MUFG profit beats estimates capping bumper quarter for Japan’s banks
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s profit has risen more than analysts anticipated, capping another bumper quarter…
Sanrio characters join forces with your favorite Japanese snack mascots as prizes at Family Mart
The convenience store chain offers the summer’s most kawaii collab by bringing 26 characters from…
NTT Data said to eye ¥1.5 trillion outlay for Japan data centers
NTT Data Group expects to spend at least $9 billion through 2033 to quadruple computing…
Municipalities in Fukushima struggle to recruit workers
Many municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are struggling to hire workers, prompting them to recruit former…
Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test]
Premium-priced hiyashu chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches. With the summer heat…
Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists
Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world. Garigari-kun…
Beyond the language of decline: Hope for democratic renewal
A thoughtful essay by a Japanese author, circulated anonymously within a private discussion group to…
Takaichi meets victims, local leaders in quake-struck Kumamoto
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi traveled to Kumamoto Prefecture on Monday, where she spoke to victims…
How Canada can gear up for the Arctic ‘Great Game’
At the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada repeatedly…