How Hello Kitty helped post-WWII Japan conquer the world
Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...
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Japan Post Holdings CEO Masuda to Quit
Tokyo, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan Post Holdings Co. said Friday that Hiroya Masuda will step down as president and CEO in June, after five years in the posts. Masuda, 73, will be replaced by ...
Nashville Post10d
On the map: The history of Nashville Post
Those 25 years went fast. The Nashville Post started as a boutique publication launched as a primarily online entity when printing newspapers still made some economic sense. The quarter-century ...
The Economist28d
Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered
Archive 1945 is a project republishing The Economist’s original reporting on the final year of the second world war. Eighty years on, follow the course of the conflict week by week, in new ...
New York Post8d
Nearly half of Japanese CEOs say they’ll boost investments in America — despite Trump’s tariffs
Nearly half of Japanese business leaders plan to increase their operations in the United States in response to President Trump’s calls for greater foreign investment despite worries over his ...
Stars and Stripes3d
Japan retools evacuation plan for western island chain in event of emergency or attack
An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...
The American Conservative15d
A map of American Empire
A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...
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Japanese Yen and Aussie Dollar News: Retail Sales and China PMIs in Focus
Japan’s retail sales forecast drops to 2% YoY in February, raising questions about BoJ’s rate hike timeline. Average wages rose 3.1% YoY—the fastest in 32 years—previously boosting ...
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Japanese Yen Weekly Forecast: Will Japan’s Wage Growth Signal a BoJ Rate Hike?
Recession fears and BoJ rate hike expectations sent USD/JPY tumbling 1.71% last week, falling to the lowest level since the 2024 Yen carry trade unwind. The pair briefly climbed to a high of 151. ...
as.com15d
Don’t look for it, one of Japan’s most iconic locations is not in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
16th century. Infighting among warlords is bleeding feudal Japan, causing assassinations and political and social instability. Oda Nobunaga undertakes a project to reunify the country, but the ...
Hyperallergic2d
The Japanese American National Museum Is a Site of Remembrance and Belonging
Located in the heart of LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, the museum embraces the Japanese-American experience in all its permutations, including aspects that other persecuted and marginalized ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs27d
Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s Okinawa's jungle. Over 80 years since a major battle, Gushiken shared ...