'Over 200 emails a day': Japan gov't swamps local bodies with inquiries amid digital push

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, housing the offices of the Japanese government's Digital Agency, is pictured in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in this file photo taken on Oct. 24, 2023. (Mainichi/Tsuyoshi Goto) Local governments in Japan receive a flood of...

Weekly Chinese Horoscope, November 3–9: Love, money and luck predictions

Rat Horoscope Ganesha says this week will be good for unmarried people; their marriage proposal may get approved. Your love life is not looking anything special. Married people will have to face stressful situations in domestic life due to another...

South Korea's Lee urges China's Xi to help resume talks with North Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the...

South Korea's Lee, China's Xi set for summit talks, with Seoul saying ...

Gyeongju, November 1 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold their first summit talks on Saturday, with Seoul saying the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula is on the agenda. The two...

Piyush Goyal Urges Startups To Develop Frontier Technologies In India

Bengaluru: There is a need to scale domestic capital, nurture homegrown funds, and encourage startups to contribute to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ by developing frontier technologies in India, according to Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal....

EU, Central Asia Push Efforts on Skills, Employability at High-Level Meeting in Turin

TURIN – Government officials, experts, and policymakers from Central Asia and the European Union gathered on Oct. 30-31 in Turin for the fourth high-level meeting of the EU-funded 10 million euro DARYA program. DARYA is the European Union’s...

Broader Markets Extend Gains For Second Week Despite FII Selling, Weak Global Cues

Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) The domestic broader market ended higher for the second consecutive week despite market volatility driven by persistent foreign investor selling, mixed quarter earnings (Q2 earnings), global geopolitical uncertainty and the US...

India pushes for "collaborative approch rather than extractive" with Africa on critical minerals

New Delhi : As global powers race to secure Africa's vast reserves of critical minerals, India is positioning itself as a partner committed to fair, inclusive, and sustainable growth across the continent, IOL reported. At the 20th CII India-Africa...

ASM Pacific Technology (ASMVF) Receives a Hold from J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan analyst Gokul Hariharan maintained a Hold rating on ASM Pacific Technology on October 30 and set a price target of HK$76.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $10.40. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks...

Credit Fiasco Rocks Private Lending Industry, Forcing Fed to Stay Cautious

BlackRock was late to get into the $3 trillion per year private credit industry. The Wall Street Journal reported that BlackRock is now trying to recover hundreds of millions of dollars after falling victim to what they called a “breathtaking”...

Japan’s KEPCO Buys Majority Stake in Ireland’s Simply Blue Energy

Published Oct 31, 2025 5:42 am ET (Credit: Simply Blue Group) Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) has signed a share subscription agreement with Ireland’s Simply Blue Group’s offshore wind development arm, Simply Blue Energy OSW (SBE OSW)....

Edging Toward Japan: Does Japan have a flavour all its own?

Jiro Ono, 99, Japanese sushi chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, demonstrating the "Sushi Restaurant of the Future" in March 2015. (Mainichi) By Damian Flanagan A few years back I conducted an online interview with the veteran writer, translator...

Delhi air quality crisis: Companies embrace remote work as residents seek cleaner getaways

Worsening air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region is forcing India Inc staff to take cover by working from home, temporarily shifting to less polluted areas in the Himalayan foothills or any other location offering cleaner air. The past...

India should halt Russian oil imports, press US to withdraw punitive tariffs: GTRI

India should halt Russian oil imports, press US to withdraw punitive tariffs: GTRI India should halt sanctioned oil imports, press for tariff withdrawal, and resume trade talks with the United States only on fair terms, the Global Trade Research...

Michael Burry Issues ‘Bubble’ Warning after Two-Year Hiatus – Is He Shorting the Market?

The Big Short investor, Michael Burry, is back after two years of silence with a warning about a potential market “bubble.” He posted a cryptic warning on social media platform X for the first time since April 2023. Burry suggested the market is...

Suspected Chinese actors compromise U.S. Telecom firm Ribbon Communications

Suspected Chinese actors compromise U.S. Telecom firm Ribbon Communications A nation-state actor, likely a China-nexus one, hacked the U.S.-based technology company Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications is a U.S.-based technology company...

'US-China trade truce sigh of relief for global economy'

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday welcomed the recent trade truce between the United States and China, calling it a "sigh of relief" for the global economy. Speaking to the Philippine media on the sidelines of the...

Japan, Egypt Pledge Stronger Partnership in Cairo

Sat 01 Nov 2025 | 10:45 PM Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ayano Kunimitsu, met with Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriate Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, in Cairo on November 1 to discuss deepening bilateral ties and...

Grand Sumō Hits London: Success for Second Five-Day Tournament Ever Outside Japan

From October 15 to 19, London’s historic Royal Albert Hall played host to an exhibition tournament featuring Japan’s top sumō wrestlers. The event has created a legion of new fans and given Britain’s small but sturdy amateur sumō scene a mighty...

Grains rally on China trade deal while cattle bear stabilizes

Happy Halloween and the start of November market watchers! It is the beginning of the holiday season and there is nothing better than seeing how excited my kids are to kick it off with costumes and candy. Temperatures are dropping and the feel of...