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BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
BUSINESS / Economy
BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
The Bank of 今日吃瓜 brief record of the latest policy meeting indicated many board members see a near-term interest rate hike as necessary.
BUSINESS / Economy
Top yen forecaster predicts ?147 per dollar as rate gap narrows
The call puts him at the bullish end of a deeply divided market.
BUSINESS / Economy
Takaichi’s hunt for new cash to fund spending harbors risks
The prime minister faces a year-end deadline to explain how to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year food tax cut to a defense buildup.
Weak consumption points to the need to cool inflation to help households, but higher borrowing costs can also hurt households through mortgages and other loan expenses.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 household spending slumps most since pandemic
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Outlays by households adjusted for inflation declined 6.8% in September from a year earlier, led by transport, education and entertainment.
High food and energy prices in the Philippines constrained consumer spending, a key economic driver which continued to post slower growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 9, 2026
Philippine economic slump worsens on Iran war and bad weather
The slowdown is raising questions about the central bank’s rate-hike cycle and heaping pressure on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting of the Council for Japan's Growth Strategy at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Japan picks 28 priority items for ?370 trillion in investments
The priority items, which were picked from 62 products and technologies, include semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during the 2026 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
BOJ’s Ueda says unclear how long 2% inflation rate will remain
Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated an awareness that the goal had been reached hasn’t yet become embedded among the broader Japanese public.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the media, flanked by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, after two days of meetings with a Chinese delegation in Paris on March 16.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
U.S. urges China to meet rare earths and agriculture commitments ahead of Trump-Xi meetings
Presidents Donald Trump and Xi ?Jinping are expected to meet at two different summits, one in China and one in the U.S.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after a cabinet reshuffle at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2026. RIE KIKUCHI/Pool via REUTERS
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Japan and China shifting toward selective economic dependence
One year into an ongoing political row, the neighbors are continuing to look for new opportunities while cutting risks.
An All Nippon Airways staff member escorts a Chinese tour group from Beijing upon their arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in August 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Japan business community working to ease tensions between Tokyo and Beijing
Leading business officials say it is necessary to approach relations from various angles, not just political and diplomatic ones.

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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