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Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025

Japan’s $132 billion borrowing binge reshapes global credit

Underscoring the unprecedented shift onto the global stage, annual overseas note issuance is on course to exceed debt sales in yen for the first time ever.
Influenza outbreaks began in Japan in late September, earlier than usual, amid increased cross-border travel.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2025

Japan's flu season began in September, earlier than usual amid tourism surge

Basic measures — such as washing hands, wearing masks in crowds and frequent ventilation — are effective in preventing infection.
Global firms are racing to carve out space in Japan’s lending market, betting that demand for private credit will surge, albeit slowly.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2025

Private credit dealmakers face years of heavy lifting in Japan

Building deal flow will require time — and education — as Japanese borrowers grow familiar with how private debt works and what it can offer.
Aryna Sabalenka in action during her WTA Finals group stage match against Jessica Pegula in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
TENNIS
Nov 5, 2025

Sabalenka to take on Kyrgios in 'Battle of the Sexes' match

Sabalenka will face Kyrgios in a modern rendition of tennis icon Billie Jean King's 1973 showdown with fellow American Bobby Riggs
London Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks at an event at Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in London, on June 24.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 6, 2025

Climate-friendly mayors find hope in Trump’s election setback

The results reverberated at a gathering of mayors from around the world in Rio de Janeiro ahead of next week's COP30 United Nations climate talks.
Rory McIlroy arrives for the DP World India Championship 2025 in Rory McIlroy appreciative after PGA chief apologizes for Ryder Cup abuse on Oct. 17, 2025.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Nov 6, 2025

Rory McIlroy appreciative after PGA chief apologizes for Ryder Cup abuse

McIlroy was the center of attention for a hostile home crowd with incessant abuse and a beer even thrown at his wife.
Japan’s major trading houses face a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking coal prices as Chinese steel exports flood Asia, limiting profits for at least six months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2025

Japan’s trading houses brace for more pain from China steel glut

Japan’s major trading houses are facing a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking coal prices as Chinese steel exports flood into Asia and beyond.
The award winners from this year's Tokyo International Film Festival pose for a photo at the closing ceremony on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 7, 2025

‘Palestine 36’ wins top honor as TIFF wraps a 10-day celebration of cinema

The Tokyo International Film Festival closed its 38th edition with a screening of Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet.”
The $1 trillion pay agreement puts Elon Musk on track to become the world's first trillionaire.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2025

Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk

More than 75% of votes were cast in favor of the unprecedented pay plan, the company said Thursday at its annual meeting.
Kaori Sakamoto poses for photos after winning gold at the NHK Trophy in Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2025

Kaori Sakamoto shines at NHK Trophy with season's highest score

The 25-year-old's 227.18 point total firmly established her as a top contender for the Olympics.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2025

Lando Norris extends lead atop F1 standings race with victory in Brazil

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli hung on for a career-best second place, with Max Verstappen an astonishing third for Red Bull after starting from the pit lane.
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is skipping the event to focus on domestic political issues.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2025

Want to fight climate change? Fight ‘climate fatigue’

The public is concerned but disengaged in the lead up to this week’s U.N. climate meeting.
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates with the trophy and champagne after winning the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 11, 2025

Norris now clear favorite for F1 title, barring late twist

Norris is favorite to follow seven-time title-winner Lewis Hamilton as the latest in a line of British world champions.
Jannik Sinner hits the ball during his match against Felix Auger-Aliassime at the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin, Italy, on Monday.
TENNIS
Nov 11, 2025

Sinner dominates injury-hit Auger-Aliassime in ATP Finals opener

Nine days after their duel in the final of the Paris Masters, Sinner was again the strongest, winning 7-5, 6-1.
Hong Kong's Mong Kok wet market. China's economy is advancing, but challenges like a declining gross domestic product share, regional disparities and demographic shifts could hinder its long-term growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2025

Can China catch up with the U.S. economically?

