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Mathys Tel, the young French football sensation making waves in Europe with his exceptional skills and promising potential. Hailing from France, Tel's journey from Paris FC to Bayern Munich has been nothing short of remarkable. Compared to the legendary Thierry Henry, the 17-year-old attacker is rapidly earning a reputation as one of the most exciting prospects in football. Despite attracting interest from various clubs, Mathys Tel opted to sign with Bayern Munich and has already made his debut for the team. While opportunities to showcase his talent have been limited, the club remains patient and may consider loaning him to another club in the future. Analysts and ex-soccer stars say that Mathys Tel could be the next Kylian Mbappe of the football world. We take a look at this young prodigy.

Wall Street is back to climbing following more encouraging profit reports and the latest signal that inflation is loosening its chokehold on the economy

A top official in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says an upcoming release of the treated radioactive water into sea more than 12 years after the meltdown disaster marks “a milestone."

Shares in Europe and Asia are mixed after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged

Japan's central bank keeps its benchmark interest rate unchanged but pledges greater flexibility for bond purchases

Japanese blockchain developer HashPort has raised 1.2 billion Japanese yen ($8.5 million) in a Series C funding round led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners and Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. The new round brings HashPort’s total funding to 2 billion yen ($14.2 million). 

Also Read: The US Fed rate hike leads to volatility in markets as indices decline 0.6% Japanese markets declined, with the Nikkei falling over 2% to around 32,275. However, the Tokyo Stock Exchange's banking index rose on the prospect of a steeper yield curve, which would revive profit from lending.

The BOJ sets policy later in the session. The Nikkei newspaper reported, without citing sources, that policymakers will discuss tweaking the yield control policy to allow 10-year government bond yields above a 0.5% cap in some circumstances. The yield leapt to 0.505% in early trade.

Air India's Maharaja is perhaps the most popular and long-lived advertising icons of India. He carried on with his characteristic elan even when the airline struggled under mounting debt and numerous inefficiencies. Now it's time for him to step down. As the Tata Group embarks on a long-awaited revamp of the airline, the Maharaja will recede to the background, ET has reported. The airline is likely to continue using the Maharajah image for its airport lounges and premium classes but he will retire as the mascot. That the Maharaja's time was up was apparent when Tata Sons roped in London-based brand and design consultancy firm Futurebrands last year to redraw Air India’s branding strategy. Among multiple strategies being considered was creating a new mascot for the airline since the Maharaja appeared outdated. Air India had already stopped using the Maharaja logo in its campaigns of new destination launches.How the Maharaja was born The Maharaja was born in 1946, when Bobby Kooka, Air India's Commercial Director, and Umesh Rao, an artist with advertising agency J.Walter Thompson, together created the brand icon. The Maharaja began merely as a rich Indian potentate, symbolizing graciousness and high living. And somewhere along the line his creators gave him a distinctive personality — his outsized moustache, the striped turban and his aquiline nose, the Air India website had explained. “He can be a lover boy in Paris, a sumo wrestler in Tokyo, a pavement artist, a Red Indian, a monk… he can effortlessly flirt with the beauties of the world. And most importantly, he can get away with it all. Simply because he is the Maharaja,” Kooka had said.

By Katya Golubkova and Muyu Xu

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 12% from a year earlier, citing momentum in its growth and the launching of new products.

By Leika Kihara

equities bounced back after three days of muted trade on buying at lower levels and select heavyweights. «Markets will react to Fed’s commentary. Further, monthly F&O expiry along with a slew of corporate earnings, could keep the market a bit volatile,» 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 0.5 points, or 0.00 per cent, higher at 19,984.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for muted start on Thursday.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the country's agenda includes support for the growth of Web3 companies and suggested that a major company would reveal its metaverse project. Meanwhile, Binance announced its full Japanese presence starting in August.

Global stock markets are lower after Wall Street hit a 15-month high ahead of what traders hope will be the Federal Reserve’s final increase in this interest rate cycle

Nissan and Renault have redefined their French-Japanese auto alliance to establish more equal cross-shareholdings

TOKYO (Reuters) — The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will maintain accommodative monetary conditions for companies, Governor Kazuo Ueda was quoted as saying at a key government meeting on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's Nissan (OTC:NSANY) Motor on Wednesday posted a 98% rise in first-quarter operating profit to 128.6 billion yen ($913.35 million), beating analysts' estimates.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Business sentiment in Japan is picking up in July on easing supply constraints and the removal of COVID-19 curbs, the first such uptick this year, a report by the cabinet said on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan and Renault (EPA:RENA) on Wednesday finalised the terms of their revamped alliance, with the Japanese automaker committing to invest up to 600 million euros ($663 million) in its partner's electric vehicle unit Ampere.

By Leika Kihara and Andrea Shalal