US tariff of 15% on Japanese auto exports to take effect Tuesday
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to implement the deal earlier this month, setting a maximum 15% tariff on most of Japan’s products The US will begin formally…
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Japanese prime minister announces resignation after losses fracture party support
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, clearing the way for a leadership contest within his ruling, but wobbly, Liberal Democratic Party. Source link
Nikkei ends at over 2-week high as Trump lowers tariffs on Japanese automobiles
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more-than two-week high on Friday (Sep 5) as auto shares rose after US President Donald Trump signed an order to lower tariffs on Japanese…
‘Nikko’ cut from new name of US$260 billion Japanese asset manager
Nikko Asset Management is changing its name to Amova Asset Management, removing “Nikko” for the first time since it was founded in 1959 in a sign the company is willing to leave…
Hybrid-focused Japanese automaker Suzuki “not too worried” about EV-first China brands like BYD
China electric vehicle (EV) brands are making fast and furious sales in the Asia-Pacific, but Japanese carmaker Suzuki is not going head-to-head with them. Recognising that the EV wave is…
Netflix Takes New Swing With Japanese Rights to 2026 World Baseball Classic
Netflix is said to be interested in securing new Major League Baseball rights, but these games weren’t of the sort anyone was expecting. The streaming giant has snared rights to stream the…
Japanese Internment: The Other 80th Anniversary to Remember
The moral and constitutional failure was not Roosevelt’s alone. Source link
‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Review: A Screenwriter Pursues Her Own Story In a Beguiling Japanese Diptych
Three years ago, Japanese director Shô Miyake enjoyed an arthouse breakthrough with his gorgeous, unconventionally delicate boxing movie “Small, Slow But Steady”; two features later, that…
Neon Acquires North American Rights to Japanese Thriller ‘Exit 8’
Neon has acquired the North American rights to the Japanese thriller “Exit 8.” The film screened as part of the Midnight section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will have its North…
Nomura’s starting pay matched by Japanese rivals to retain staff
Medium-sized securities firms mostly generate revenue by having staff make sales directly to clients, rather than rely on online trading Mid-sized brokerages in Japan are following…
This robot uses Japanese tradition and AI for sashimi that lasts longer and is more humane
A local startup is using artificial intelligence and robotics in an unlikely way: making sashimi and other fish dishes taste better, last longer and more humane. El Segundo-based Shinkei…
Small but rising Japanese opposition party warns against near-term BOJ rate hike
The Bank of Japan should hold off raising interest rates until the economy achieves a stronger recovery, Sohei Kamiya, head of the small opposition party Sanseito said ahead of an upper…
Nissan to halt production at Japanese plant at Oppama
Struggling auto giant Nissan said on Tuesday (Jul 15) it will stop production at its plant at Oppama in Japan at the end of its 2027 fiscal year. Nissan posted a net loss of US$4.5 billion…
These Japanese trucks are slow and small. People can’t get enough of them
Diminutive and slow, with a charmingly outdated look, so-called Kei trucks are completely out of sync with the American truck and SUV market. In many states, in fact, they’re not allowed…
Malaysian Man, 25, Jailed for Recruiting 2 Japanese Women for Prostitution at Marina Bay Sands Hotel
A 25-year-old man was sentenced to a year's jail and fined S$4,000 for running an online vice syndicate to recruit Japanese women for prostitution in Singapore. Goh Boon Hong, a Malaysian…
TikTok Partners With Japanese Female Pro-Wrestling League Sukeban for Anime Expo 2025 Fan Experience (EXCLUSIVE)
Sukeban, the Japanese female pro-wrestling league that blends sports entertainment with anime and manga culture, has partnered with TikTok to create an immersive fan experience at Anime…
Japanese megabanks weigh Middle East evacuations, JPMorgan limits travel
[TOKYO/NEW YORK] Several major Japanese banks are considering evacuating staff from the Middle East and Wall Street giant JPMorgan has restricted employee travel in the region as tensions…
Japanese ships transiting Strait of Hormuz to minimise time in Gulf
Japan’s Nippon Yusen and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said on Monday they have instructed their vessels to minimise the time spent in the Gulf as they continue to transit the Strait of…
Malaysia keeps anti-dumping duties on some Chinese, Japanese iron, steel
Malaysia said on Saturday (Jun 21) it would maintain anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese and Japanese cold rolled coils of iron and non-alloy steel more than 1,300 mm wide.…
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The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims
Tanaka Terumi was thirteen years old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, in August, 1945. The blast knocked him unconscious. After he came to, he and his mother…
‘Brand New Landscape’ Review: An Architect Has No Design for Family Life in a Quietly Affecting Japanese Drama
Time heals no wounds in “Brand New Landscape,” an outwardly gentle but subtly cutting domestic drama that begins as a snapshot of a family adrift, fast-forwards to one of a family severed,…
Tokyo Summers Are Brutally Hot—5 Items All the Cool Japanese Girls Live In
If you’ve ever experienced a summer in Tokyo, you know it’s not just hot—it’s humid, sticky, and absolutely relentless. The kind of weather that makes you question every outfit choice the…
Foxconn to soon announce second Japanese auto partner, chairman says
The Apple supplier’s interest in working with Japanese car makers comes as they face growing competition from Chinese brands Taiwan’s Foxconn will soon announce a second Japanese…
Japanese gas tanker giant Mitsui OSK sees difficulty buying Chinese vessels
Mitsui OSK Lines, owner of the world’s largest fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers, said it is hard to buy Chinese vessels for the time being as the US ramps up scrutiny of the Asian…