TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Australia urged calm Sunday after Chinese military planes jammed radar on Japanese fighter jets, a month after the Japanese leader’s recent remarks about Taiwan raised tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Japan formally protested the incident, calling it a “very regrettable” and “dangerous” act that “exceeded … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — The pledge by Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the phrase of the year. The ultraconservative Takaichi said the phase in October when she was elected as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Many were initially worried about her … Read more
CNBC host Jim Cramer linked the latest risk move in BTC (BTC) and crypto stocks to growing stress in Japan’s funding markets – and to Strategy’s increasingly tight link to Bitcoin. “This knee-jerk, somewhat vicious, decline smacks of anticipation of hedge funds exploding on Japan’s port-trade, endless worry about ‘harmful’ hypercaler spending and Strategy/Bitcoin since … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved Princess Aiko is often cheered like a pop star. During a visit to Nagasaki with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, the sound of her name being shouted by well-wishers along the streets overwhelmed her parents’ joy. As she turns 24 on Monday, her supporters want to change Japan’s male-only succession … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — A court found that Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional on Friday in the last six cases that are expected to be brought before the Supreme Court for a final and definitive decision, possibly next year. The Tokyo High Court said marriage under the law is largely expected to be … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — A few days after China issued an advisory against travel to Japan, the cancellations began. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alleyway in Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district every year. About 200 have already canceled bookings for her tea ceremony class, since January. “I just hope the Chinese tourists will … Read more