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Markets Today: Stocks Climb as U.S. Payrolls Report May Prompt a Fed Pause

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are up +0.52%, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are up +0.54%, both at 4-week highs. Stock indexes this morning are moderately higher and extended overnight gains as bond yields fell after this morning’s monthly U.S. payrolls...

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Photos of Hiroshima mushroom cloud over-simplify the bomb, capturing its power but not its tragedy

After seeing “Oppenheimer,” I have become more certain than ever that we must begin looking at the bomb — at all nuclear weapons — in a more nuanced and honest way if our world is to remain livable, writes retired history professor James Huffman.

Chicago Sun-Times

Japan sanctions 3 groups and 4 individuals for supporting North Korea's missile program

Japan’s government is imposing sanctions against three groups and four individuals for supporting North Korea’s missile and nuclear development program

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Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide

Japan's prime minister has staged a televised a disaster drill in which he declared a fictional state of emergency based on a real-life earthquake that devastated the capital region a century ago

The Independent UK

Tokyo braces for another ‘big one’ on 100th anniversary of deadly quake

Japan has learned key lessons from the 1923 earthquake that killed 105,000 people, but rapid growth of the capital has raised the stakes

The Guardian - UK

China Is No Economic Model for America

The country's current struggles show the problems of the Beijing way—and make the case for freedom.

Reason

Chinese President Xi Jinping yet to confirm presence at G-20 summit in Delhi

G-20 Summit in Delhi nears, Chinese President Xi Jinping yet to confirm attendance; other leaders, including U.S. President Biden, U.K., France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Saudi Prince MbS, have confirmed; Russian President Putin and Mexican President Obrador to send representatives. If Xi Jinping doesn’t attend, it is reported that…

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Stocks See Support from U.S. Deflator Report

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.38%. Stock indexes saw support after this morning’s news that...

Barchart

Takeshi’s Castle is back: All you need to know about the Japanese gameshow reboot

Think water guns, slippery slides, and vibrant challenges

Evening Standard

Takeshi’s Castle: The top five challenges on original Japanese gameshow

Skipping Stones and Bridge Ball could be back for Amazon Prime Video series

Evening Standard

In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-old women may not have children: Study

The number of children in Japan has been falling for more than four decades as the appetite for marriage and parenting has waned and financial worries have grown, surveys show.

The Hindu

Japan's Sogo & Seibu department stores are being sold to a US fund as 900 workers go on strike

Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement

The Independent UK

Japan's defense ministry requests nearly 12% budget increase to bolster military's strike capability

Japan's defense ministry is requesting a nearly 12% budget increase that includes two warships with advanced radar and long-range cruise missiles

The Independent UK

Japan's PM visits fish market, vows to help fisheries hit by China ban over Fukushima water release

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant

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Android Central

Google brings Search Labs to Japan and India with multilingual support

Google expands access to SGE to users in Japan and India with a new feature arriving for those in the U.S.

The Conversation

Romantic comedies, Japanese reality television and New Zealand true crime: the best of streaming this September

We have never been more spoilt for choice when it comes to what we can watch on (streaming) television. But the downside of this gluttony of riches is the sheer overwhelm that can come from having to choose your next show.

Total Film

Japan is getting a live-action Pokémon series about playing Pokémon

The series premieres this October

Motorsport

Kobayashi hopes to open NASCAR doors for Japanese drivers

Ex-Formula 1 racer Kobayashi added his name to the growing list of international racers to try their hand at NASCAR in recent times when he joined Toyota squad 23XI Racing for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard in August, finishing in 33rd place.

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The Independent UK

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

The Guardian - UK

Takeshi’s Castle is back! UK television gets its best ever version of the Japanese gameshow

Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis host a fun, refreshing reboot of the classic show. Brace yourself for charm, dodgy sets and ludicrously difficult challenges

Wallpaper

Japanese hair art: Yumeko Yume’s retro Osaka salon

An Osaka salon is the next stop in this photographic odyssey, exploring vibrant and varied Japanese hair art

The Guardian - AU

Japan and South Korea should be invited to join Aukus, UK parliamentary committee says

Influential UK foreign affairs select committee recommends Japan and South Korea join the security partnership to develop critical technology

Fortune

Just as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle

Japan may be emerging from a 25-year battle with deflation, the government said.

Windows Central

Former Sony executive joins Xbox to lead Japanese partnership operations

An update to Mena Sato Kato's LinkedIn reveals that the former Sony VP of Mobile Business has been hired by Xbox in a new role as the Director for Partnerships in Japan.

Newsroom.co.nz

Swimming's young and restless

Just back from the World Aquatics swimming championships in Japan, teenager Summer Osborne has now left for her next big test, the world junior champs in Israel

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