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Emily Badger
BUSINESS / Markets
Man Group’s Japan fund tilts to domestic names on stimulus hopes
The U.K.-listed fund has returned around 20% over the past year, outperforming 90% of its peers, with total assets amounting to roughly $3.6 billion.
BUSINESS / Markets
EU pushes to end its dependence on China for rare earths
China, the world's top producer of rare earths, in October announced new controls on the export of the elements.
BUSINESS / Markets
Bank of Japan rattles markets globally with hint of a rate increase
Even the possibility of a December move hits bonds, stocks and crypto.
Japan’s two-year note yield, which is sensitive to monetary policy expectations, rose to its highest level since 2008.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2025
Japan’s two-year yield hits highest since 2008 on rate-hike bets
By John Cheng
The swap market is now pricing in about a 76% chance of a rate hike when the central bank delivers its next policy decision on Dec. 19.
U.S. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett is seen as the likely choice to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2025
Trump says he has made his choice to lead the Federal Reserve
By Josh Wingrove, Maria Paula and Mijares Torres
People familiar with the matter said last week that White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is seen as the likely choice to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chief.
Kayakers paddle on the Swan River in Perth, Australia, in 2008.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2025
AUKUS set to further fuel Australia’s hottest housing market
By Swati Pandey
Around $16 billion is due to be poured into Western Australia’s Perth over the next decade.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Investors are worried that Japan may be spending beyond its means.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 22, 2025
Takaichi faces market tests from yen to stocks and bonds
By Hideyuki Sano, John Cheng and Momoka Yokoyama
Markets have lost their enthusiasm for Japan’s new prime minister, with about $127 billion wiped off the value of Tokyo-listed stocks over the past week.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaking on Wednesday. On Friday, she said that intervention on the currency markets is a “possible option.”
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 21, 2025
‘Sell Japan’ trade takes a breather as verbal intervention dialed up slightly
By Francis Tang
The stimulus package that so worried the market came in within expectations
Japanese and South Korean tech stocks tumbled Friday, with Softbank falling over 10% amid AI bubble concerns.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 21, 2025
Asia tech stocks tumble on AI bubble fears
Seoul's benchmark Kospi index was trading down nearly 4%, while Tokyo's Nikkei index shed 2.3% in morning trade.
The yen has deepened recent lows against the dollar as the 'sell Japan' trade gains steam ahead of big fiscal stimulus.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 20, 2025
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat as verbal intervention lacking
By Francis Tang
Ahead of superbig fiscal stimulus, officials choose not to talk up the currency.

Spotlight shines on humanoid robots at Tokyo show
A representative from Noitom Robotics demonstraties remote robot operation at the iREX International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Friday.
Suspected tokuryū masterminds in Tokyo-area robberies arrested
Takuya Saito, 26, is one of four men arrested by Japanese police on Friday on suspicion of masterminding a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
LDP and JIP submit bill to eliminate at least 45 Lower House seats
Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party lawmakers present a bill to reduce at least 45 Lower House seats by the end of next year, for submission on Friday.
Tourism industry wary of prolonged impact of Japan-China tensions
The Nakamise shopping street in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, a popular destination for inbound tourists
Japanese government plans to launch new intelligence bureau in July
The Diet building in Tokyo
Will Takaichi bank on her high approval ratings to call a snap election?
While media polls show a high support rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet, the support for the LDP is not as great, meaning there’s no guarantee of a coattail effect if a snap poll is called.
‘Black Box Diaries’ is Shiori Ito’s unflinching case for the truth
“Black Box Diaries” documents Shiori Ito’s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
Kashima or Kashiwa: J. League title chase goes down to the wire
Kashima's Yuma Suzuki (center) takes a shot during a game against Kashiwa in March.
2025 was the year Japan’s box office returned
In 2025, “Demon Slayer” and “Kokuho” broke box-office records, while films such as “Renoir,” A Pale View of the Hills” and “Two Strangers, Two Seasons” garnered acclaim on the international film festival circuit. The year’s biggest loss was the death of Tatsuya Nakadai, an highly regarded actor who had worked with nearly all of the top directors of Japanese cinema’s postwar golden age.
The key points under discussion on policies affecting foreign nationals
Visitors head to Shirakawago, a popular tourist spot, in Gifu Prefecture in November.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Yumi Matsutoya began her decades-long career under her maiden name, Yumi Arai, but Japanese fans might know her better as “Yuming.”
Yumi Matsutoya’s human touch in an AI age
By Patrick St. Michel

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