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Asian shares are mostly rising as markets shift their attention from the U.S. Federal Reserve to earnings and economic reports

By Yoshifumi Takemoto

All 28 vehicle assembly lines at Toyota’s 14 auto plants in Japan have shut down over a problem in its computer system that deals with incoming auto parts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked China to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan's release of treated radioactive wastewa...

equities traded in positive territory on Monday, tracking the gains in global markets. The current week will see India's first quarter GDP numbers, which will throw some light on the country's economic trajectory. «Markets are likely to remain in consolidation mode this week amidst key events including the release of domestic GDP data, monthly expiry, and domestic and global macroeconomic data,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a muted startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 3 points, or 0.02 per cent, lower at 19,350, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for muted start on Tuesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp has suspended operations at a dozen factories in Japan due to a system failure, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.

By Leika Kihara

Glance, a smart lock screen platform from InMobi, is launching in Japan. It will partner with leading telecom carriers and Android smartphone brands in the country, Piyush Shah, president of Glance, told ET. Singapore-headquartered Glance has already expanded in Indonesia and is now eyeing the US market.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's jobless rate rose to 2.7% in July from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI : Schools, hotels, restaurants and even companies in Japan have been recipients of some rather galling calls lately. Callers from China swearing at people across the sea have clogged Japanese phone lines.

Neeraj Chopra's latest exploits on the javelin field will open the doors for more endorsement deals in the coming days, according to brand and marketing experts. Chopra, who hails from Haryana, recently became the first Indian to win a gold at the World Athletics Championships at the men's javelin throw final in Budapest. Managed by JSW Sports, Chopra currently endorses over 12 brands, with his latest achievement expected to help him bag more endorsement contracts.According to Kroll's Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2022, Chopra's brand value stood at $26.5 million.

Beijing on Monday over what he said were instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools in China, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Last week, China banned all seafood imports from its neighbour after Japan began releasing cooling water from the stricken Fukushima plant in an operation that Tokyo and the UN's nuclear watchdog have said is safe. Since then, Japanese businesses ranging from bakeries to aquariums have received reportedly thousands of sometimes abusive crank calls from Chinese numbers. «There have been numerous harassment calls believed to originate from China and instances of stones being thrown into the Japanese embassy and Japanese schools.

Japan's space agency suspended a planned launch on Monday of rocket carrying what would be the country's first spacecraft to land on the moon, with operator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) citing high winds. Although the H-IIA rocket, the Japanese flagship launch vehicle, has a 98% launch success rate, unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere forced a suspension 27 minutes before the planned liftoff. «High-altitude winds hit our constraint for a launch… which had been set to ensure no impact from debris falling outside of pre-warned areas,» said MHI H-IIA launch unit chief Tatsuru Tokunaga. Strong winds of nearly 108 kph (67 mph) were observed at an altitude of 5,000-15,000 metres (16400-49200 ft), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) safety manager Michio Kawakami said. Multiple typhoons around Japan could have affected the wind conditions, he added. The new launch date has not been decided, but will be no sooner than Thursday because of necessary processes such as re-fuelling, Tokunaga said. MHI and JAXA have said a launch could take place as late as Sept. 15.

India's golden boy at the 2020 Olympic Summer Olympics, Neeraj Chopra scripted history in Budapest on Monday, beating arch-rival from Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem, to win the country's first-ever gold medal in the World Athletics Championships. It was his second medal at the World Championships after he secured a silver last year. Neeraj Chopra, 25 years, is also being praised for his patriotic gesture.

Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a 'sporting country' in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa last week created history by reaching the World Cup final at 18 years. Prannoy defeated the world No 1 Viktor Axelsen en route to winning a World Championships bronze. «Earlier, you would see only a few sports would be talked about, media coverage would only be for those,» the Indian cricket icon told the media here after he was revealed as the principal advisor of the Midwicket Stories. «Now all sports have got an outlet and exposure and because of the other sports, we are getting to see the (emergence of) stars.» The Little Master was brimming with joy as he witnessed Chopra's triumphant moment of becoming a world champion in Budapest. «I remember when he (Neeraj Chopra) had won the Tokyo Olympics gold, the India-England series was going on… »I was watching from England, and I was prompted to sing a song 'Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle...' Yesterday, I experienced the same feeling," he said. «We had seen Neeraj two years earlier when he won the gold medal in the Olympics.

TOKYO (Reuters) -A labour union of Seven & i Holdings department store unit Sogo & Seibu threatened on Monday to go on strike at a flagship store depending on the outcome of talks with management over the subsidiary's sale, the Nikkei business daily reported.

The sound of treated radioactive water flowing to an underground pool could be heard as media toured Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular, and at 25, he is on course to becoming one of India's greatest sporting icons. Two years ago, his spear soared high into the Tokyo sky as he became the country's first Olympics track and field gold medal winner.

Further, the current week will also see India's first quarter GDP numbers, which will throw some light on the country's economic trajectory. «We continue to expect the Nifty to be in a narrow range due to lack of positive triggers. In the meantime, niche mid and small cap sectors are likely to remain in action,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 45 points, or 0.23 per cent, higher at 19,282.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Monday.

Japan's space agency suspended a planned launch on Monday of an H-IIA rocket that was to carry a moon lander into space, according to operator Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The launch was cancelled because of unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, MHI's launch services unit said in a post on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, 24 minutes before the planned launch time. The H-IIA No. 47 rocket was to be launched from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 9:26 a.m.

BBC. Authorities informed that the abusive calls had begun since the release of Fukushima water into the Pacific and the callers usually speak in Chinese, English, and Japanese language. The callers strongly oppose Japan's move to release treated radioactive nuclear water.