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Japan says three-day yen intervention lifted currency in summer
BUSINESS / Markets
Japan says three-day yen intervention lifted currency in summer
The data showing three days of intervention came as a surprise, as traders had previously thought action came over two days
BUSINESS / Markets
Blue tsunami wipes out $2.5 trillion from Nasdaq as investors fret about AI trade
It was the second straight day of selling in AI stocks and the fifth decline of more than 500 points in the Nasdaq Composite since mid-October.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nikkei 225 falls 6% following AI-related declines on Wall Street
Concern is growing over tech investment after the Democratic Party’s resounding victory in the U.S. midterm elections.
A sign against the construction of a data center, in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 3
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 5, 2026
Trump’s midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents
Investors say the artificial intelligence boom that has propelled U.S. economic growth and stock markets could slow down.
A stock quotation board shows the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2026
Japanese stocks sink as U.S. midterm results hit tech shares
The tech-heavy Nikkei 225 declined as much as 4.8%, with chip and AI-related shares?slumping more than 13% and among the worst performers.
In Japan, whose economy is dependent on energy imports, bond yields recently hit 30-year peaks.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 3, 2026
Global markets were already fragile. Big AI bets could break them.
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Amanda Cooper
So far, the multitrillion-dollar spending splurge on artificial intelligence has propelled stock markets to record highs.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says Japan is ready to act against disorderly currency movements in coordination with the United States.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 2, 2026
Japan ready to respond to disorderly movements in FX market, Katayama says
By Erica Yokoyama
Tokyo will act in accordance with a standing pact with Washington, the finance minister said a day before the U.S. holds its midterm elections.
Binance runs a secure asset fund for users, ?a $1 billion bitcoin reserve designed to protect customer assets in the event of security breaches, according to its website.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 30, 2026
Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record heist blamed on North Korea
Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses.
Expectations for further Bank of Japan rate hikes are giving fund managers more confidence to take advantage of high yields on government bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 29, 2026
Global fund managers grow bullish on Japanese government bonds
By John Cheng
Signs of recovering domestic demand and a more supportive policy backdrop add to the appeal of elevated yields.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average, left, and the Topix Index displayed outside a securities firm in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 28, 2026
Hedge funds gear up for 今日吃瓜 $60 billion Topix revamp trade
By Alice French
A reshuffle impacting more than 700 stocks is expected to trigger around $60 billion of passive trading at Thursday’s close.

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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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