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The most telling moment in the Biden Administration’s decision to block Nippon Steel Corp.’s attempted takeover of United States Steel Corp....
It finally might be happening: A quarter century after Nissan Motor Co.’s bailout by Renault SA, six years after the shock arrest of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Japan’s ruling party has made its choice — and it’s a stunning upset. In an unusually hotly contested election, the Liberal Democratic Party,...
Japan’s ruling party wanted someone different. It might get more than it bargained for. While nine lawmakers are contesting the race to become...
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...
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...
Osaka has long suffered from second-city syndrome. In the shadow of Japan’s capital, where wealth and power are centralized, Osaka has wilted....
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...
Cultural authenticity hasn’t always been crucial to video games. Few Italians complain about Super Mario’s stereotypical accent or Indians about...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Here’s something you don’t see every day: Two senior lawmakers, each with ambitions for national leadership, advocating for higher interest rates...
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,...
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were a “suicide mission,” warned one of Japan’s richest men. “Cursed,” said a former prime minister. Even...
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...