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The Tokyo Stock Exchange building, operated by Japan Exchange Group
BUSINESS / Markets
Japan Exchange looks at ways to curb crypto hoarding firms
The Tokyo Stock Exchange operator is exploring options including a stricter application of its backdoor listing rules and requiring firms to undergo a fresh audit.
BUSINESS / Markets
Goldman sees U.S. investors flocking to Japan as Nikkei surges
The inflow of U.S. funds reflects the strong performance of Japanese equities in dollar terms this year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Unions slam Trump for giving China a pass on shipbuilding
The union reaction came after Trump touted a trade truce between the world’s largest economies, but shows that the deal came at the expense of some blue-collar workers.
A display shows an advertisement for betting on the New York City mayoral election, featuring New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in Times Square, in New York on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2025
Wall Street girds for life under Mamdani and worries about New York's competitiveness
By Lewis Krauskopf — Saeed Azhar
Wall Street and the finance industry have had broad misgivings about Mamdani and his affordability-focused campaign.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 5, 2025
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
By Aya Wagatsuma — Alice French
Chip-related stocks faced strong selling pressure following overnight falls in U.S. high-tech shares, amid growing caution over recent sharp gains in AI-related equities.
Iron-rich mountains in the Guinea Highlands that daunted Sidiki Kone as a young geologist turned out to hold one of the biggest ore deposits on the planet.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2025
Huge new mine in Guinea with Chinese backing set to upend world iron ore market
By Thomas Biesheuvel — William Clowes
The Simandou deposit is the world’s largest untapped seam of iron ore, with estimated reserves of at least 3 billion tons.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 3, 2025
Trump’s global tariffs to face challenge before Supreme Court
By Beiyi Seow
The court will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of the U.S. president’s unprecedented use of powers.
Science-themed toy electronics kits for children from the brand MicroKits. When tariffs on Chinese imports spiked above 100% this spring, MicroKits’ founder temporarily stopped importing and slowed down production.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 3, 2025
A toy-maker takes his case against Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court
By Jan Wolfe
The U.S. president’s tariffs have hit small- and medium-sized businesses particularly hard.
The Nikkei 225 stock average broke 52,000 just days after breaking 51,000.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 52,000 as records continue to topple
By Francis Tang
The surprise rally remains strong despite significant economic uncertainty.
An electronic quotation board in Tokyo shows the Nikkei 225 stock average topping 51,000 on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 29, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 51,000 for the first time ever
By Francis Tang
The stock index achieved the 50,000 mark just two days ago.

From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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