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Japan Shares May Extend Tuesday's Losses
The Japan stock market on Tuesday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had surged more than 1,120 points or 2.8 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 43,550-point plateau and the losses may accelerate on Wednesday. The global...

Japanese Manufacturers Relocating Headquarters
Newsfrom Japan Economy Aug 20, 2025 08:30 (JST) Tokyo, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--Toshiba Corp., Fujitsu Ltd. and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response...

Details of New Technology Govt Will Use to Curb Road Accidents
The government has announced the development of a database to monitor national traffic accidents in a bid to tackle the alarming rise in road carnage countrywide. This initiative is part of a broader safe system approach to road safety and will be...

Will Texas Tech football play a game overseas? AD Kirby Hocutt weighs in
Every year from 1977 through 1993, a late November or early December regular-season college football game was played in Tokyo, Japan. The game, then known as the Coca-Cola Classic, showcased the Texas Tech football team against Oklahoma State on...

Silverline Technologies logs multi-fold increase in Q1 profit
Silverline Technologies, a software and business solutions company, has reported multi-fold increase in June quarter net profit at ₹11 crore against ₹2 lakh logged in the same period last year. Revenue in the quarter under review was up at ₹100...

Morning Bid: Tech angst on AI doubts
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets In markets, the trigger for sudden confidence swoons is often elusive, particularly when looking at periodic...
European shares steady as tech-led selloff jitters cool
European shares steadied on Wednesday, as a tech-led selloff on Wall Street that has rippled through equity markets eased, while currency and rates traders honed in on a key meeting of central bankers later this week. The pan-European STOXX 600...

Asian shares decline as tech selloff hits Wall Street, dollar gains some ground
SINGAPORE: Shares in Asia fell on Wednesday, weighed down by a tech-led selloff on Wall Street, while the dollar gained some ground ahead of a key meeting of central bankers later in the week. Oil prices inched higher after falling in the previous...

Fireball lights up night skies across western Japan
Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies across the country’s west on Tuesday night as it fell. A Kyodo News livestream of a volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture...

Gravity Media’s London Production Centre expansion reaches far beyond its walls with Calrec Argo and True Control 2.0 technology
Completing its latest expansion phase, Gravity Media’s Production Centre facility in London White City has extended its remote and distributed production capabilities with the addition of three Calrec Audio Argo consoles and ImPulse DSP cores to...
Duckworth heads to Japan to boost Illinois' quantum chances in race against China
Sen. Tammy Duckworth landed in Japan early Wednesday on a trip aimed at bolstering Illinois’ relationships around quantum technology, supply chain and national security. And a huge focus is beating China in the race to create a functioning quantum...

Springboks and Japan to play first rugby match at Wembley in nine years
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Eliminating Japanese beetles a daunting task for Wisconsin fruit growers
Since they first appeared in the United States over 100 years ago, Japanese Beetles have made their presence known in gardens, orchards and vineyards across much of the eastern and midwestern states. Just the sight of the shimmering, metallic...

Japan’s defense minister visits Turkey for talks on defense cooperation, drones
A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defense & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. [Umit Bektas/Reuters] Japan’s defense minister will hold talks in Turkey on Tuesday on defense industry...

Russia releases declassified documents showing Japanese Unit 731's atrocities of human experiments in China
The ruins of the site of Unit 731 of the Japanese invaders in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province Photo: IC The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Tuesday released on its official website declassified...

Palantir Continues To Decline In Pre-Market As Valuation Concerns Mount—Citron Research Targets Overvaluation
Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR declined 0.95% to $156.08 during pre-market on Wednesday, extending its 9.35% drop from Tuesday's regular trading, despite expanding its partnership with Fujitsu Ltd. The continued slide comes amid valuation...
STI rises 0.1% despite US big tech sell-off
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 277 to 256, with 1.48 billion securities worth S$1.49 billion changing hands [SINGAPORE] Equities in Singapore rose slightly on Wednesday (Aug 20), as the market reacted to a sell-off among US big...

Breaking News: Japan scrambles fighter jets as Russian Tu-95MS bombers approach airspace boundary
Tu‑95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted a high-profile six-hour patrol flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan on August 19, 2025, prompting the immediate scramble of Japanese fighter jets. The Russian...

Denis Puric sends message to Japanese fans ahead of Takeru showdown: “I promise to give you an unforgettable fight”
The Bosnian-Canadian kickboxing veteran, Denis ‘The Bosnian Menace’ Puric, is feeling honored to be stepping into the Circle against Japanese megastar ‘Natural Born Krusher’ Takeru Segawa later this year. However, the 40-year-old veteran knows he...

Podcast: Should We Make Viruses More Dangerous – For Science?
Welcome to Season 2 of Entanglements. In the first episode, hosts Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild ask: Should scientists be allowed to do gain-of-function experiments? It’s a question that has been long debated in virology and beyond — and that...