Gearoid Reidy
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Collapsed Cakes And The Price Of Perfection In Japan
Japanese consumers are used to demanding the best. But amid a labor crunch, they might have to start paying more.
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Collapsed Cakes And The Price Of Perfection In Japan
Japanese consumers are used to demanding the best. But amid a labor crunch, they might have to start paying more.
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Godzilla, Miyazaki, Shohei & Zelda: Japanese Soft Power’s Big Year
2023 was a banner year for Japanese creators, properties and popular figures.
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Godzilla, Miyazaki, Shohei & Zelda: Japanese Soft Power’s Big Year
2023 was a banner year for Japanese creators, properties and popular figures.
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Tokyo Meltdown: A Piece Of Hardware Took Down $6 Trillion Stock Market
A data device critical to the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading system had malfunctioned, and the automatic backup had failed to kick in, leading to a full-day shutdown.
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Omicron Forcing Investors To Face New Challenges In Asia
The threat of the omicron variant is becoming real for many of Asia's biggest countries just as it looks set to subside in some Western nations, and that's complicating investors search for winning share bets in the region.
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Zelda The Movie Shows Nintendo Has Learned Its Lesson
Once regarded as a notoriously hard company to work with, it has clearly learned its lessons.
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Japan’s Leader Is So Unpopular He’s Struggling To Give Money Away
Fumio Kishida sought to dispel a tax-raising image, and a derisive nickname, with a one-time rebate. That’s fallen flat, and the prime minister is floundering.
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Bank Of Japan Leaks Are Making An Awful Mess
Critical decisions by Bank of Japan are more likely to appear in the pages of the domestic media than in official communication.
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Bank Of Japan Leaks Are Making An Awful Mess
Critical decisions by Bank of Japan are more likely to appear in the pages of the domestic media than in official communication.
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Bank Of Japan Leaks Are Making An Awful Mess
Critical decisions by Bank of Japan are more likely to appear in the pages of the domestic media than in official communication.
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BOJ Shuffles Away from YCC, But Don’t Tell Anyone
Japan’s central bank insists it still wants to cap long-term market rates. Actions suggest officials are losing the stomach for it.
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BOJ Shuffles Away from YCC, But Don’t Tell Anyone
Japan’s central bank insists it still wants to cap long-term market rates. Actions suggest officials are losing the stomach for it.
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Wanted: 80-Year-Old Taxi Drivers To Ease Japan’s Labor Crunch
Japan is suffering from a shortfall of workers. That might actually be a boost for its economy.
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Microsoft Buying Nintendo Would Have Been A Disaster
The US tech giant entertained the idea of acquiring the Mario maker, but let’s keep this one in the realm of fantasy.
