The Japan opening of “Barbie” was dealt additional setbacks after a voice actor spoke out against a controversial grassroots marketing movement for the hit film and the U.S. ambassador caught flack for promoting the film online.
Japan, Ukraine launch financial dialogue
The two sides confirmed that Japan will further enhance economic cooperation with Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country. The talks took place in Kyiv on Wednesday. The Japanese delegation was …
Warner Bros. is sorry for supporting ‘insensitive’ ‘Barbenheimer’ memes as #NoBarbenheimer trends in Japan
Warner Bros. apologizes for promoting ‘insensitive’ ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ memes after sparking backlash in Japan.
Residents Brace for Stormy Days as Powerful Typhoon Lashes South Japan
Residents in Okinawa, Japan, were warned to be on high alert for “storms, high tides, and landslides” for three days, as Typhoon Khanun lashed the country’s southernmost islands on August 2.Japan’s weather service said the storm was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of over 100 mph,
‘Barbenheimer’ Isn’t Funny in Nuclear-Scarred Japan
The Japanese subsidiary of Warner Bros. criticized what it called insensitive promotion of “Barbie” by the company’s headquarters.
Smart-toilet market will be a measure of China’s economic resilience
It is not often that Goldman Sachs refers to the capricious, cleanliness-obsessed Japanese kawayakami toilet gods in its equity research. It is rarer still that it cites the propitiation of these …
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.: Mizuho Has More of a Focus on Large Corporate Borrowers Than Some Other Japanese Banks
In Japan, Mizuho has more of a corporate focus than SMFG, which has a larger retail business. Its overseas weighting is slightly smaller than that of MUFG. Unlike its two Japanese megabank peers that …
‘Barbenheimer’ trend sparks backlash in Japan over atomic bomb memes
Japanese Twitter users have reacted furiously to “Barbenheimer” memes combining the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies.
Typhoon Khanun kills one in Japan, knocks power out in Okinawa
At least one person died and 35 were injured as Typhoon Khanun hit the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa Wednesday, leaving more than a third of households without power.
This rare female painter in Edo Japan was ‘coveted’ for her exquisite ink paintings
Kiyohara Yukinobu struck out on a path in the late 17th century that few women in Japan had navigated, becoming an accomplished artist in the Kanō school — and, for a century after, was name-dropped in literature and theater.