Month: January 2024

[ad_1] There’s been a shake-up in the passport world.For the past five years, Singapore and Japan have boasted the world’s most powerful travel documents, granting their citizens access to more countries without a prior visa than anyone else. This year, however, things have changed.Four European countries have moved up share the top spot on the Henley Passport Index 2024 with those Asian nations. Residents of France, Germany, Italy and Spain […]

[ad_1] Fast Retailing said on Thursday that strong overseas sales drove a 25% rise in first quarter operating profit, as the Uniqlo operator charts a third-straight year of record earnings.Profit was ¥146.7 billion ($1.01 billion) in the three months through November compared with ¥117.1 billion a year earlier.The consensus forecast was for ¥137.9 billion, according to the average estimate of five analysts surveyed by LSEG. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Despite what was largely seen as a swift response to the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the Sea of Japan coast on New Year's Day, a week later the government is catching some flak from the opposition.Sixteen hours into the new year on Jan. 1, the Hokuriku region was shaken by a powerful quake with its epicenter on the Noto Peninsula, a sparsely populated strip of land stretching out […]