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Crypto Bettors Believe Japan Has Highest Chance Of Securing Trump Trade Deal Before July

Japan is a frontrunner on a Polymarket event contract that seeks to determine which countries will secure a trade deal with U.S. President Trump before July.

International Business Times

Stocks Set to Open Sharply Lower After Trump’s Push Against Powell, U.S. Economic Data and Tech Earnings in Focus

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are down -1.09%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM25) are down -1.23% this morning, pointing to a sharply lower open on Wall Street as U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to fire Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell weighed on sentiment.

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Trump Bares 'Non-Tariff Cheating' List In Easter Sunday Trade War Warning, Mentions Japan, EU

President Trump is not slowing down in his global tariff threats as he posted a list of what he believes are unfair international trade practices, even mentioning Japan and the European Union in his list.

International Business Times

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World's first drone system for fighting lightning protects cities and infrastructure

Japan's NTT boasts that it has designed the world’s first lightning triggering and guidance system that leverages flying drones.

Tom’s Hardware

80 years after atomic bombs devastated Japan, Donald Trump’s actions risk nuclear proliferation

The policy of every American president since Harry S. Truman has been to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The Conversation

Meet the Stuttgart-based architects behind the Uzbekistan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

ATELIER BRÜCKNER have become known for immersive, narrative-driven architecture - and at Expo 2025 in Osaka, they've created one of the most poetic pavilions on site.

Euronews

Social Media Helps Fuel Growing 'Sex Tourism' In Japan

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.

International Business Times

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F1 2025 qualifying head-to-head: Saudi Arabian GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.

Motorsport

Japan sends more naval ships to China-linked base despite US concerns

The two naval ships docked at a Cambodian base which was recently upgraded using Chinese funds

The Independent UK

‘Marriage feels like a hostage situation, and motherhood a curse’: Japanese author Sayaka Murata

The Convenience Store Woman author is renowned for challenging social norms in darkly weird near-future fiction. She discusses sex, feminism and her struggles to be an ‘ordinary earthling’

The Guardian - UK

'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

Space

New US ambassador to Japan says he's optimistic a tariffs deal can be reached

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan has arrived in Tokyo and says he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in their ongoing tariff negotiations

The Independent UK

China executes man for fatal stabbing near Japanese school

Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa says the stabbing incident was ‘totally unforgivable’

The Independent UK

Various artists: Disk Musik – A DD Records Compilation review – electric Japanese curios

The 80s label released hundreds of oddball DIY recordings. Their final compilation, now repressed, jerks from folk to punk to ambient – with moments worthy of great kids’ TV

The Guardian - UK

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Star Wars Celebration is in full swing, and Lucasfilm just dropped more details on its Beyond Victory experience for Meta Quest, and I couldn't be more stoked

If you're in Japan for Celebration, be sure to play the Beyond Victory experience for Meta Quest demo.

International Business Times

Japan Rice Prices Soar As Core Inflation Accelerates

Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier, official data showed Friday, as core inflation accelerated in the world's number four economy.

Barchart

Dollar Slightly Higher on US Trade Deal Hopes

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished little changed, up +0.01%. The dollar found support Thursday due to some optimism about US trade talks after President Trump said US negotiators made “big progress” with Japanese officials on a trade deal and expressed confidence that the US would reach a trade...

Motor1

Subaru's STI Plans Ditch Gas Engines Altogether

Subaru killed the WRX STI in 2022, reportedly due to fast-shifting emissions regulations. Despite the company saying it wouldn't produce an STI-badged car based on the current-generation WRX, the car returned this year, albeit with a CVT, and only in Japan. There's still hope for the STI's return for the rest of…

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Stocks Mixed, UnitedHealth Pulls Dow Lower

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.87%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.44%. Stock indexes are mixed today on weakness in health insurance companies and semiconductor makers. Health...

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Dollar Gains on US Trade Deal Hopes

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.09%. The dollar is modestly higher today due to some optimism about US trade talks after President Trump said US negotiators made “big progress” with Japanese officials on a trade deal. The dollar also rose after US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly...

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Stocks Mixed as UnitedHealth Drags Dow Into the Red

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.62%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.32%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.35%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM25...

FourFourTwo

Is Brighton & Hove Albion winger Kaoru Mitoma injured? Premier League injury update

The Japan international has been one of Brighton’s key creative sparks this season, but could miss their upcoming game against Brentford

Barchart

Stocks Climb Before the Open on Optimism Over Trade Talks, Netflix Earnings on Tap

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are up +0.59%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM25) are up +1.02% this morning as positive signals from the first round of U.S.-Japan trade talks boosted sentiment.

Fortune

Trump touts ‘big progress’ in talks with Japan, one of the first countries trying to get a tariff reprieve

Japan is a major test of whether the Trump administration can turn its “Liberation Day” shock into real trade deals.

The Independent UK

Trump live updates: President says Fed Chair Powell’s ‘termination cannot come fast enough’ after tariff comments

President lashes out at Fed chair as European Central Bank moves to cut interest rates, saying he’s ‘always too late and wrong’

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