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Biden’s Steel Move Is No Way to Treat an Ally

Biden’s Steel Move Is No Way to Treat an Ally

The most telling moment in the Biden Administration’s decision to block Nippon Steel Corp.’s attempted takeover of United States Steel Corp....

07.01.2025 10

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Japan’s Word of the Year Has No Rizz

01.01.2025 3

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A Honda-Nissan Merger Is a Slow-Moving Savior

It finally might be happening: A quarter century after Nissan Motor Co.’s bailout by Renault SA, six years after the shock arrest of...

19.12.2024 6

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Yoon's Impeachment Widens East Asia Fault Lines

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached at the second time of asking, was always more popular abroad than at home. Just over a year ago, he...

18.12.2024 8

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I Have One Word for ‘Ancient Japanese Wisdom’: Bull

If you’re looking for a last-minute stocking stuffer this Christmas, it’s tempting to turn to the self-help section of the bookshop — perhaps...

09.12.2024 40

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Trump Return Leaves Japan’s Leader With No Time to Snooze

As his second official spell as prime minister began on Monday, Shigeru Ishiba was asleep at the wheel. The premier drew headlines for a moment...

12.11.2024 1

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Alarmo: Nintendo’s Latest Device Is a $100 Wake-Up Call

It’s 7 a.m., the sun poking through the curtains, and blearily I am awakened — not by birdsong, but by the barking of a Chain Chomp, a...

06.11.2024 2

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‘The Simpsons’ Has Become a Parody of Itself. That’s a Good Thing.

There was a time when The Simpsons was a universal pop culture touchstone. President George H.W. Bush criticized it from the White House; millions...

24.10.2024 2

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What Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani’s Success Says About Japan

As Japan prepared to face the US in last year’s World Baseball Classic final, Shohei Ohtani famously warned his teammates to stop revering their...

10.10.2024 1

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Netflix’s ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ Reveals Some Surprising Truths

Netflix Inc.’s Tokyo Swindlers is a real-life story about high-stakes falsehoods that should be on your to-watch list. But its success also...

07.10.2024 1

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Don’t Take Japan’s New Leader Literally. But Should You Take Him Seriously?

Well, that didn’t last long. We knew it would be hard to pin down the policies of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. In his...

03.10.2024 1

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Japan’s New PM Has Barely the Concept of a Plan

When Shigeru Ishiba becomes the 65th Japanese prime minister 1 on Tuesday, it will represent a remarkable break with the recent past. All of the...

30.09.2024 1

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Japan’s New Leader Made His Career as an Anti-Abe

Japan’s ruling party has made its choice — and it’s a stunning upset. In an unusually hotly contested election, the Liberal Democratic Party,...

27.09.2024 3

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Japan’s Next Leader Will Be Different, and Flawed

Japan’s ruling party wanted someone different. It might get more than it bargained for. While nine lawmakers are contesting the race to become...

23.09.2024 1

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PS5 Pro Price Is a Sticker Shock for the Country That Made PlayStation

How much would you pay to play the latest video games? How about half your monthly take-home pay? That’s what the average Japanese consumer in...

17.09.2024 2

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Japan’s Public Wants Change. Can the Ruling Party Deliver?

The race for Japan’s next leader might lack the dire rhetoric seen in the US election — warnings that choosing the wrong candidate will result in...

10.09.2024 3

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Japan’s Second City Can Finally Make Tokyo Jealous

Osaka has long suffered from second-city syndrome. In the shadow of Japan’s capital, where wealth and power are centralized, Osaka has wilted....

05.09.2024 2

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7-Eleven Deserves More Than Shareholder Supremacy

Two weeks from the first report of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s bid to acquire Japan’s Seven & I Holdings Co., the battle lines for public...

01.09.2024 2

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Black Myth, Black Samurai and Gaming Nationalism

Cultural authenticity hasn’t always been crucial to video games. Few Italians complain about Super Mario’s stereotypical accent or Indians about...

25.08.2024 1

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A 7-Eleven Buyout Would Stretch Japan’s Appetite for M&A

The 7-Eleven convenience store experience is so quintessential to modern Japan that it’s sometimes hard to recall that it’s not Japanese. The...

20.08.2024 1

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Kishida’s Resignation Opens the Door to a Chaotic Era

In the end, Fumio Kishida could not escape the pull of gravity. Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new leader late next month,...

14.08.2024 1

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Japan Is Living in the Shadow of the Megaquake

To live in Japan is to live with the risk of a devastating earthquake at any time. Usually, however, people tend to view that threat in the...

10.08.2024 3

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Is Japan Ready for a ‘World With Interest?’

Japan is on the cusp of a brave new world — one where bank deposits yield 0.1% a year. OK, that might not sound like a revolution. But in a...

04.08.2024 1

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Ueda’s Big Day Was Lost in a Communication Black Hole

An ancient Zen Buddhist koan asks, if the Bank of Japan hikes interest rates but nobody is able to read the statement that says so, has monetary...

31.07.2024 3

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The BOJ’s Back-Seat Drivers Add to Ueda’s Headaches

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Two senior lawmakers, each with ambitions for national leadership, advocating for higher interest rates...

30.07.2024 9

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Japan Isn't the Robotopia Apple's 'Sunny' Portrays

Sunny, the new Apple TV show, invites us to think about what even the most innocuous robots can be. Friends? A crime-solving partner? Or, perhaps,...

24.07.2024 1

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In Defense of Tokyo 2020, the Loneliest Olympics

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were a “suicide mission,” warned one of Japan’s richest men. “Cursed,” said a former prime minister. Even...

21.07.2024 1

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It’s Time Japan’s Shareholders Buy Their Own Wine

At just ¥1,000 ($6.30) for 1.5 liters, the famed magnum of wine at Saizeriya Co., a Japan-based chain of Italian restaurants, is already a...

17.07.2024 1

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