The number of babies born in Japan fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low 720,988 in 2024, the health ministry said on Thursday, the latest data underscoring the rapid shrinkage and ageing of the country's population.
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Japan beats U.S. 2-1 for SheBelieves Cup women's soccer title
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The USWNT and Japan are set to face off in the 2025 SheBelieves Cup final on Wednesday at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California.
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Japan beats USWNT 2-1 to win SheBelieves Cup, marking first loss of Emma Hayes era
Japan told its G20 counterparts that free, open and rules-based trade was important to sustain global economic growth, a senior finance ministry official told reporters on the sidelines of a gathering of the group's finance leaders on Wednesday.
Japan's top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Wednesday he did not see any disparity between recent rises in the yen and a slew of positive economic data, underscoring Tokyo's view that the currency's rebound was broadly in line with an improving economy that could justify hikes in Japan's interest rates.
The stakes are in somewhat of a contrast with the reality, though -- win, lose or draw, this is far from the end of the road for a youth-focused version of the U.S., with today's game serving as more of a stepping stone than anything else.
Japanese railroad operators have also started offering baggage transportation services. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON: The United States will remove transgender troops from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis, the Pentagon said in a Wednesday (Feb 26) memo. The memo became publ
The number of newborns in 2024 fell 5% from the previous year to 720,988, extending a nine-year streak of declines.
Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek.
Japan has already seen 24 takeover bids, or TOBs, so far in 2025, according to data compiled by Bloomberg as of Tuesday. If that pace is sustained, they may exceed 100 this year for the first time ever. In 2024, there were already 94 such deals, the most since at least 1998.
Shares of five Japanese trading houses were on a tear after Buffett wrote in Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder letter on Saturday that it would increase its investment in the companies. Berkshire first started buying shares in five Japanese trading house giants — Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo — in July 2019.
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