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S&P Futures Tick Lower Ahead of FOMC Meeting Minutes and More Retail Earnings

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are trending down -0.13% this morning, continuing to drop after a tech-led selloff in the prior session, while investors await the Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes, comments from Fed officials, and earnings reports from more retail heavyweights.

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“The Japan team is free to create guitars with a fresh perspective”: Fender Japan remains a mystery to the western world. I went behind the scenes and found out why its guitars are so radically different – and what’s stopping them reaching the US

Fender Japan makes some of the iconic guitar firm’s most exciting products, but we know very little about how it operates… until now

Guitar World

Revealed: The city that’s been named No 1 in the world for a ‘workation’

Tokyo tops global ranking, with judges praising its blend of culture, connectivity and access to nature

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Japan Hosts African Leaders For Development Conference

Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, conflict and climate change.

International Business Times

Palantir, AMD, Oracle, Viking And Nvidia: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today

U.S. stock indices closed mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.02% to 44,922.27. The SP 500 slipped 0.6% to 6,411.37, while the Nasdaq saw a steeper drop, tumbling nearly 1.5% to 21,314.95.These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors…

Benzinga

Denshattack is a game where you do Tony Hawk stunts with Japanese trains whose developers would not confirm whether I can make a train do a Christ Air

I want to believe.

PC Gamer

Fall Travel Outlook: 15 Amazing International Flight Deals To Look Out for

Fall travel deals are heating up! Discover 15 amazing international flight bargains to top destinations—perfect for budget-savvy globetrotters.

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46 Americans Share How Being Abroad Changed Them Through These Reverse Culture Shocks

Expats, have you experienced any form of reverse culture shock?

Bored Panda

This Fujifilm compact camera has done it again – outselling mirrorless rivals, while the X100VI vanishes from the charts

Despite fierce mirrorless competition, this compact camera claims the crown in Map Camera's list of best-selling cameras for July 2025

Digital Camera World

Stock Index Futures Muted as Focus Turns to Retail Earnings, U.S. Housing Data Awaited

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are down -0.09%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are down -0.08% this morning as earnings from the nation’s retail heavyweights kicked off, shifting the focus to the strength of the American consumer.

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Palantir And Fujitsu Deepen Partnership With New Generative AI Agreement

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) deepened its partnership with Fujitsu Ltd. (OTC:FJTSY) through a new licensing deal signed Aug. 5, 2025, granting Fujitsu the rights to offer the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) in Japan. The arrangement expands Fujitsu’s access to Palantir’s generative AI technology, with plans to extend globally later…

Benzinga

Japanese convenience stores stop selling fresh food after staff caught falsifying expiry dates

Workers in 23 Ministop stores either delayed labelling or replaced stickers with false dates

The Independent UK

Supervolcanic 'hell' caldera in Japan is home to 17 different volcanoes — Earth from space

A 2012 astronaut photo shows the striking beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera, a "supervolcanic" structure home to more than a dozen volcanoes and "hellish" hot springs. It was formed by several major eruptions spanning more than 200,000 years.

LiveScience

"Quite often, and which felt very Zelda side-questy, we just have Japanese people who are so welcoming and surprised to see you": How finding The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild locations in real life led fans up and down Japan for 2 years

Interview | Two video game investigators find Zelda in Japan, and find Japan in Zelda

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Horrified hiker watches as friend is dragged off trail by aggressive bear in Japanese forest

A 26-year-old man was attacked while descending a mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido

The Guardian - UK

Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel

Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human?

Euronews

German FM Wadephul criticises China over 'aggressive behaviour' and support for Russia

During a trip to Japan on Monday, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul also criticised China for its "support for the Russian war machine" amid Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now well into its fourth year.

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Stocks Set for Muted Open as Investors Await Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting and Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are down -0.13%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are down -0.15% this morning, starting the week on a cautious note as investors await U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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The Guardian - US

Trump is promising a US manufacturing renaissance. Many experts are dubious

Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rollout

The Guardian - UK

Can you solve it? Are you a matcha for these tasty Japanese puzzles?

Brain food from the land of rising sums

Benzinga

Circle-Backed Company's Yen Stablecoin Nears Official Approval In Japan (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comments from the Financial Services Agency of Japan

Homes & Gardens

Lauren Graham bought this all-purpose rice cooker on a whim – now it's her go-to, super-efficient kitchen essential under $210

The Gilmore Girls star uses a traditional Japanese clay rice cooker to make the perfect bowl of rice (as well as keep soups piping hot)

The Independent UK

Why America wants ship builders from South Korea and Japan

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US seeks shipbuilding expertise from South Korea and Japan to counter China

American lawmakers are using a trip to South Korea and Japan to explore how the United States can tap those allies’ shipbuilding expertise and capacity to help boost its own capabilities

GOBankingRates

Cars From These 4 Countries Got Way More Expensive in 2025

Car prices rose just $97 in 2025 -- but vehicles from the U.K., Japan and more saw major price hikes. See which imports got cheaper, too.

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