Japanese Investors Panic After Stocks Tumble And BOJ Does Not Buy ETFs
Something took place on Tuesday that has happened just once since 2016: Japan's Topix index (which is widely viewed as more representative of Japanese equities than...
“Joe Biden has chosen Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman and Chicago mayor, to be US ambassador to Japan,” the Financial Times reports.
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Visa has announced that starting today, customers in Japan will be able to use their Visa debit or credit card with Apple Pay.
Customers with Visa cards issued by Aplus, SMBC Finance Service, NTT DoCoMo, Credit Saison, JACCS, Mitsui Sumitomo...
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Peter Suciu
World War II History, Asia
The USS Missouri was one of many powerful battleships that helped America fight the Axis powers.
Key point: The battleships were helpful in bombarding island prior to invasion. In fact, the USS Missouri in...
Despite the rapid and significant changes in consumption patterns witnessed during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese households maintained their normal levels of greenhouse gas emissions. The "anthropause"—reduction of human...
Tokyo (Reuters) stated that “Crude prices rose on Monday after a major cyberattack forced the shutdown of critical fuel supply pipelines in the United States and highlighted the fragility of its oil infrastructure.”
Brent crude was up 76...
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Robert Farley
Alternate History, The Americas
A war in 1921 could have kicked off a different version of World War II. What if Imperial Japan had sided with Britain?
Here's What You Need to Remember: Although Washington maintained good relations...
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Robert Farley
World War II, Asia Pacific
This defeat demonstrated that battleships could not hope to survive without support from aircraft, either from carriers or land bases.
Here's What You Need To Remember: The Prince of Wales was...
Between 1842 and 1949, China was forced to accept a series of unequal treaties that opened the country to foreign traders, causing huge volumes of wealth to flow from China to Europe, Japan, and the US. By contrast, the socialist era that began in...
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Friday the government will extend COVID-19 state of emergency measures for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures by three weeks, to May 31, because infection rates remain high.
Suga told reporters...
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Because Japan takes its sushi and sashimi seriously, the Ma Corporation has developed the Katsugyo Bag, a clear cylindrical briefcase designed for transporting live fish that you caught or bought from the market to your home so you know you’re...
Sebastien Roblin
Submarines, Asia
Large maritime patrol planes are a key platform in Anti-Submarine Warfare.
Here's What You Need to Know: In 2014, Japan relaxed its rule on exporting military hardware, and began marketing the P-1 abroad—but so...
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The largest country in Latin America now has states and cities where deaths are outpacing births
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Sebastien Roblin
World War II, Asia
The Great Wall reigns as a symbol of Chinese nationhood, over 3,800 miles of fortified walls built to shield the settled peoples of the North China Plain from the depredations of nomadic horse-riding tribes to...
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Peter Suciu
Battleship North Carolina,
Back last month, the Battleship North Carolina kicked off a month-long event to celebrate the eightieth "birthday" of the World War II warship and will also mark the sixth anniversary of her arrival in...
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Mark Episkopos
Japan F-35, Asia
The F-35B in particular will arm two Izumo-class helicopter carriers, allowing Tokyo to project power out to sea.
Armed with the world’s second-largest F-35 stealth fighter jet fleet, Japan looks to strengthen its...
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Sebastien Roblin
Helicopter Carriers, Asia
By no means call the Izumo an aircraft carrier. She, and her sister ship the Kaga, commissioned in 2017, are “helicopter destroyers.”
Here's What You Need to Know: The issue will remain emotionally...
USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea, seen from USS Yorktown, May 8, 1942.
US Navy
Japanese was on the offensive in spring 1942, sweeping across the Pacific after attacking Pearl Harbor.
But in May that year, an overextended Japanese...