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☆ Mark Zuckerberg is the ultimate American tourist in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg is having some fun in Japan. The Meta chief is off on his Asia tour, and plans to hit South Korea and India next. AdvertisementMark Zuckerberg is on his Asia tour and exploring Japan. A spokesperson for Zuckerberg told Bloomberg that the billionaire was in Japan for a "personal trip" and will head to South Korea on Wednesday. Representatives for Zuckerberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, —, Relatable Zuck, Quentin Tarantino's, Akihira, Instagram, Fumio Kishida, Musk, X, Mukesh Ambani's Organizations: McDonalds, Service, Meta, Japanese, Bloomberg, Business Insider Locations: Japan, Asia, Korea, India, Tokyo, Elon, Odaiba, South Korea

☆ Asia markets largely set to rise ahead of trade and factory activity data from Japan
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

A flag of Japan flies near cargo containers at Tokyo's Odaiba Waterfront on August 6, 2020. Asia-Pacific markets are largely set to rise as investors monitor economic data out of Japan as well as factory activity data from Australia. Japan will release its December trade data and see private surveys from the au Jibun bank on its January purchasing managers index, a day after the Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged. Australia also saw flash PMI surveys from Juno Bank, which showed an expansion in manufacturing activity in January after 11 straight months of contraction. Business activity in the country also saw a softer contraction in January compared to December.

Organizations: Bank of Japan, Juno Bank Locations: Japan, Asia, Pacific, Australia

☆ Japan's TeamLab Readies Renewed Digital Museum in Tokyo Mega Complex
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The name refers to digital art pieces that blend into each other and encourage guests to wander at their own pace. It is due to reopen in February in Mori's new Azabudai Hills complex in central Tokyo. The relocation is part of Mori's strategy of placing cultural attractions in integrated business and residential projects. teamLab has developed a global reputation for its experimental and interactive set pieces that meld images and senses. Previous projects in Tokyo featured digital art mixed with a sauna experience and a laser light show enhanced performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot."

Persons: Rocky Swift TOKYO, Toshiyuki Inoko, Mori, Giacomo Puccini's, Inoko, Rocky Swift, Simon Cameron, Moore Locations: Tokyo Bay, Mori's, Tokyo

[1/5] A member of the teamLab digital art group poses in an installation in preparation for the reopening of their Borderless museum in February at the Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan November 17, 2023. The name refers to digital art pieces that blend into each other and encourage guests to wander at their own pace. The relocation is part of Mori's strategy of placing cultural attractions in integrated business and residential projects. teamLab has developed a global reputation for its experimental and interactive set pieces that meld images and senses. Previous projects in Tokyo featured digital art mixed with a sauna experience and a laser light show enhanced performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot."

Persons: Kim Kyung, Toshiyuki Inoko, Mori, Giacomo Puccini's, Inoko, Rocky Swift, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Bay, Mori's

☆ Elon Musk is on a glittery Tokyo summer vacation with Grimes and his son X. I've been to the same art exhibit he went to, and I've got to say — the man knows what's fun.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk, Grimes, and their son X are in Tokyo. Musk posted videos and photos of TeamLab Planets Tokyo's massive light exhibit. Musk posted a clip of what appeared to be part of the sprawling TeamLab Planets Tokyo exhibit in Odaiba. And it seems Musk and Grimes' son, X, was also in tow, and equally fascinated by the lights. This trip to Japan is Musk's second trip to Asia this year, and his first trip to Japan in close to a decade, per The Japan Times.

Persons: Elon Musk, Grimes, X, Musk, hasn't, Ma Organizations: Makuhari Messe, Japan Times Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Chiba ., Asia, China

☆ Japan logs record merchandise trade deficit in January as export growth slows
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A flag of Japan flies near cargo containers at Tokyo's Odaiba Waterfront on August 6, 2020. Growth in Japan's merchandise exports slowed sharply in January amid weakening Chinese demand for cars and chipmaking machinery, stoking concern about a global slowdown and creating the country's largest trade deficit on record. Trade figures issued on Thursday followed weaker-than-expected gross domestic product data, underscoring the challenge for the Bank of Japan in achieving growth led by private demand while stably sustaining inflation above 2%. "In a nutshell, exports are weakening," said Taro Saito, chief economist at NLI Research Institute. The result was a 3.49 trillion yen ($26.07 billion) deficit in merchandise trade in January, the biggest in records going back to 1979, the data showed.

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