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[ad_1] Nintendo's recent climb to a record high is looking increasingly stretched as investors wait for news on the successor to its aging Switch game console.Shares of the Mario and Zelda creator have soared 47% in the past year, compared with a 28% gain in Topix. Expectations for a new machine that some have already dubbed the "Switch 2” have fueled gains, although there has been no official word yet […]

[ad_1] In mid-January, at a small gathering in a cantonment town in Myanmar, hard line pro-military monk Pauk Kotaw suggested that the country's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing step down and his deputy take over. The crowd cheered in agreement, according to videos of the event posted on social media.Online, pro-military journalists and bloggers have been similarly direct. "He should resign as commander-in-chief," Ko Maung Maung, a pro-military Youtuber said […]

[ad_1] Nagoya – An explosion occurred Wednesday at a thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture, according to police and other sources. The blast took place at around 3 p.m. at the Taketoyo plant run by Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric Power. Black smoke was coming from the thermal power plant's boiler facility, and the coal conveyor next to it was also on […]

[ad_1] Mitsuko Tottori's appointment as Japan Airlines' next president makes her something of a rarity in Japan — a female head of a well-known company.While Japanese firms have rapidly lifted the number of female board members in recent years, most are outside directors. Change from within is slower in coming.Under pressure from the government, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and foreign investors, firms have been scrambling to improve diversity, including […]

[ad_1] Doha – Japan booked its place in the Asian Cup quarterfinals in Qatar with a 3-1 win over Bahrain on Wednesday.World Cup standout Ritsu Doan and Real Sociedad star Takefusa Kubo scored for the Samurai Blue before a mix-up between goalkeeper Zion Suzuki and striker Ayase Ueda led to an own goal that momentarily gave life to Bahrain.But golden boot candidate Ueda made amends with his fourth goal of […]

[ad_1] Yokohama – Police have arrested an employee of used car dealer Bigmotor for his alleged involvement in cutting down roadside trees in front of a Bigmotor store in Kanagawa Prefecture. Employee Toshiyuki Kamohara, 51, was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of damaging property by cutting down the trees in front of the outlet in the city of Kawasaki, which neighbors the prefectural capital of Yokohama. Kamohara is the first […]

[ad_1] London – Japan defender Daiki Hashioka has joined Luton Town in the English Premier League from Belgian outfit Sint-Truiden for an undisclosed fee, both clubs announced Tuesday.The 24-year-old, predominantly a right-back, joined Sint-Truiden from Urawa Reds in 2021 and played at the Tokyo Olympics. Hashioka has seven senior caps for Japan but did not make the Samurai Blue squad for the ongoing Asian Cup in Qatar."It's always been a […]

[ad_1] A coastline-hugging hiking trail in northeastern Japan has been gaining acclaim with overseas adventurers, raising hopes it will bring a tourism boom to an area that is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] China overtook Japan as the world's biggest vehicle exporter last year, data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) shows.The Chinese auto sector has boomed in recent years largely because of massive investments in electric cars, an area where Japanese firms have been more cautious.Japan shipped 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, according to the JAMA figures released Wednesday. That compared with 4.91 million exported by China, as reported by […]