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[ad_1] Donald Trump is yearning for a blowout victory in Monday’s Iowa Republican caucus as Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis aim to get close enough to the front-runner to prolong their 2024 presidential bids. Old man winter has emerged as an obstacle for all three.Caucus-time temperatures on Monday are forecast to be as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius, which would be the coldest ever for the event, which has […]

[ad_1] SBI Holdings' brokerage arm was temporarily banned from some trades related to initial public offerings after Japan’s financial regulator said it manipulated stocks, in the country’s second major trading scandal in recent years.The Financial Services Agency on Friday instructed the nation’s biggest online broker SBI Securities not to solicit trade orders from clients for shares on the day they list. The curbs are effective through Jan. 18. Officials also […]

[ad_1] LONDON – From the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war nearly 100 days ago, U.S. President Joe Biden and his aides have struggled to keep the war contained, fearful that a regional escalation could quickly draw in U.S. forces.Now, with the U.S.-led strikes on nearly 30 sites in Yemen on Thursday, there is no longer a question of whether there will be a regional conflict. It has already begun. The […]

[ad_1] The year that was in games saw a staggering number of industry layoffs with community-based tracking clocking in over 10,000 people being let go. At the same time, it was a year that saw some of the highest caliber of games released, among them Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Final Fantasy XVI.With such a striking dichotomy, debate still rages among fans, developers […]

[ad_1] The Japanese government this week started construction work essential to the relocation of the Futenma Marine base in Okinawa over the objections of the prefectural government and the wishes of many of its citizens.The work and the move are long overdue.We understand the concerns of the Okinawa people. They have borne a heavy, perhaps disproportionate, burden in the Japan-U.S. alliance. But the base must be moved. The failure to […]

[ad_1] Left-hander Shota Imanaga has officially agreed to a four-year deal with the Chicago Cubs worth a reported $53 million. Multiple outlets reported earlier this week that the Japanese southpaw was headed to the Cubs after eight seasons with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the Central League. He was posted for MLB free agency by the club late last year. Imanaga's contract includes a team option to extend the deal […]

[ad_1] Local authorities on Friday began construction of temporary housing units for people whose homes were damaged by the powerful earthquake that struck the Sea of Japan coast on New Year's Day.The Ishikawa Prefectural Government is building 115 makeshift houses across four locations in Wajima and Suzu, two cities hit hard by the magnitude 7.6 quake, and aims to have them completed in a month.Due to severe damage to roads […]

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged to visit a chain of islands in Russia's Far East region, including those disputed by Japan, further complicating the strained ties between both countries amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. At a town hall meeting in the Khabarovsk region that was broadcast on state television, Putin said he would make a trip to the Kuril Islands, though he did not say when. […]

[ad_1] Japan posted a record current account surplus of ¥1.93 trillion in November, helped by a smaller trade deficit and the revival of inbound tourism, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The current account surplus, one of the widest gauges of international trade, expanded 8.7% from a year earlier, marking the 10th straight month of black ink. Japan's trade deficit more than halved to ¥724.1 billion as imports fell more than […]