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☆ World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

KYOTO, Japan — The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space Tuesday in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. Scientists at Kyoto University show LignoSat, the first satellite made from wood, in May. STR / Jiji Press / AFP - Getty Images file“Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood,” said Kyoto University forest science professor Koji Murata. “A wooden satellite should be feasible, too.”Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there’s no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame it, Murata added. A wooden satellite also minimizes the environmental impact at the end of its life, the researchers say.

Persons: ”, Takao Doi, Doi’s, Koji Murata, ” Wood, Murata, Doi, ” Doi, LignoSat, Kenji Kariya Organizations: Kyoto University, homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, International, SpaceX, Space Shuttle, NASA, LignoSat, Jiji Press, Getty, Elon, Station, Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute Locations: KYOTO, Japan, Kyoto

☆ I tried a $1,000 steak at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. It was the ultimate Sin City dining experience.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I tried the $1,000 Beef Case at Papi Steak, the celebrity-loved restaurant at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. AdvertisementWithin minutes of finding our table at Papi Steak, the flashy Miami transplant at the equally flashy Fontainebleau Las Vegas, an EDM song blasts from the speakers. But there'd be no $1,000 Beef Case without the original Papi steak, once just a fixture of Einhorn's star-studded barbecues. When the Fontainebleau Las Vegas opened its doors in 2023, the pair knew they wanted to bring their concept to the West Coast. And in a city like Las Vegas, plenty of hot spots use their Instagram clout and A-list clientele to mask a subpar dining experience.

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☆ L.A. Dodgers win World Series and Trump targets blue states in the campaign's last days: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Another Trump campaign official said that if it is going to a state, it’s because the campaign sees movement there. Los Angeles Dodgers win the World SeriesThe Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as they defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to win the World Series on Oct. 30. This marks the Dodgers’ second World Series in the last five years. More World Series coverage:Ohtani is a national hero across Japan — and especially in his rural hometown , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent. , where fans gathered for a World Series watch party to witness the “once-in-a-century” talent.

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☆ Greatest player ever? After Shohei Ohtani’s first World Series title, there’s a ‘legitimate argument’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Rustin Dodd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

(I’m) extremely honored to be a part of this.”On the field, Ohtani’s first World Series had not gone quite to plan. “I think there’s a legitimate argument that he’s the greatest player to ever play the game,” Friedman said. The case is also historical: The World Series has been played for more than a century. And somewhere was Freddie Freeman, the World Series MVP and two-time champ. “Not just technically, but also my professionalism.”He was, at last, a World Series champion.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Sasaki, Sasaki, Harada, Ohtani, ”, ” Ohtani, Hanamake, Tommy John, Kendrick Lamar, Andrew Friedman, Mark Walter, Walter, Friedman, “, ” Friedman, ’, Kiyoshi Mio, Dave Roberts, Walker Buehler, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, Roy Campanella, Jimmie Foxx, ” Roberts, Stan Kasten, “ We’re Jackie, Sandy, We’re Fernando, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Betts, Freeman, Roberts, “ I’ve, that’s, Mike Lawrence Organizations: Hanamake, High School, Nippon Professional Baseball, Los Angeles Angels, Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Yankee, ” Dodgers, Major, Baseball, of Famers, Dodger Locations: Japan, Hanamake Higashi, Iwate Prefecture, Los Angeles, New York, Hanamake

OSHU CITY, Japan — In Oshu, the small rural town where Shohei Ohtani grew up, baseball is as much a part of the landscape as the farmers’ fields and low-rise hills surrounding it. As they watched Game 4, which aired at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning in Japan, Yasuo Sakamoto, 74, and his wife Keiko, 70, wore the Dodgers jerseys and hats they got when they visited Los Angeles this summer to see Ohtani play. “Even at my age, I’m really awed by him,” Yasuo Sakamoto said of Ohtani. “In Japan when there’s news about Ohtani, it’s bright news. The two teams will play Game 5 in the best-of-seven series at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday — and Japan will be watching.

Persons: Ohtani, Ohtani’s, Yasuo Sakamoto, Keiko, I’m, ” Yasuo Sakamoto, it’s, “ They’re, ”, superfan Hironobu Kanno Organizations: CITY, Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Dodgers, Yankees, Yankee, League, National League MVP, Major League Baseball Locations: Japan, Oshu, Los Angeles, “, Japan’s Iwake

☆ 'Absurdly cheap': Bottom-up investor names Japan sectors — and stocks — to invest in right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Japanese markets have made steady gains so far this week — and one bottom-up investor sees potential for them to advance even further. "When we look at the valuations of a lot of companies, they look absurdly cheap," he added. Department stores Among the segments Kato is looking at favorably in Japan is department stores. His optimism on department stores is an interesting one, given that many have "not expanded for about 30 years." So overall, department stores look quite interesting," he added.

