Japan retailer Trial to acquire supermarket Seiyu for ¥380 bil
[Japan Today] - 03/5/2025
Japanese discount supermarket chain operator Trial Holdings Inc said Wednesday it will acquire rival Seiyu Co for 380 billion yen and make it a wholly owned subsidiary, creating…
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New Zealand sets up Champions Trophy final against India with big win over South Africa
Centuries from batting sensation Rachin Ravindra and the ever reliable Kane Williamson powered New Zealand into the (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
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
Trump grants one-month exemption for U.S. automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada
President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Starmer praises sacrifice of British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in oblique rebuke to Vance
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday praised the hundreds of British troops who died fighting in Afghanistan (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Drum support
Members of the Ryukyukoku festival drum band perform outside the Okinawa Cellular baseball stadium, where 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
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
Cyclone's fringe lashes eastern Australia
The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on Thursday, bringing drenching rains and (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
Panama president says Trump 'lying' about reclaiming canal
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump of "lying" (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
China to hike defense spending by 7.2% this year
China's defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its (…)
[Japan Today] - 5/03/2025
Supreme Court reinstates order for Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a lower-court order for the Trump administration to release (…)
[Japan Today] - 6/03/2025
