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North Korea launched two projectiles, believed to be ballistic missiles, into the East Sea on Tuesday, according to reports from Japan and South Korea. This marks Pyongyang’s second missile launch of the month. Japanese authorities confirmed that the missiles fell into the sea, with the Japan Coast Guard monitoring the situation. Following......
Gold prices shattered the $5,000 barrier for the first time on Monday, soaring to a record high above $5,100 per ounce as investors flocked to safe-haven assets. This surge unfolded against a backdrop of a weakening US dollar and mounting speculation about a potential joint intervention by the United States and Japan to bolster the yen. Spot......
The U.S. dollar index plunged to 97, its lowest in four months, on Monday as speculation mounted over potential joint U.S.-Japanese currency intervention and investors shed dollar-denominated assets amid lingering uncertainty from the Trump administration. The greenback's drop extended a rough week, with the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index......
Emotional scenes unfolded in Tokyo as visitors gathered to say goodbye to Japan’s last remaining giant pandas, Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, who are set to return to China, marking the end of a 50-year presence of the iconic animals in the country. The popular black-and-white bears, housed at Ueno Zoological Gardens, have long been a symbol......
Asian currencies showed mixed performance on January 23 as the dollar headed for its sharpest weekly drop in months, with gains in China's yuan and Malaysia's ringgit offsetting fresh record lows for India's and Indonesia's rupees. The dollar index hovered near 98.3 and faced a roughly 1 percent weekly loss, its worst since......
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has formally dissolved the lower house of parliament, setting the stage for a snap general election on February 8. The move, announced amid cheers of "banzai" from lawmakers, initiates a brisk 12-day campaign period starting Tuesday. As the nation's inaugural female leader, Takaichi,......
Japanese authorities have halted operations at a reactor in the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear facility in the world, only a day after it was restarted. The shutdown was ordered following the detection of a technical issue related to the reactor’s control rod system. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings......
A Japanese court has sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami to life imprisonment for the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, more than three years after the shocking killing that deeply unsettled Japan and the international community. Yamagami, 45, was found guilty of fatally shooting Abe during an outdoor election campaign event in the......
US Treasury yields surged to their highest levels in over four months on Tuesday, triggered by a dramatic sell-off in Japan's bond market that rippled through global financial markets. This spike unfolded against rising Japanese budget concerns and fresh US-Europe trade tensions. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.265 percent,......
Japan’s major airlines have cancelled dozens of flights after severe winter weather hit the country’s northwestern coast, bringing strong winds and heavy snowfall to several regions, including popular ski destinations. On Tuesday, ANA Holdings announced the cancellation of more than 50 domestic flights, disrupting travel plans......
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in Floquet engineering, revealing that excitons quasiparticles formed within semiconductors can alter material properties far more effectively than light alone. This discovery paves the way for on-demand creation of exotic quantum materials. Scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced on Monday that she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a nationwide election, seeking a stronger public mandate to advance her economic and security policies. The snap election will determine all 465 seats in the lower house and represent the first major electoral test for Takaichi......
NASA marked a historic moment early Thursday by conducting the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in its 25 years of continuous human presence. The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts from the Crew-11 mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 3:41 a.m. Eastern Time. The crew......
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