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Digital Yen Set To Be Launched By This Japanese Financial Giant: Here Is Where DCJPY Can Be Used

Japan Post Bank (OTCPK: JPSTF) announced plans to introduce a digital yen by the end of fiscal 2026 to streamline digital financial transactions for its depositors, according to a Tuesday report.

Benzinga · Sep 2, 2025

China's military parade is a show of strength from a country devastated in World War II

Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, recalls the modest military presence at the founding of communist China in 1949

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific

On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the physical legacy of the conflict remains etched into land and sea.

The Conversation · Sep 1, 2025

Woodman-Wickliffe breaks New Zealand try record in World Cup cruise against Japan

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe scored her 50th try in 30 Tests in New Zealand’s 62-19 World Cup win against Japan, surpassing Doug Howlett’s 49

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

Capitalism in the Cracks: How Japan's Microspaces Unleash Economic Experimentation

These spaces are so small that most cities would ignore them. Tokyo doesn't.

Reason · Aug 31, 2025

Pacifist Japan Struggles To Boost Troops As China Anxiety Grows

Sporting dark face paint and clutching a gun, teenage soldier-in-training Takuma Hiyane crawls across a field on Japan's Okinawa, the front line of the nation's defence as anxiety grows over China's territorial ambitions.

International Business Times · Aug 31, 2025

Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first

South Australian law on single-use plastic packaging coming into force on 1 September will ban polyethylene containers known as shoyu-tai in Japan

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2025

‘It’s only going to get bigger’: Australia embraces the Japanese game that turns rubbish into sport

Caitlin Cassidy competes in Australia’s World Cup spogomi qualifier, a fun event that’s really about raising environmental awareness, in Manly

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2025

F1 2025 qualifying head-to-head: Dutch GP

Here's how things stand in 2025 team-mate duels following qualifying at Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport · Aug 30, 2025

‘Really transitional moment’: what should we do about declining fertility rates?

As fertility rate hits all-time low in England and Wales, is there cause for concern for the economy and services?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2025