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Japan’s population falls by half million as birth rate stays low

Japan’s population contracted by half a million last year, underscoring the country’s mounting challenges in tackling labor shortages and financing…

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Asian markets plunge with Japan’s Nikkei diving nearly 8% after big Wall St. meltdown : NPR

Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange…

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Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart

Prophecies that the U.S. dollar will lose its status as the world’s dominant currency have echoed for decades—and are increasing…

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Entertainment

Filmart: Korea’s CJ ENM, Japan’s TBS Unveil Big-Budget Game Show ‘Mugen Loop’

Featuring Koko of K-pop girl group izna, the high-concept reality series is the first project to emerge from a partnership…

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Travel

I Walked Japan’s Kiso Valley and It Felt Like Stepping Into a Woodblock Print

In the 1830s, at the tail end of Japan’s flourishing Edo Period, two artists set out to document one of…

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Politics

Trump says Japan’s Nippon Steel will now invest in U.S. Steel — not take it over : NPR

President Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba following talks, in the East Room…

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Japan’s Ishiba to push importance of alliance during visit with Trump : NPR

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Thursday. Kevin Wolf/FR33460 AP hide caption toggle caption…

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Asia markets rise as investors assess Japan’s positive economic data;eyes on U.S. PCE data

Jan. 31, 2025 1:21 AM ETEWJ, JEQ, FXI, PGJ, EWH, DXJ, CAF, FXY, USD, GXC, TDF, CHIQ, YINN, YANG, CQQQ,…

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Food & Drink

Taste Japan’s Gift of the Gods in Sake’s Birthplace

Last December, when the traditional knowledge and techniques of making Japanese sake with kōji mold were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage…

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KKR considering selling Japan’s Seiyu supermarket, Nikkei says By Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity fund KKR is considering selling supermarket chain Seiyu in a deal that could worth…

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