Persons: Mio Kato, Kato, Shigeru Ishiba's Organizations: LightStream Research, CNBC Pro, Nikkei, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Department, Holdings, U.S, Toyota Motor, Nissan, Honda, Toyota Locations: Japan, Southeast Asia, China, U.S

☆ Breakfast with Ohtani: In Japan, watching this World Series may be the national pastime
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Rustin Dodd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

At World Series Media Day on Thursday, no one was a bigger draw than Ohtani. Ninomiya, 59, grew up in the city of Oita, obsessing over books about Japanese baseball history. The comings and goings of Mamiko Tanaka and Ohtani are regular fodder for Japanese morning shows. In Japan, Ohtani is the face of countless advertising campaigns. Ohtani’s presence — along with starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto — could help the Japanese World Series audience approach those heights.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Tatsuo Shinke, Ohtani, Shinke, Emiko, ” Shinke, “, She’s, Katharine Lotze, Michael Jordan, David Beckham, doesn’t, ”, Robert Whiting, —, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago ”, Jordan, ” Emanuel, Whiting, Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Nomo, Japan — Whiting, Suzuki, Yu Darvish, Tomoki Negishi, I’ve, ” Negishi, Masanori, Negishi, I’m, Chen Liang, Ninomiya, ” Ninomiya, ” Ohtani, Ippei Mizuhara, Mizuhara, It’s, Mamiko Tanaka, Stringer, Hiroshi Kitamura, William & Mary, Aaron, Judge, Fernando, Tatis, Ronald, Acuna, Foster Griffin, Griffin, ” Griffin, Ryan Yamazaki, Bobby Valentine, Yoshinobu Yamamoto —, Rob Manfred, “ Smart, ” Yamazaki, Shigeru Ishiba, Machiko Kondo, Kondo, Ichiro, ” Whiting, she’s, Andy McCullough, Sam Blum, Dan Goldfarb, Jayne Kamin Organizations: Mint, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ohtani’s Dodgers, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Dodgers, Padres, National League, Nikkei, Yankees, Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s Pacific League, Ninomiya, UCLA, NHK, Hokkaido, Ham Fighters, Angels, MLB, Pacific, William &, Kansas City Royals, Yomiuri Giants, Mets, Chiba Lotte Marines, Baseball, WBC, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Athletic, Fuji, United Nations Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Ohtani, United States, America, American, U.S, Chicago, —, Ōta, Oita, ”, Hokkaido Nippon, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, South Korea

☆ US and G7 allies moving forward with $50 billion loan package to Ukraine, including $20 billion from the US backed by frozen Russian assets
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Sam Fossum | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US and Western allies are moving forward with a $50 billion loan package to Ukraine backed by the profits of frozen Russian assets, which includes a US contribution of $20 billion, the White House announced Wednesday. “Ukraine will receive the assistance it needs now, without burdening our taxpayers,” said White House deputy national security advisor for international economics Daleep Singh. The US will disperse at least half of its $20 billion loan by this December, according to Singh. European lawmakers on Tuesday approved a loan of up roughly $37.7 billion (35 billion euros) for Ukraine backed by the frozen Russian assets. Should a peace agreement be reached in the conflict, either the Russian assets will stay frozen and generate interest to repay the loans until they’re repaid, or Russia will pay for the damage it has caused.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, ”, Daleep Singh, Donald Trump, Singh, “ We’re, ” Singh, Japan —, Vladimir Putin, CNN’s Kayla Tausche, Arlette Saenz, Nikki Carvajal Organizations: CNN, White House, “, White, European Union, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, United States, Kyiv, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Puglia, Europe, Russia

☆ Netflix and more: Jefferies names stocks set to benefit from a $60 billion anime boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | In Amala-Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Given this potential, the investment bank identified three of its buy-rated global stocks that are "well-positioned in the anime market." Netflix has also invested in its own anime content and turned "classic" anime series into live action productions. "We expect Netflix's anime strategy of licensing top performing Japanese anime series, as well as funding its own animated and live action anime series to continue into the foreseeable future," the bank's analysts wrote. The entertainment giant already operates anime planning and production company Aniplex in its music segment, and anime streaming platform Crunchyroll in its picture segment. Looking ahead, it wants to provide even more support to the anime industry, Jefferies' analysts wrote.

