Finding the pandemic scary? A Japanese group is trying to take people’s minds off COVID-19 – by putting them in coffins surrounded by chainsaw-wielding zombies.
China’s Achilles heel: What Japan’s 1980s boom and bust can tell us about the Chinese economy
Three major vulnerabilities emerge in China’s economy at a potential turning point in its relations with the world, says Federated Hermes portfolio manager Steve Chiavarone. He joins Craig Johnson of …
The U.S. should not interfere with China’s efforts to restore its exceptionalism
What if China calls America’s bluff on Taiwan?,” erred in inferring that China’s “fixed goals” of restoring unity and security for China and Japan’s “fixed goal” of invading China in the 1930s are …
Japan business lobby chief’s cancer returns, but he’ll keep working
Hiroaki Nakanishi, chief of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Keidanren, has had a relapse of lymphoma but will keep working from the hospital, …
How to ‘disappear’ in Japan
According to Christopher Ryan, rich people have the tendency to separate themselves from the rest of the world Jon and Alex, a gay couple from Russia, share an intimate moment at a small apartment in …
Singapore’s Wuthelam Group to buy out Nippon Paint for 1.3 trillion yen: Nikkei
Singapore’s Wuthelam Group will take majority control of Nippon Paint Holdings by raising its stake in the Japanese firm to just under 60% from 39% now, in an acquisition totalling about 1.3 …
Spirited Away: Safe Full Of Cash Vanishes From Japan Ninja Museum
Under cover of darkness, thieves vanished with the 150-kilogramme (330-pound) strongbox containing around $9,500, paid as admission fees to the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum in central Japan. The museum is …
How ‘things’ tell a story: Japan museum portrays coronavirus pandemic life through everyday items
Humble, everyday artifacts of life in the pandemic have found a home in the Historical Museum of Urahoro, in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
Reports: Nissan failed to report income for Ghosn in Japan
The case against former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn may have taken another turn as Japanese media report allegations that the automaker declared as expenses $10.8 million in his taxable personal inc …
Japan to open world’s second ‘Making of Harry Potter’ attraction
Great news for Japan-based muggles in need of a bit more magic in their lives — a new 30,000-square-meter Harry Potter attraction is coming to Tokyo.