With its GNI per capita having increased steadily in recent years, China has probably evaded the middle-income trap.
Volker Turk, United Nations high commissioner for human rights, attends the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Sept. 8.
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2025

Concentration of corporate power a 'huge' concern: U.N. rights chief

In an interview, Volker Turk pointed out how seven or eight big tech companies now boast more wealth than the entire economies of even industrialized nations.
Shohei Ohtani (left), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (center) and Roki Sasaki of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate in the locker room after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 to win the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center in Toronto, on Nov. 2.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 12, 2025

Ohtani, Yamamoto and Sasaki generate ¥132.8 billion in economic impact

Merchandise sales, broadcasting rights and the popularity of the players are all thought to have contributed to the high number.
Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred (center) won the women's 100-meter final ahead of U.S. runners Sha'carri Richardson (left) and Melissa Jefferson at the 2024 Paris Games
OLYMPICS
Nov 13, 2025

Women's 100-meter final slated for Day 1 at LA28 as officials look to start with bang

Officials said the switch stems from venue logistics at SoFi Stadium, which will host parts of the opening ceremony and swimming.
PokePark Kanto, the first permanent outdoor attraction in the franchise, will open Feb. 5 in the Tokyo suburb of Tama Hills.
LIFE / Travel
Nov 13, 2025

PokePark Kanto set for February opening in Tokyo suburb

Tickets for the new Pokemon-themed area of the Yomiuriland amusement park will be offered via a lottery from Nov. 21.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2025

Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor

Ohtani joined Barry Bonds as the only players to win at least four MVP awards.
Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit will be in the starting lineup against Japan on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 14, 2025

Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit to return to starting lineup against Japan

Louis Rees-Zammit will make his first start for Wales since the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Saturday's clash with Japan in Cardiff after coach Steve Tandy said he was "ready to return."
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson attends the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2025

Ocean activist wanted by Japan vows to continue fight at COP30

Paul Watson, known for environmental activism and activities that disrupted whaling, has been wanted by Japanese authorities for 14 years.
Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim’s visited Brussels last week, telling lawmakers that “global prosperity depends on a strong and free Taiwan.”
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 14, 2025

Taiwan makes inroads into Europe as China hits rough patch with West

The self-ruled, democratic island is circumventing diplomatic obstacles despite Beijing’s efforts to ostracize it.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi talks with Japan’s then-leader, Shinzo Abe, her mentor, at the Lower House of Parliament in December 2014. Takaichi, under so-called Abenomics 2.0, must convert the nation’s asset boom into broad-based economic prosperity benefiting all. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2025

How Takaichi can make 'Abenomics 2.0' succeed

For now, there is absolutely no evidence that the rise in Japanese asset prices — both stocks and real estate — is feeding a positive wealth effect.
While Fan Bingbing brings emotional energy to the lead role in Chong Keat Aun’s “Mother Bhumi,” the film’s narrative layers don’t coalesce in a satisfying way and ultimately leave the viewer adrift.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2025

At TIFF, East Asia’s veteran stars tread new territory with mixed results

Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro stepped into their darkest roles yet — but the stories didn’t rise to meet them.
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 14, 2025

Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan

They are designed not to fluctuate in value, and that's precisely what makes them attractive.
Shohei Ohtani has won four MVP awards in MLB after his latest win this season.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2025

Japanese fans express pride after Shohei Ohtani wins fourth MVP Award

Ohtani was named American League MVP with the Angels in 2021 and 2023 and has won the award in the National League with the Dodgers in the past two seasons.
England's Brydon Carse warms up during the Ashes tour warm-up match between England and England Lions XI at Lilac Hill Park in Perth, Australia, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 16, 2025

Ashes to Ashes, cricket's oldest rivalry endures

Attention spans have shortened in the era of smartphones and social media, but generations of cricket fans remain enthralled by the Ashes.
U.S. President Donald Trump hit India with a $100,000 fee on new applications under the H-1B visa program, which is widely used by Indian and American tech firms to bring in skilled workers from abroad.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2025

India’s top tech schools see opportunity in Trump’s H-1B curbs

With annual campus recruitment season set to begin in a few weeks, the country’s brightest engineers no longer see U.S. jobs as essential for success.
Japan wing Kippei Ishida dives over the line to score a try during the Autumn Nations Series International rugby union test match between Wales and Japan at the Principality Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 16, 2025

Wales' Evans denies Japan historic win with last-gasp penalty

For Wales, it ended a run of 10 successive home defeats stretching back to 2023 and ensured that they stay above Japan in the world rankings.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
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.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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