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Shibuya
Leadership

The mayor of Tokyo’s nightlife district begs partiers to stay away: ‘Please, do not come to the Shibuya station area for Halloween’

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
October 5, 2023
Chinese feminists
Lifestyle

75-year-old feminist scholar from Japan is an unlikely chart-topper in China

By Kanis Leung and The Associated Press
September 29, 2023
Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, just accused China of ‘economic coercion’ in a spat over a seafood imports ban

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
September 22, 2023
Toshiba is going private in a $13.5bn private equity buyout, ending a 74-year run as a listed company
Finance

Toshiba is going private in a $13.5bn private equity buyout, ending a 74-year run as a listed company

By Yuki Furukawa, Taro Fuse and Bloomberg
September 21, 2023
A woman walks past a roadside television screen reporting the death of Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates

Damning probe confirms decades of sexual assault by boy band talent agency founder Johnny Kitagawa

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated Press
August 30, 2023
Just as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle
Finance

Just as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle

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August 29, 2023
U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish in a show of support amid radioactive water release outrage

U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish in a show of support amid radioactive water release outrage

By
August 24, 2023
Photo illustration of a briefcase with it's front buckle as a downward arrow and a gradient of red circles overlaid from the center.
Features

What happened to Japan Inc.? Once a business powerhouse, Japan’s presence among the world’s biggest companies is in steep decline

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August 17, 2023
J.P. Morgan

The bidding war over U.S. Steel underscores just how much American industry has declined compared to the giants of Asia

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August 16, 2023
As SoftBank sues IRL for $150 million after startup admitted 95% of its users were fake, VCs stress ‘uncomfortable’ due diligence
Tech

As SoftBank sues IRL for $150 million after startup admitted 95% of its users were fake, VCs stress ‘uncomfortable’ due diligence

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August 13, 2023
‘Barbenheimer’ backlash in Japan is so strong over nuclear bomb reference, Warner Bros. Japan had to tell the U.S. division to stop posting about it

‘Barbenheimer’ backlash in Japan is so strong over nuclear bomb reference, Warner Bros. Japan had to tell the U.S. division to stop posting about it

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August 1, 2023
One airline is offering rental clothing so you can travel luggage-free
Lifestyle

One airline is offering rental clothing so you can travel luggage-free

By Supriya Singh and Bloomberg
July 5, 2023
Fender

Fender guitars is opening the ‘first flagship store’ in its 77-year history—in Tokyo

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated Press
June 29, 2023
Sota Watanbe sits in front of a computer-y background.
Companies

Sony invests $3.5 million into layer-1 blockchain developer Startale Labs

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June 28, 2023
Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami devastated about Tokyo’s plans to tear down historic baseball stadium that inspired him to become a novelist

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
June 26, 2023

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