Persons: Jefferies, Sanrio, Bandai Namco Jefferies, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Grand View Research, Bandai Namco, Marvel, Netflix, Sony, Sony Group Locations: Japan —, U.S, Europe

☆ Budget brands are winning in China as people turn to cheap food and fashion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Companies like Japan's Saizeriya, Yum China, and Fast Retailing have recently reported strong sales. There are similarities between Japan's "Lost Decade" of economic stagnation in the 1990s, after the country's asset and credit bubbles burst, and China's economic downturn now. The ethos has benefited companies with budget offerings, including Yum China, which operates KFC and Pizza Hut in the country. Intense competitionHowever, China's market is a fast and furious one — even for winners — and the country's economic downturn has created cut-throat competition with aggressive price wars. As China's economic malaise deepened, boba tea went from premium pricing around $3.50 to $5.50 on average to as little as $1 or less over the last few years.

Persons: —, Hideharu Matsutani, Matsutani, Saizeriya, MingYii Lai, Lai, Uniqlo, boba, Jason Yu, Kantar, BI's Matthew Low, Allison Malmsten Organizations: Retailing, Service, McKinsey, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Daxue Consulting, Shoppers, Yum, Fast Retailing, — Locations: China, Japan, Beijing, Greater China, Yum China

☆ He moved into a 194-square-foot apartment in Japan — and found that downsizing boosted his productivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementBefore LaJuan, 32, moved into his micro-apartment in Nagoya, Japan, he was worried. The shoebox apartment was merely 194 square feet, with a divider separating the living and sleeping space from the kitchen and toilet. Moving to JapanHailing from Trinidad and Tobago, LaJuan first came to Japan in 2016 on a teaching exchange program after college. "I'm like, oh, I'm going to live life purely based on what I want to get out of life, and purely with intention." "Where I live right now, there are a lot of really nice luxury vehicles, so I see it on a regular basis.

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☆ What it's like to launch a startup with friends, according to 3 Gen Z cofounders who created a childcare startup together
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Sasha was basically our mom's third son," Daniel Andrews told Business Insider. Around 60% of Gen Z founders who were surveyed had involved their friends in the business, compared to 42% of millennials and 21% of Gen X and boomers. Advertisement"We're each other's biggest fans, but we're also each other's biggest critics," Daniel Andrews said. "Being a first-time founder, it is incredibly beneficial to work with friends and family who can step up and take on that work. "If you have friends that you find that are like slowing you down, or like trying to distract you, or other things, those might not be the best friends to launch a startup with," Daniel Andrews said.

Persons: Sasha Reiss, Andrews, Zs, —, Daniel, Josh Andrews, Sasha, Daniel Andrews, Reiss, Japan —, Gen, X, we're, We've, I've, it's, we've Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Mexico, Brazil, Korea, Japan

☆ Minneapolis housing program and Kentucky sheriff accused of killing judge: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A Minneapolis program might offer a solution to the housing shortage. A Kentucky sheriff is expected to be charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a district judge. One city’s secret to fixing housing: Build moreRoughly five years into a program in Minnesota aimed at adding to the housing supply, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says "the results speak pretty clearly for themselves." 🏡 The housing stock in Minneapolis grew 12%, compared to 4% statewide between 2017 and 2022, according to a Pew Research report. Minneapolis’ program offers potential solutions to address housing supply and affordability.

Persons: Trump, Harris, Jacob Frey, ected to Organizations: Minneapolis Locations: Minneapolis, Kentucky, Minnesota

☆ I thought I was a respectful traveler until I visited Japan. I felt like a rude child and wished I'd known better before I left.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Tricia Patras | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But when I recently traveled from the US to Tokyo with friends, I found I wasn't as prepared for Japan as I'd thought. AdvertisementThrough trial and error, I learned rules I wish I'd known before I left — and things travelers should keep in mind if they visit Japan. AdvertisementIn Japan, it's considered rude to eat or drink in public while walking or standing. I also had to get used to removing my shoesRemoving your shoes upon entering certain places is considered respectful in Japan. Toru Kimura/ShutterstockDuring my trip, I also got used to taking off my shoes upon entering shared spaces, including my hotel.

Persons: —, I'm, it's, we're, who've, Toru Kimura, what's Organizations: Service, Business, Food Locations: Japan, Vatican, Taiwan, Tokyo, Chicago

☆ How Warren Buffett's big Japanese investments fared in the global market rout
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This week's violent global market meltdown started in Japan — where Warren Buffett has big investments — but the damage was limited. The Nikkei 225 index , a benchmark for Japanese stocks, plunged 12.4% on Monday, its worst day since "Black Monday" in 1987, triggering a domino effect globally. The stocks Buffett holds cratered as much as 30% initially, but bounced back by the end of the week along with the broader market. The Japanese trading houses also reported second-quarter earnings earlier this week, mostly exceeding analyst expectations and maintaining their full-year guidance. Away from Japan, Buffett was in a selling mood in the second quarter.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's, it's Organizations: Bank of Japan, Berkshire, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo —, Sumitomo, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Apple, Buffett Locations: Japan, Omaha, Berkshire

☆ Markets just had the most volatile week since the pandemic outbreak — What we learned
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A wild week of trading on Wall Street ended with the S & P 500 back roughly where it started, but the lessons learned by whipsawed investors over those five days could determine what happens next. The S & P 500 had its worst day since 2022 on Monday, and then its best since 2022 on Thursday. But with the S & P 500 ending the week down less than 0.1% in a calm session on Friday, the market seems to have stabilized. .SPX 5D mountain The S & P 500 finished the week nearly flat. And I think that has to do with investors really being a little bit skeptical about some of this equity market volatility."

