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[ad_1] Seven & I Holdings has detailed plans to rename itself and shed dozens of noncore businesses, accelerating restructuring efforts as it tries to fend off a buyout proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard.The Japanese retailer, which said its new tentative name will be 7-Eleven Corp., also cut its operating profit outlook for the 12 months through the end of February to ¥403 billion ($2.7 billion) on weaker sales at convenience stores […]

[ad_1] Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold multitranche bonds worth ¥281.8 billion ($1.89 billion) on Thursday in a deal that’s fueling speculation the legendary investor will increase his exposure to Japanese assets.The firm priced a seven-part bond deal with tenors spanning three to 30 years in Berkshire’s biggest yen-denominated deal since its debut sale in 2019. The sale means Berkshire is the largest foreign issuer of yen bonds this year, raising […]

[ad_1] San Diego – Mookie Betts and Will Smith homered in the early innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers used a makeshift lineup to keep their season alive with an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday.Gavin Lux added a home run and eight pitchers combined to allow seven hits in a bullpen game as Los Angeles tied the […]

[ad_1] Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university.After arriving on campus, she realized the resistance she faced as a woman was commonplace.She was surrounded by men: just one in 10 researchers at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women, and one in five students. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Monday Oct. 14 marks スポーツの日 (supōtsu no hi, Sports Day), a public holiday in Japan. In the run-up this weekend, you may hear lots of vocabulary surrounding 運動 (undō, exercise) and 健康 (kenkō, health) as a result. 普段何か運動してる？ (Fudan nanika undō shiteru?, Do you exercise regularly?)According to a recent study, 高負荷の筋力トレーニング (kōfuka no kinryoku torēningu, resistance training with heavy loads), in other words, ウエイトトレーニング (ueito torēningu, weight training) yields […]

[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden has warned Israel against attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, and U.S. officials worry a strike on its energy infrastructure could roil energy markets.But with Israeli retaliation against Iran expected at any time, the U.S. is finding it has few assurances against further escalation.Biden’s team is pressing Israel to limit its retaliation against Iran for a strike last week to military targets such as air bases and […]

[ad_1] With “The Young Strangers,” Takuya Uchiyama has made both one of the bleakest and most bracing films to come out of Japan this year. The 32-year-old’s commercial debut confirms the promise shown by his 2020 indie sleeper hit, “Sasaki in My Mind.” It’s an audacious and emotionally wrenching film. While its displays of virtuoso technique might sometimes distract from the story it’s telling, the cumulative effect left me breathless.Based […]

[ad_1] Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida’s west coast, packing torrential rainfall and a destructive storm surge that could inundate some of the state’s fastest-growing counties.Milton was 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of Sarasota at 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to an update from the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Vertical wind shear over the Gulf of Mexico has knocked back Milton’s top winds to 120 mph (193 kph), leaving it […]

[ad_1] A new Japanese professional volleyball league, which begins its inaugural season on Friday, will take on the challenges to come while holding big dreams and aspirations, its chairman, Masaaki Okawa, said in a recent interview.The SV. League replaces the V. League as Japan's top volleyball league, following a reform initiative that Okawa has been involved in since autumn 2022.Okawa is a leading figure in the country's sports business world, […]