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Japan Sees Bright Future For Ultra-thin, Flexible Solar Panels

Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector.

International Business Times · Jul 20, 2025

Japan PM Faces Reckoning In Upper House Election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters on Sunday with upper house elections that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads.

International Business Times · Jul 19, 2025

A secret VHS tape was mailed to Disneyland in 1995 and threatened an attack. The insidious plot was just exposed

The tape was a key piece of evidence in an FBI counter-terrorism investigation launched during the height of panic surrounding a Japanese doomsday cult, revealed in never-before-seen documents, reports Rhian Lubin

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2025

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5 Years Ago, PlayStation Gave Us Assassin's Creed In Japan, Long Before Ubisoft Actually Got There

'Ghost of Tsushima' gave us Assassin’s Creed in Japan, years before the franchise would catch up and actually give the fans what they wanted.

Inverse · Jul 19, 2025

Japan’s minority gov’t faces election setback over inflation, immigration

Soaring prices and anti-foreigner sentiment have become central issues for much of Japan’s electorate.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2025

Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil is used at Japanese prime minister's office to prove safety

Decontaminated but slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima has been delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office to be reused in an effort to showcase its safety

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2025

Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Release Date: When Will the Final Arc Air in Asia, US, and the UK?

Demon Slayer's Infinity Castle Arc begins with a film trilogy, premiering in Japan on 18 July and launching globally through September 2025.

International Business Times UK · Jul 19, 2025

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'Clumsy' Japanese PM Ishiba's Future In The Balance

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend.

International Business Times · Jul 19, 2025

How Japan’s hard-right populists are profiting from anti-foreign sentiment and a cost of living crunch

Nationalists win over disaffected first-time voters with a call for a return to family values and curbs on immigration

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2025

Australian Influencer Blasted For Tone Deaf Posts During Japan Trip: “The Casual Racism Is Sending Me”

"It's giving racism"

Bored Panda · Jul 18, 2025

Dollar Weakens as a Fed Official Calls for Rate Cuts

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.24%. The dollar came under pressure today following comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller on Thursday evening, who stated that he supports a Fed interest rate cut at the July 29-30 FOMC meeting. Also, an easing of inflation expectations in today's University...

Barchart · Jul 18, 2025

Rainbow Six Siege pro arrested for participating in alleged kidnap and torture of a man for three months in Japan

Sho "BlackRay" Hasegawa has been released by CAG Osaka.

PC Gamer · Jul 18, 2025

Dollar Falls on Dovish Comments from a Fed Official

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.59%. The dollar came under pressure today following comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller on Thursday evening, who stated that he supports a Fed interest rate cut at the July 29-30 FOMC meeting. Also, an easing of inflation expectations in today’s...

Barchart · Jul 18, 2025

Canon Japan pulls some firmware updates to investigate a glitch

The firmware for the Canon EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, announced earlier this week, has been temporarily suspended

Digital Camera World · Jul 18, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

Takehiro Tomiyasu explains early Arsenal exit after injury nightmare in new interview

Japan defender mutually agreed to terminate Gunners contract a year early after playing just six minutes of football last season

Barchart · Jul 18, 2025

S&P Futures Gain as Strong U.S. Economic Data and Earnings Boost Optimism

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are trending up +0.19% this morning, extending yesterday’s gains as rising confidence in the strength of the U.S. economy and positive earnings reports bolstered investors’ risk appetite.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2025

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus begins test production of 2nm circuits — company commits to single-wafer processing ahead of 2027 mass production target

Rapidus has begun prototyping 2nm gate-all-around transistor structures at its IIM-1 fab in Japan as it prepares for 2027 mass production.

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

Company insolvencies fall in England and Wales, in ‘glimmer of relief’; Trump blasts Fed board – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2025

New k-pop band debuts with two North Korean defector members

Two North Korean defectors join members from the United States and Japan

International Business Times · Jul 18, 2025

Japan's SMEs Ready To Adapt To Trump Tariffs

Small and medium-sized firms like Mitsuwa Electric that form the backbone of Japan's economy have weathered many storms over the decades, and company president Yuji Miyazaki is hopeful they will also withstand Donald Trump.

inkl · Jul 18, 2025

Start Speaking Japanese: Learn the Most Essential Words and Phrases First

Learning Japanese might seem overwhelming at first - three writing systems, thousands of kanji, and a whole new grammar structure. But here’s the truth: you don’t need to know how to write to start speaking Japanese confidently.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025

‘Cult of convenience’: how Tokyo’s retro shotengai arcades are falling victim to gentrification

Across Japan covered shopping arcades are in a losing battle against property developers, depopulation and consumer culture

International Business Times · Jul 18, 2025

Japan Rice Prices Double, Raising Pressure On PM

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2025

Japan and South Korea can show governments how to compete with China and US

Governments around the world are hustling. European policymakers, for example, are eager to boost the region’s industrial relevance in a world where the US and China dominate cutting-edge technologies. They want to move beyond the adage that “the US innovates, China replicates and the EU regulates”.

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