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Japan celebrates as Ohtani becomes the first major leaguer to reach 50-50 milestone

Shohei Ohtani's feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work.

Time · 14m

Japan Celebrates Shohei Ohtani Making History in the MLB With 50-50 Record

Ohtani became the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, earning praise from his home country’s fans, media, and government.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 8h

Shohei Ohtani makes history with MLB's first 50-homer, 50-steal season

Shohei Ohtani does not let career-altering setbacks deter his production. He simply reallocates his immense talent and continues making history. With his two-way greatness shelved for the 2024 season due to a second elbow reconstruction surgery,

Hezbollah, Lebanon and Japan

Associated Press · 4h

Japan electronics company: walkie-talkie used in Hezbollah attacks discontinued 10 years ago

Japanese wireless communication equipment-maker Icom said Thursday it cannot confirm whether a walkie-talkie used in the explosive attacks against Hezbollah was related to the company, noting the production and sales of that device and its battery were discontinued about a decade ago.

BBC on MSN · 23h

Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts

A Japanese handheld radio manufacturer has distanced itself from walkie-talkies bearing its logo that exploded in Lebanon, saying it discontinued production of the devices a decade ago. At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds of walkie-talkies, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Hundreds more hurt in Lebanon after walkie-talkies, pagers explode in new round of blasts

Walkie-talkies and pagers used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group detonated in homes and businesses across the country.

Bank Of Japan Keeps Rate Unchanged

Barron's · 5h

Bank Of Japan Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged

The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply higher and fuelled turmoil across world markets.

Business Insider · 3h

Bank Of Japan Keeps Rate Unchanged As Expected

The Bank of Japan maintained its benchmark rate unchanged as widely expected on Friday. In a unanimous vote, the Policy Board

The Financial Times · 29m

Bank of Japan holds rates and delivers cautious guidance

The Bank of Japan on Friday held the benchmark rate to 0.25 per cent, delivering neutral guidance but noting that inflation is on track to meet policymakers’ forecasts Meanwhile, headline and core inflation ticked up in August, though services inflation fell

China, Japan and Fukushima

Reuters on MSN · 2h

China, Japan reached agreement in August on Fukushima water discharge

China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. The two sides agreed on Japan establishing a long-term international monitoring arrangement and allowing stakeholders to conduct independent sampling and monitoring,

U.S. News & World Report · 2h

China, Japan Reached Consensus in Aug on Fukushima Water Discharge, CCTV Says

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Chinese state television CCTV reported on Friday.

Barron's · 1h

China Says Still 'Resolutely Opposes' Japan's Discharge Of Fukushima Water

China said on Friday that it still "resolutely opposes" Japan's discharge of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant, despite announcing it would gradually resume importing seafood from the country.

Japan, inflation

Bloomberg L.P. · 9h

Japan’s Inflation Accelerates for Fourth Month as BOJ Meets

Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan is scheduled to wrap up its latest policy decision meeting.

Reuters · 9h

Japan's core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August

Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.

Seeking Alpha · 5h

Japan's core inflation rate rises for 4th month to 2.8% in August, as expected

The core consumer price index in Japan, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, increased by 2.8% year-on-year in August 2024, posting the highest reading since February and..

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Carlyle seeking $2.1 billion market value for Japan's Rigaku in IPO, sources say

Japan's Rigaku, a maker of X-ray testing tools backed by buyout firm Carlyle Group, is preparing for a domestic initial ...

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Japan’s leader demands answers from China over schoolboy’s fatal stabbing

Japan’s prime minister has demanded an explanation from Beijing over the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in the second knife ...

Japan Eyes Deal to End Chinese Ban on Seafood Imports, Media Say

China and Japan may be close to a breakthrough over Beijing’s ban on seafood imports from Japan, imposed last year in ...

China to work towards easing seafood import ban, says Japan PM

China will revisit its ban on marine imports from Japan and work towards resuming imports following an expansion of ...

Record high temperature for September registered in central Japan

Areas from eastern to western Japan are experiencing levels of heat that are dangerous and unusual for this time of the year.

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Bank of Japan to 'hibernate' until political dust settles, says strategist

Masahiko Loo of State Street Global Advisors gives his take on how Japanese politics and the Fed's surprise 50 basis point ...

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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers

Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly ...

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Roger Ferguson, Japan’s SBI Agree to Invest in Dubai Firm Gateway Partners

Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. and former Federal Reserve official Roger Ferguson agreed to buy minority ...

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