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[ad_1] The Bank of Japan should gradually raise short-term interest rates and make its bond yield control policy more flexible, if inflation stays around its 2% target and is accompanied by sustained wage growth, the OECD said on Thursday.While the BOJ made tweaks to yield curve control (YCC) last year to loosen its tight grip on long-term interest rates, markets could challenge the policy again if inflation remains above its […]

[ad_1] Washington – Taro Aso, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, voiced a warning Wednesday about China's increased military pressure on Taiwan, saying in his speech in Washington that there should be more peaceful communication between Beijing and Taipei.Aso, a former Japanese prime minister, said, "China's choice of a hasty military unification of Taiwan will only disrupt the international order for its own convenience" and "this must not […]

[ad_1] Karaoke scenes are ubiquitous in contemporary Japanese movies, which is no surprise as the popular pastime originated in Japan. However, characters who can actually sing are rare. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] “Kizumonogatari” is back. Three anime film adaptations of author Nisioisin’s book of the same name, which were released in 2016 and 2017, have been edited together into a single film titled “Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp.”Nisioisin’s long-running “Monogatari” series of so-called light novels (illustrated books targeting young adults) centers on a high school student named Koyomi, who survived an encounter with a vampire. The series prequel, “Kizumonogatari,” reveals the details of […]

[ad_1] Three-meter tsunami waves were recorded at a nuclear plant in Japan after the recent earthquake but did not damage it, its operator said on Wednesday, more than a week after the incident.The revelation served as a reminder of the risks associated with nuclear power in Japan, 13 years after a tsunami wrecked the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in one of the world's worst atomic […]

[ad_1] The magnitude 7.6 quake that struck on New Year’s Day was caused by a movement of active faults in the sea off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula that had been dormant for 3,000 to 4,000 years, Japanese experts have said.Researchers told a symposium hosted by Tohoku University on Tuesday that the slipping of a belt of active faults on the Noto Peninsula and the Sea of Japan explained the big […]

[ad_1] New York – The city of Yamaguchi has been selected for The New York Times' list of "52 places to go in 2024." The city, the capital of the namesake prefecture, "is often called the Kyoto of the West, though it's much more interesting than that," the newspaper said. Small winding lanes in the "compact city" with a population of about 190,000 offer "an assortment of experiences," it said, […]

[ad_1] Naha – The government on Wednesday started construction work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture after overriding the local government's objection and approving a modified landfill plan by proxy — an unprecedented move.The work is to reinforce soft ground at the relocation site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and is projected to take nine years and three months, Chief Cabinet Secretary […]

[ad_1] Russia was on pace for a second year of record oil drilling in 2023, further evidence of the nation’s resilience to Western sanctions.The boom in activity came alongside a recovery in the both volume and value of Russia’s oil exports, a stark illustration of how the country’s fossil fuel industry has been a crucial source of funds for President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, which is about to enter […]