Deluge of Trump tariffs seen hitting household budgets
[Japan Today] - 03/5/2025
Consumer items ranging from avocados and strawberries to electronics and gasoline look poised for price hikes in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and…
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Japan retailer Trial to acquire supermarket Seiyu for ¥380 bil
Japanese discount supermarket chain operator Trial Holdings Inc said Wednesday it will acquire rival Seiyu Co for (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Pope marks start of Lent in hospital
Pope Francis celebrated the start of the Lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Chinese student found guilty in British court of drugging and raping 10 women
A Chinese PhD student was found guilty Wednesday in a London court of drugging and raping 10 women in England and (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
FIFA to pay $1 billion prize money for Club World Cup
FIFA on Wednesday announced it will pay total prize money of $1 billion to participants in the Club World Cup taking (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Vissel Kobe, Shanghai take control in Champions League last 16
Vissel Kobe took control of their Asian Champions League last 16 clash with Gwangju on Wednesday but Japanese (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Super-sub Elliott hands Liverpool win over PSG in Champions League
Liverpool snatched a late winner to beat Paris Saint-Germain away 1-0 in the first leg of their heavyweight (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho, but Musk trying to do business in there
U.S. President Donald Trump says no one has ever heard of Lesotho. The foreign minister of the small African kingdom (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
108-year-old Japanese woman recognized as world's oldest female barber
A 108-year-old woman from eastern Japan was officially recognized Wednesday by the Guinness World Records as the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
New Zealand fires top diplomat in London after he questions Trump's grasp of history
New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a "deeply disappointing" remark questioning (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Judge denies Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk's request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
U.S. tax agency weighs firing half of its 90,000 employees
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees, (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
