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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TOKYO—The multibillion takeover battle for the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is unfolding against a backdrop of heightened deal activity involving foreign bidders, fanned by a weak yen, undervaluation, and a profitability gap at many big Japanese firms compared with their international peers. Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has made a $47 billion offer for Seven & i, triggering a promised refocus on profitability by Seven & i management.

Data reveals a clear preference among these women for Western partners. In South Korea, 28% of international marriages in 2023 involved American men, followed by 18% with Chinese men. Marriages to men from other Western countries, including France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, accounted for approximately 17%. A similar trend appears in Japan, where American men were the top choice among foreign grooms for Japanese women. Japanese men seeking foreign brides, however, primarily choose women from China and the Philippines.

Bank of Japan is staying guarded on the timing of the next rate hike with December hardly a done deal given soft consumption, its governor's cautious decision-making style and anxiety over U.S. economic policy in a second Trump presidency. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda signalled that December will be a live meeting in an interview with the Nikkei newspaper last week, when he said another rate hike was approaching.

Asian equities tracked a drop in US shares ahead of jobs data that may help shape the direction of the Federal Reserve’s policy path later this month. Equities in Japan, Australia and futures in Hong Kong all fell, taking cues from the downbeat mood on Wall Street. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.3%, their first declines in five sessions.

Los Angeles Times owner has revealed that the newspaper will have «bias meter» attached with articles on website from next year, as per a report. The «bias meter» will include comments and multiple viewpoints, The Hollywood Reporter reported. Meanwhile, AI search startup Perplexity said on Thursday it was adding more than a dozen new media partners, including the Los Angeles Times and The Independent, to its program where it shares a portion of ad revenue with the publishers, Reuters reported. In its first set of partners from regions including Japan, Spain and Latin America, Perplexity said companies such as Prisa Media and Newspicks will now be part of the publishers' program, joining existing partners like TIME, Der Spiegel and Fortune.

Global shares have advanced, taking their cues from another Wall Street record rally, while bitcoin edged away from its record high

Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday in the wake of record peaks on Wall Street as a softer read on U.S. services data boosted investor confidence in the Fed lowering interest rates. The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow all notched record highs overnight and bitcoin, at times a barometer of the mood, was back within a whisker of $100,000.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The pauses that Ayesha Sultana takes during a conversation are just as significant as the works she creates. These brief silences offer opportune moments for the viewer or listener to understand the workings of the artist’s mind, and to soak in the conceptual subtlety of the abstract works that she creates.

Sake is perhaps even more Japanese than the world-famous sushi

global stocks hit a record with Jerome Powell’s bullish comments that supported risk assets. Currency traders remained on alert as the French government fell after a no-confidence vote. Shares in Japan and Australia rose, while equity futures in Hong Kong were slightly lower. US equity futures were little changed after Wednesday advances for the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 nudged a gauge of global stocks to a new high.

London’s Royal Albert Hall is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling

Shohei Ohtani, where is the fancy Porsche you hinted at giving your manager Dave Roberts if the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series? Well, the Dodgers won the World Series against the New York Yankees more than a month ago, so what gives? Visiting Tokyo on Wednesday and speaking to mostly Japanese reporters, Roberts was reminded that Ohtani gave teammate Joe Kelly a new Porsche when Kelly agreed to hand over his No 17 to the Japanese superstar after he joined the Dodgers from the Angels.

Jennifer Wang spends most of her days as a pharmacist at Toronto General Hospital, but in her downtime, she’s creating content, working with brands and earning more than five figures through her social media side hustle.

Following his departure, the trust will continue to be run co-managers Robert Lloyd and Pauline Ng. Lloyd had co-run the trust with Ebrahim for six of the latter's eight years, with Ng joining the management team in the summer. Both Lloyd and Ng have worked within the wider JPMAM teams for over 15 years. JP Morgan Asia Growth & Income names additional co-manager Prior to joining JPMAM in 2015, Ebrahim worked for more than five years at Amundi Hong Kong, where he was CIO of Asia ex-Japan equities and deputy CEO of the division. Chair of JAGI, Richard Stagg, said «The board wou...

Ajay Bagga, Market Expert, says he is expecting cryptos and gold to go up. There will be a flight to safety. Both the yen and the dollar will get bought into. In US treasuries, one can expect the yields to go down. Today we saw French yields reaching the Greece yield levels. We are seeing China borrowing at cheaper rates than Japan. We are expecting the Bank of Japan to come in and raise rates at its next meeting in the next fortnight. Following the political developments in South Korea and martial laws being put in place and then revoked, the Samsung stock is under heavy selling pressure. How do you expect global investors to react in the short term? Could this spark a broader risk aversion in emerging markets? Ajay Bagga: The Korean exchange has said they will function as normal. The party leader of the president has opposed this on a Facebook post and the defence minister has called for the military. So, we really do not know what is happening right now. It actually came out of the blue. There have been political wranglings on the budget and this is a minority government which would not survive a floor test. So, overall, it is a very big surprise and I am sure the allies of South Korea from Japan to Europe are working on the back channels to see how this situation can be diffused. It is not a dictatorial country. It is a very strong democracy standing up to its communist neighbours. So, it is very critical that democracy is protected.

Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Pakistan Under-19 squad - Farhan Yousaf, Hassan Khan, Mohammad Huzaifa, Riaz Ullah, Rizwanullah, Shahzaib Khan, Yahya Rehman, Faham-ul-Haq, Haroon Arshad, Mohammad Ahmed, Tayyab Arif, Usman Khan, Saad Baig, Abdul Subhan, Ahmed Hussain, Ali Raza, Naveed Khan, Umar Zaib Japan Under-19 squad - Aditya Phadke, Hugo Kelly, Koji Abe, Nihar Parmar, Skyler Cook, Kazuma Stafford, Max Lynn, Timothy Moore, Daniel Panckhurst, Aarav Tiwari, Charles Hinze, Kai Wall, Kiefer Lake, Yuto Yageta Pakistan Under-19 vs Japan Under-19 Match Details Match 11 of ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup, 2024 between Pakistan Under-19 and Japan Under-19 to be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai at 10:30 AM.

President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., and he’s pledging to use tax incentives and tariffs to strengthen the iconic American steelmaker

The U.S. Commerce Department has expanded the list of Chinese technology companies subject to export controls to include many that make equipment used to make computer chips

Asian shares are mostly higher after technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record finish

Donald Trump said on Monday a series of tax incentives and tariffs will revive storied American firm U.S. Steel, as he reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel's planned $15 billion purchase of the company. «I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,» Trump wrote on his social-media platform Truth Social. «I will block this deal from happening. Buyer Beware!!!»

Marburg, also termed as the 'Bleeding Eye's virus due to one of its symptoms, has killed 15 people in Rwanda and has left hundreds of them infected, reports The Mirror. ALSO READ: Delhi reports first case of Japanese Encephalitis: check symptoms of this viral disease