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Tokyo City Hall Initiative Aims To Create Couples

Tokyo City Hall's 'Tokyo Futari Story' initiative tackles rising singlehood in Japan through a dating app and events.

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Japan's birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also drops

The Japanese government data shows the country's birth rate fell to a new low for the eight straight year in 2023

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3 Consumer Finance Picks to Watch for Growth-Oriented Investors

The consumer finance sector is projected to experience solid growth and expansion, driven by easy access to loans and credit facilities and the emergence of advanced digital financial platforms. Amid this backdrop, growth-oriented investors could consider adding consumer finance stocks Nomura Holdings (NMR), WEX Inc. (WEX), and ORIX (IX) to…

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In Kyoto, COS celebrates the ancient art of shibori dyeing with a colour-soaked collection

‘We can’t take this type of craft for granted anymore,’ says COS design director Karin Gustafsson, who worked with Kyoto shibori artisan Kazuki Tabata on the airy summer collection. Wallpaper* heads to Japan’s former capital to find out more

Wallpaper

Second Japan town blocks view of Mount Fuji in battle with problem tourists

Influencers blamed as unruly visitors disrupt community in their search for the perfect picture

The Independent UK

Japan Aims To Quadruple Overseas Market For Anime, Games

Pop-culture powerhouse Japan wants to expand its overseas market for video games, manga and anime fourfold to $130 billion in about a decade, the government has said.

International Business Times

Tokyo Govt To Launch Dating App To Boost Birth Rate

Japan's capital will launch its own dating app as early as this summer as part of government efforts to boost the plunging national birth rate, a Tokyo official said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September

Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.

Space

"I did it": Biden demands more credit for foreign policy, domestic achievements

"Look, name me a president that's gotten as much done as I've gotten done in my first three and a half years."

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Barchart

Stock Index Futures Slip on Growth Fears, U.S. JOLTs Report in Focus

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are down -0.36%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are down -0.34% this morning after weak manufacturing data raised concerns about the U.S. economic health, while investors geared up for the latest reading on U.S. job openings.

Fortune

What I learned about dealmaking (and mascots) in Japan

In 2023, total VC deal activity in Japan shook out to $5.1 billion in value, across 1,213 deals, according to PitchBook.

Barchart

Stock Index Futures Slip Ahead of U.S. JOLTs Report

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are down -0.51%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are down -0.47% this morning following a volatile session on Monday, with investors gearing up for the latest reading on U.S. job openings.

International Business Times

Japan's Nagasaki Holds Off Inviting Israel To Peace Ceremony

The city in southern Japan this week invited dozens of countries and territories to the August 9 event on the anniversary of the US nuclear attack in 1945 that killed 74,000 people.

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Motor1

Honda Sold 22 Models in Japan with Improper Certification, Including the NSX

There were issues with another mid-engine model, the S660 kei car.

The Independent UK

Japan police search for suspects in spray-painting of graffiti at controversial war shrine

Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine that commemorates the country’s war dead

International Business Times

From Non-league To Top Of The League For Japan Upstarts Machida

Led by a former high-school coach and playing in a picturesque stadium surrounded by trees, Machida Zelvia are taking the J. League by storm in their debut season in Japan's first division.

International Business Times

Japan's Emperor And Empress To Pay Three-day State Visit To UK

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Britain at the end of June, spending three days as guests of King Charles III, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday.

France 24

Major Japanese carmakers admit to cheating on certification tests

Japanese carmakers Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Suzuki and Yamaha have admitted to cutting corners or providing false data in safety tests needed to get vehicle models certified. The disclosures come as a result of internal investigations ordered by Japan's transport ministry in the wake of massive test rigging at Daihatsu, a…

TechRadar

It's June 2024 and Panasonic wants you to buy an ultraportable laptop with a round touchpad — Let's Note has a 14th gen Intel Core Ultra CPU, 5G connectivity but also a VGA from 1987 and a LAN port

Panasonic's iconic Let's Note laptops are extremely popular in Japan, and just got a major update.

Motor1

Mazda Miata RF Sales Paused in Japan Due to Engine Software Issue

10,930 cars were built with this problem and nearly all have been delivered to clients.

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