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Bond-buying In Focus As Bank Of Japan Decides Policy

The Bank of Japan is expected to hold interest rates steady on Friday but reports said it could gradually reduce its vast hoard of government bonds as it shifts away from a long-running ultra-loose monetary policy.

International Business Times

Mike Brosseau Enjoys Family Vacation In Tokyo With Wife

MLB player Mike Brosseau shares heartwarming vacation moments from Tokyo, emphasizing family bonds and work-life balance.

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G7 summit: Biden says lasting peace for Ukraine must be underwritten by Kyiv’s ability to defend itself – as it happened

Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskiy are holding a joint press conference, just over two hours behind schedule

The Guardian - US

Stock market today: Asia shares rise amid Bank of Japan focus after the Fed stands pat

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors turn their attention to what the Bank of Japan might decide on monetary policy later this week

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Tiffany Wonder in Tokyo is ‘intimate, cinematic and refined’

‘Tiffany Wonder’, an exhibition at Tokyo Node Gallery, is a sparkling journey through the history of Tiffany & Co, designed by architects OMA

Wallpaper

Why do women outlive men? Cells that develop into sperm and eggs could give the answer

Japanese scientists find blocking production in killifish of germ cells closes lifespan gap between males and females

The Guardian - UK

Japan's Escargot Entrepreneur Achieves The 'Impossible'

Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to farm the slimy species -- a feat that has long eluded the French.

International Business Times

'Assassin’s Creed Shadows' Is Scaling Back Its Ambitions In One Genius Way

Bigger is not always better and Ubisoft Quebec is taking note.

Inverse

Japanese researchers testing particle accelerator for chipmaking — researchers claim EUV-like lithography capabilities

Free-electron laser generated by energy recovery linear accelerator could be used for chipmaking, perhaps, in the long-term future. Perhaps.

Tom’s Hardware

Scooby-Doo is headed to Japan in a new anime-inspired spin-off series

Go-Go Mysterious Machine is on the way

Total Film

'Assassins’ Creed Shadows' Finally Delivers the One Thing the Series Desperately Needs

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' transports fans to Japan while delivering the most innovative take on the franchise since 'Origins.'

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The Independent UK

Gregor Townsend will not close the door on George Turner’s Scotland career

Turner has joined Japan Rugby League One side Kobe Steelers, whose season runs at the same time as the Six Nations.

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Global Markets Await Federal Reserve Decision On Interest Rates

Global markets await Federal Reserve decision on interest rates and U.S. consumer prices. Mixed performance in Asian and European markets. Wall Street hits...

International Business Times

Japan Enacts Law Ensuring Access To Third-party Apps

Japan on Wednesday enacted legislation to ensure tech giants like Google and Apple give access to third-party smartphone apps and payment systems on their platforms or risk major fines.

The Independent UK

I was a bit too bulked up – Ollie Sleightholme thriving after dropping muscle

Sleightholme is aiming to win his first England cap on the upcoming tour to Japan and New Zealand.

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The Independent UK

Japanese architect Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at age 95

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died

TechRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows will feature a more compact open world

New details about the size of the world in Assassin's Creed Shadows have emerged in a recent interview.

International Business Times

ChatGPT A Mentor For Japan's 89-year-old App Developer

Japanese 89-year-old Tomiji Suzuki started coding in retirement and is now making apps for the fast-growing elderly demographic, using ChatGPT to fine-tune his skills.

The Conversation

Climate holdout Japan drove Australia’s LNG boom. Could the partnership go green?

Without funding from Japan, many of Australia’s gas projects wouldn’t have gone ahead. Massive public loans from Japanese taxpayers are propping up Australia’s now-enormous fossil gas industry. Japan is also becoming a major gas trader and today exports more gas to other countries than it imports from Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Peak Japan: why foreign tourists are going mad for Mount Fuji

A developer in Japan just built a 10-storey apartment block in Tokyo but then decided to tear it down. What is going on?

The Independent UK

Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year

Iceland’s government says it has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation’s last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year

The Independent UK

George Turner raises doubts over Scotland future after making switch to Japan

The 31-year-old forward recently ended a seven-year stint with Glasgow Warriors.

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