The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Russian and Chinese warships began joint drills in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, part of a major naval exercise that will see Moscow sail through waters spanning the Northern Hemisphere and Pacific.

Japan's new state-of-the-art supercomputer, which is due to cost more than $750 million to build, is set to turn on by 2030.

57 countries including the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Israel, Argentina and Japan are all involved in the safety regulations

Eels use tail-first technique to back up digestive tract of fish towards oesophagus before coming out of gills

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.38%. Higher T-note yields today are supporting moderate gains in the dollar. The dollar is also climbing on reduced speculation that the Fed will cut interest rates aggressively as swap markets are discounting the chances for a 50 bp rate cut...

Celtic player Reo Hatate has made a brutal self-assessment about his international career with Japan

Japan's economy grew at 2.9% in Q2 driven by wages and spending, but faces risks from the U.S. economy and political uncertainty.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are up +0.74%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.95% this morning, partially rebounding from Friday’s losses driven by weaker-than-expected U.S. payroll numbers, while investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data later in the week.

Melbourne-based Tony Yap is a leading figure in Australian interpretations of the abstract Japanese dance form of butoh and what he calls “trance dance”. In butoh and trance, movers consider the body as a porous receptacle for spirits and forces from outside of it, and which comes to move it.