Новости за 07.05.2024

JFE Holdings plans to ramp up overseas investments as part of a long-term drive to double profits, Japan's No. 2 steelmaker said on Tuesday, as it posted a 21.4% rise in annual net profit but also flagged a smaller increase for this year.

Players and investors have been hungry for news about a successor to the Switch, and the company said a statement was finally forthcoming.

Police suspect the Tokyo couple's murder was orchestrated by their daughter's common-law husband, who managed some of the restaurants they operated.

Some point to a shift in the nation’s security stance, while opposition party lawmakers indicate a general apathy among the media to cover the story.

The move comes after allegations China attempted to meddle in the last two Canadian elections.

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Europe's right-wing parties have made cancelling the 2035 deadline to phase out sales of internal combustion engine cars a rallying cry.

Despite the drop in COVID-19 cases, childhood infectious diseases and the flu have spread in the country over the past year.

Investors are worried because the $26 billion proposal is larger than the Japanese electronics company's cash holdings.

Economic security started out as a defensive concept, but it has now been weaponized to include an offensive element, morphing into a geoeconomic tool.

Chinese tourists hit the road in greater numbers during the recent five-day Labor Day holiday but kept a tight grip on their wallets, reflecting still-weak sentiment in the world’s second-largest economy.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal for the Gaza Strip, but Israel’s war Cabinet unanimously rejected it as "far from Israel’s necessary demands,” dashing hopes for an immediate pause in the fighting.

In bars tucked away in alleys and at salons and bookstores around Shanghai, women are debating their place in a country where men make the laws.

Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreign exchange moves, the government's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, reinforcing Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday it was unacceptable for Australian defense personnel to be put at risk in international airspace by the Chinese military as they took part in an operation to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun considering the idea of disclosing the usage of so-called policy activity funds, sources in the party have said, amid a funding scandal roiling the LDP.

The Pentagon has outlined the type of inexpensive, unmanned systems it plans to field next year under its Replicator program to help offset China’s military advantage in personnel and manned equipment and deter a potential invasion of Taiwan.

All of Daihatsu's four finished vehicle assembly plants in Japan are back online for the first time in about four months.

As India votes in a six-week general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image adorns everything from packs of rice handed out to the poor to large posters in cities and towns.

The protests drew national attention, inspiringf similar demonstrations at dozens of universities around the country.

Tokyo Disney Resort is opening a new ¥320 billion ($2 billion) section celebrating some of its most popular fantasy franchises — the biggest expansion yet in Japan as Walt Disney invests heavily in theme parks globally.

While Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration struggled amid a slush funds scandal embroiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has been underpinning it on the diplomatic front.

Japanese companies are increasingly engaging in upcycling efforts, or adding new value to used products and waste materials, as part of their environmental and social contributions and to generate profits.

Some resolutions to labor tribunal cases in Japan may include a "nondisclosure" clause that prohibits workers from divulging the details of the decision, even if they do not consent to the ban.

In all her 74 years, Lorena Martins had never seen anything so horrible: a torrent of foul, rust-colored flood water engulfing her modest home in Brazil, taking away everything but her family.