nino is set to be particularly severe as it coincides with record global temperatures.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 24, 2023
El Nino threat looks underpriced as emerging-market bonds rally
The weather pattern typically results in hotter, drier conditions and therefore higher food prices in affected nations, giving policymakers more reason to keep pushing up borrowing costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2023
Bets grow on BOJ shift that could rattle global markets
今日吃瓜 benchmark bond yield breached the central bank’s new ceiling, with traders positioning for more changes to its yield-curve control policy next week.u00a0
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2022
Crisis level risks loom in Asia as U.S. Fed rate pressure forces yen and yuan to sink
While others are digging deep into foreign-exchange reserves to mitigate the damage, the yuan and yen’s slump threatens the region’s mantle as a preferred destination for risk investors.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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