Mrs. GREEN APPLE topped the all-genre Japan Hot 100 song chart, the Hot Albums tally & the Artist 100 list on the Billboard Japan mid-year charts.
India’s first bullet train reaches major milestone
India’s Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project reached a major breakthrough after completing more than 300 kilometers of viaducts. The MAHSR corridor, spanning 508 kilometers (315 miles), utilizes Shinkansen bullet trains from Japan as part of a testing partnership between the two nations.
Korea’s debt-fuelled property boom stirs echoes of Japan’s lost decades
South Korea’s household and corporate debt has ballooned to more than twice the size of its economy, reaching levels last seen in Japan on the eve of its 1990s asset bubble collapse, the Bank of Korea …
U.S. Treasury tells Japan to take a hike — in rates
While steering clear of outright confrontation, the U.S. Treasury ups the pressure on Japan and China to reform their trade practices.
Japan Curry Shops See Record Bankruptcies as Rice Prices Soar
A record number of curry shops in Japan went out of business in the past year, as purveyors of one of the country’s most beloved dishes took a hit from soaring rice prices.
Soaring rice prices take a bite out of Japan’s beloved curry shops
A total of 13 shops with more than ¥10 million in debt filed for bankruptcy in the year ended March — a record high for a second consecutive year.
Pressure Mounts for Japan to Adjust Bond Sales as Soon as July
Expectations in the market are intensifying that the Japanese government may adjust debt issuance as soon as next month by increasing sales of shorter maturity securities and trimming offerings of …
Japan-based company is poised for its moon-landing attempt
Resilience, a spacecraft built by Japan-based company Ispace, is expected to attempt to touch down on the moon at 3:17 p.m. ET. If successful, it will be the first private-sector lunar lander built …
Japan debt watcher keeps Philippines’ ‘A’ rating
The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) kept the Philippines’ hard-won “A” rating on expectations that the economy would sustain its “high” growth while staying …
Japan debt watcher keeps Philippines’ ‘A’ rating
The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) kept the Philippines’ hard-won “A” rating on expectations that the economy would sustain its “high” growth while staying …