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[ad_1] The appetite for speedy package delivery is skyrocketing worldwide. Americans do more than 15% of their shopping online, with digital purchases of groceries, shoes, pet food and other goods quadrupling over the past decade to $1 trillion a year. Global e-commerce is expected to grow at more than twice the rate of offline purchases, and, by decade’s end, 25,000 packages will be shipped every second, according to an analysis […]

[ad_1] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) signaled it’s getting closer to raising its interest rate for the first time since 2007 in its summary of opinions from last week’s policy gathering, although authorities didn’t hint at a consensus over the specific timing for the move.BOJ board members continued to discuss prospects for ending the negative rate policy at the Jan. 22-23 meeting, with some members indicating conditions that would allow […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s $55 billion pay package at Tesla has been struck down by a Delaware judge after a shareholder challenged it as excessive, in a ruling that would take a giant bite out of Musk’s wealth and put the fate of his companies in question — if the ruling survives a likely appeal.The decision Tuesday, which amounts to Musk's first major loss in court, means that more than five […]

[ad_1] A Thai court is set to rule whether the party that won the most seats in last year’s general election ran afoul of the constitution by promising to loosen Thailand’s royal insult law.The Constitutional Court’s verdict could pave the way for dissolution of the Move Forward party, the country’s largest opposition group, and ban its leaders from politics for a decade.The nine-member court will rule at 2 p.m. in […]

[ad_1] Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Tuesday pledged to promote a "mutually beneficial" relationship with China and make it "constructive and stable" through dialogue, at a time when the Asian powers remain at odds over various issues including territorial claims.In a speech on Japan's foreign policy objectives for 2024 given during an ordinary session of parliament, Kamikawa also expressed wariness over intensifying military cooperation between China, Russia and North Korea, […]

[ad_1] Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday called for the swift passage of a fiscal 2024 budget to help Japan deal with recent inflation through more robust pay hikes and extend "full" support to areas hit by the deadly earthquake on New Year's Day.The ¥112.57 trillion ($763 billion) budget for the fiscal year beginning in April, revised after the magnitude 7.6 quake devastated the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, is […]

[ad_1] Doha – Former Liverpool attacker Takumi Minamino said Monday he was "shocked" by the news that manager Jurgen Klopp will leave the English Premier League club at the end of the season. The 29-year-old Monaco man, currently with the Japan team in Qatar for the Asian Cup, joined Klopp's Liverpool from Red Bull Salzburg during the 2020 January transfer window in the season that they won their first league […]

[ad_1] A new study just published recently in Science makes a compelling case that people with long COVID have a chronic imbalance in their immune response.The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack and needs confirming in larger studies. Still, this is important new piece to the vexing puzzle that is long COVID.One of the challenges with diagnosing and treating long COVID is the dozens of […]

[ad_1] The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has revealed that it is planning to build an underground missile shelter under the Azabu-Juban subway station in Tokyo's Minato Ward, in a move that comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions and concerns over national security.“We have prepared other evacuation facilities in the past, but considering how rocky international affairs are right now we think it's important to prepare for the serious and significant threat of […]