City Tokyo Financial News

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts

Sung Jinwoo reaches its pinnacle in Solo Leveling Episode 12, promising viewers an electrifying conclusion to the first season filled with gripping battles and anticipated revelations. Here's everything you need to know about the release date, streaming options, expected plot, and a recap of the previous episode.

US military plans to bolster functions of its command headquarters in Japan, as it aims for smoother cooperation with the Asian country's self-defence forces in tackling security threats posed by China and North Korea according to diplomatic sources cited by Kyodo news agency. Japan and the United States will also work on further steps to enhance their response capabilities, Kyodo reported. Tokyo had in 2022 decided to acquire the capability to strike enemy bases even under Japan's war-renouncing Constitution. Also, Japan is set to establish a joint headquarters to command its ground, maritime and air forces by the end of March 2025 with Kishida's government is aiming to deepen cooperation between the US military and the joint headquarters.

Nissan has announced plans to expand its electric vehicle lineup, develop more powerful batteries and cut production costs

Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts

It's been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you wouldn't know that from a torrent of flight problems that made news in the last three months

By Mariko Katsumura

Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year. In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. licence are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine.

By Satoshi Sugiyama

Olympic Village, said the organizers of the 2024 Paris Games plan to provide 300,000 condoms to 14,250 residents staying in their quarters. “We are aiming to have 300,000 condoms here at the disposal of the athletes in the village. It’s a quantity that makes sure that everybody will have what they’re expecting and what they need," Michaud told Sky News.

The way people navigate traffic can tell us a lot about their respective cultures. Recently, while walking to my office in midtown Manhattan, New York City, I stopped at a red light when an elderly woman with a walking stick caught my attention as she cautiously looked both left and right. When she saw that no car was close enough to hit her—assuming they adhered to New York’s speed-limit laws—she gave me a puzzled look and crossed the street.

Japan has reported its exports rose 7.8% in February from a year earlier on strong shipments of cars and electrical machinery

Investors’ wealth jumped Rs 5.72 lakh crore on Thursday as markets soared nearly 1 per cent in tandem with a rally in global equities after the US Fed projected three rate cuts this year. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 539.50 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 72,641.19. During the day, it zoomed 780.77 points or 1.08 per cent to 72,882.46. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms went up by Rs 5,72,752.79 crore to Rs 3,79,85,669.12 crore (USD 4.57 trillion).

By Ritsuko Shimizu

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

By Leika Kihara, Takahiko Wada and Mariko Katsumura

By Stella Qiu

The Dodgers are paying $700 million for Shohei Ohtani

Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy