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Japan's Nissan swings back to profit despite chips crunch

Japanese automaker Nissan has swung back into the black for the quarter through December, despite shortages of computer chips that have hit the entire industry

The Independent UK

Nvidia’s $40bn takeover of UK chip designer Arm collapses

British company aims to seek stock market flotation after Japan’s SoftBank abandons sale

The Guardian - UK

Japan's SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO

Japanese technology investor SoftBank says its planned sale of the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chip maker Nvidia has fallen through

The Independent UK

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Japan finishes 4th in mixed team ski jumping

ZHANGJIAKOU, China - The Japanese quartet of Sara Takanashi, Yukiya Sato, Yuki Ito and Ryoyu Kobayashi finished fourth in the Olympic debut of mixed team ski jumping at the Beijing Games on Monday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo: A holy land for 'Harukists' at Waseda Univ.

The Haruki Murakami Library in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, is a place where any "Harukist," or a fan of Haruki Murakami, would find irresistible. Here, they can access about 3,000 books and a vast vinyl record collection personally donated by Japan's foremost novelist. The library also houses copies of Murakami's novels…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan's 11-member Nambu family shows allure of frugality, limits of stimulus

When Japan handed Tokyo bus driver Keiki Nambu and his wife, Takako, $870 for each of their nine children, they spent it exactly as the government had feared: paying down a mortgage instead of going shopping.

Reuters

Calls grow for Japan to ease border restrictions

The business community is calling for a relaxation of border restrictions implemented to mitigate the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, but Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is treading carefully as the public has been supportive of strict measures.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened

Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths

The Guardian - AU

Japan parliament resolution on Ukraine condemns changing status quo with force

Japan's parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on rising tensions over Ukraine, denouncing any attempt to change the status quo by force and urging Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to do all it can to help achieve peace.

Reuters

Japan athletes make good start in Beijing, help brighten atmosphere

Japanese athletes have won a number of medals in the early days of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Their ability to display their strengths on this great stage, which comes around once every four years, reflects the strict training they have gone through.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day four – as it happened

Day four of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Guardian - US

With East Asian doors shut, Indians fan out wide

China, Japan, Korea and Thailand have been off the tennis map for two years

The Hindu

Where Australia's first international tourists will come from when borders reopen on February 21

Australia is preparing to welcome fully vaccinated international tourists once more in less than a fortnight, but where are the tourists likely to come from, and how easy will it be for them to return home?

ABC News

Kuchisabishii: The Japanese word which has immense relevance to lockdown life

Kuchisabishii. If you know what this Japanese term means, you must have already linked it to lockdown binge eating by now. If you don't know what it is, by the time you read this article you will feel like you have been doing it all these years.

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The Independent UK

Experts to visit Fukushima plant to check water release plan

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan takes bronze in figure skating team event

BEIJING -- Japan took home the bronze in team figure skating at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, its first-ever medal in this event.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan's Tech Giant Toshiba to Split

Embattled Japanese technology giant Toshiba plans to split into two companies, one focused on infrastructure and the other on devices, in its latest effort to placate unhappy shareholders. As part of the proposed plan, Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. intends to sell its joint venture stake in Toshiba Carrier Corp. to the…

The Independent UK

Japan's tech giant Toshiba to split; sell stake in Carrier

Embattled Japanese technology giant Toshiba says it plans to split into two companies, one focused on infrastructure and the other on devices, as it tries to placate unhappy shareholders

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Kobayashi flies to gold in normal hill ski jump

BEIJING -- Ryoyu Kobayashi won the normal hill event on Sunday, giving Japan its first gold medal in men's ski jumping in 24 years and its first gold overall at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Figure Skating-Russians Win Team Gold, Valieva First Woman to Land Games Quads

Russian figure skaters claimed the team gold medal at the Beijing Games on Monday, with Kamila Valieva landing the first quadruple jumps by a woman in Olympic competition. The United States took silver while Japan clinched the bronze. The Russians had sewn up the gold even before the women's singles…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

European Union's energy policy recognizes value of nuclear power

This could be a sign that a path has been clarified for Europe to return to nuclear power. Japan should refer to the move as an effective means of both maintaining a stable supply of electricity and achieving decarbonization.

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: Anti-vax mob targets UK opposition leader; Sweden eases travel curbs – as it happened

Police rescue Keir Starmer from protesters; Sweden move comes as country plans to remove Omicron restrictions on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 day three – as it happened

The first Monday of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

ABC News

Translated diary reveals WWII Japanese internee's experience in South Australia's Loveday

Miyakatsu Koike spent four years in Australia's largest internment camp. His is a story from an untold perspective.

Tribune News Service

Japan premier pushes for a million daily shots as support sags

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set a target of speeding booster vaccinations to a million shots a day by the end of the month, as two new polls showed his support falling.

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