Eight people were taken to hospitals after being stabbed by the man with a knife at a factory of the tiremaker Yokohama ...

Global financial markets could face a dramatic shift triggered by Japan’s bond market turmoil, according to Société Générale. Albert Edwards, chief global strategist at Société Générale, warned that ...

The year 2025 has marked a major transformation in global trends concerning artificial intelligence (AI) risks and regulations. Beginning with the “DeepSeek shock” out of China in January and the AI ...

SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Global money managers are circling back to Japan's stock and debt markets, drawn by the promises of its new reflationist government and a desire to ...

Japan’s private equity exit environment is booming as a drive for corporate governance reforms and improvements in shareholder value has made companies more receptive to deals, prompting more global ...

Japanese equities have quietly outperformed in 2025, and the election of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signals a potential new phase of policy continuity and reform. Her pro-growth stance could ...

In a world increasingly obsessed with gigaton-scale solutions and trillion-dollar climate pledges, it’s easy to overlook policy experiments that don’t grab headlines. But every so often, a quiet ...

The iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF is a global-developed market ETF which includes U.S. equities but excludes Japan. While Japan's market was exceedingly volatile in prior decades, I no longer see much ...

Global game launches can be a little weird sometimes. A game that players are incredibly interested in can launch in another ...

What if the future of technology hinged on a single breakthrough? For decades, semiconductors have been the invisible engines driving everything from smartphones to space exploration. Yet, the global ...

The 2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan has announced its first lineup of performing artists! This year’s Music Bank Global Festival in Japan will be held over two nights on December 13 and 14 at ...

VFS Global, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria, has announced the introduction of Japan visa application services for Nigerian residents. The Japan Visa Application Centres in Abuja ...