A busy weekend of horse racing around the globe found Romantic Warrior atop the heap in Hong Kong, T O Royal the king of stayers in Japan and a Godolphin runner shaping up for the Epsom Derby.
Deciphera to be acquired by Japan’s Ono in all-cash deal valued at $2.4 billion
Deciphera specializes in kinase drug discovery, where kinases are enyzmes that help regulate cellular function.
This Isn’t the China I Remember
Of course, for all of this the West is scapegoated — having opposed, people say, China’s rise — as is China’s other favorite enemy, Japan, whose brutal 1930s invasion and ensuing occupation of China still rankles. (One sequence of a CGI video shown in my recent Shanghai spin class featured huge coronaviruses studded with Japanese temples.)
Weak yen keeps Japanese tourists at home while visitor numbers rise
In response, Japan Airlines and ANA are allocating a big chunk of their seats to inbound travellers and profit-making regions with stronger demand. A recovery in outbound travel will not happen until …
How a Fading Japan Regained Its Superpowers
The country was once the model of capitalist decline. But those recessionary decades are finally over. Where will Tokyo flex its muscles?
Everyone is visiting Japan. An extended currency slump means the tourists will just keep coming.
Japan is a beloved tourist spot. A weak currency is ensuring that it will remain that way for foreigners. The country just broke its pre-pandemic tourist record, with 3.1 million foreign visitors in …
Japan’s Proposed Export Curbs Will Impact Normal Trade, China Says
China urged Japan to rectify what it called “erroneous practices”, saying the move would undermine the stability of the global supply chain. The ministry said China will take necessary measures to …
Japanese yen jumps against US dollar on suspected intervention
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities to try to underpin a relentless tumble in the …
EXPLAINER-Why has the Japanese yen been so weak?
The Bank of Japan left short-term Japanese interest rates between 0 and 0.1% in April and did not indicate sharp or sustained rises were coming up ahead. That left the yen the lowest-rate, or yielding …
Japan’s Leader Fumio Kishida on Countering Threat of China and North Korea
“Since I became prime minister, we have substantially revised Japan’s National Security Strategy,” Kishida told Newsweek during an interview at his office in Tokyo on the heels of his first visit to Washington, D.C., as Japan’s leader for talks with …