Persons: Tim Hayes, Ned Davis, Gennadiy Goldberg, didn't, Jeremy Schwartz, Peter Berezin, aren't, Wellington, Frank Gretz, RJ O'Brien, Tom Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Organizations: Wall, Treasury, Ned, Ned Davis Research, TD Securities, CNBC, Japan —, Nikkei, Bank of Japan, BCA Research, Wellington Shields, Associates Locations: Japan

☆ Ron Insana: Fed should reassure market it's ready to act, as this resembles late '90s foreign markets crises
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Ron Insana | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

First, when everything is being sold – and just about everything is being sold on Monday – someone is in big trouble. The spillover effect – exacerbated by a Federal Reserve reluctant to cut interest rates even as inflation cools – has put all assets on sale. This suggests that fears of a financial market problem are greater than those of a widening Middle East war. Should the situation become more tumultuous, the Fed could be forced into cutting interest rates between meetings. Indeed, when the Fed responded to the 1998 event by cutting interest rates , stocks went on a tear before topping out in 2000.

Persons: I've, Michael Gayed, Cashin, It's, Stanley Druckenmiller, Japan —, Ron Insana Organizations: Federal Reserve, Nikkei, UBS, Term Capital Management, CNBC Locations: Japan, Israel, Iran

☆ The US is sending less natural gas to Europe, complicating Europe's plans to cut off Russian gas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewEurope has pledged to wean itself from Russian natural gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but it's still buying the fuel. Europe's monthly imports of Russian liquefied natural gas — the supercooled version of natural gas that can be transported on ships — have been holding relatively steady, in the 850,000 to 1.6 million metric ton range, since the invasion of Ukraine, per Bloomberg records. This continued import of Russian fuel shows the complications of cutting off Russian gas completely in the global energy market. AdvertisementBefore the invasion, Europe imported over 40% of its natural gas from Russia — its single largest supplier and a major energy producer — mainly via pipelines. At the end of January, Europe imported 5.2 million tons of LNG from the US and just 1.5 million tons from Russia.

Persons: —, Masanori Odaka Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Business, Brookings, Reuters Locations: wean, Ukraine, Europe, Russia, Asia, North Asia, Japan

☆ Millennials are fueling a Pokémon renaissance and moving mad money in an industry where baseball cards used to reign supreme, says the honcho of collectibles grading
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe COVID pandemic was an unprecedented boom for the Pokémon card business. Few can forget the $3.5 million YouTuber-boxer Logan Paul blew on a pack of Pokémon cards that turned out to be GI Joe collectibles. He estimated that last year, PSA graded at least 6 million Pokémon trading cards out of the total 14 million it processed. It's made a lifetime total of more than 64.8 billion Pokémon cards since 1999, and production has been accelerating rapidly since the pandemic. Most customers wait a maximum of two months for their graded card, which returns with a rating between 1 and 10.

Persons: —, Logan Paul, It's, Ryan Hoge, Hoge, Pokémon, John Keeble, Jens Ishoey Prehn's, IDA MARIE ODGAARD, Ritzau Scanpix, Yu Organizations: Service, Sports, Business, Nintendo, Getty, PSA, IDA Locations: London, Niva, Denmark, AFP, Japan, California, Tokyo, California , New Jersey

☆ Why we like this wait-and-see market — plus, our latest thinking on 3 portfolio names
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. One could say Wall Street is in wait-and-see mode ahead of earnings from the megacap tech stocks that start after the bell with Club holding Alphabet . As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ Harris eyes changes at campaign headquarters while wary of drama
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But now it has to retool to elect Kamala Harris, who’s a Black and South Asian woman in the year 2024,” said one aide at campaign headquarters. Never have the people on what was, until Sunday afternoon, the very small core team around Harris felt so popular. That, they know, has to change immediately, but will happen as Harris’ staff is asked to step in. Retaining hard fought Harris equilibriumLike Biden, Harris doesn’t have a history of running great or well-functioning campaigns, whether that was her Senate race in 2016 or her 2020 presidential run that didn’t even survive until December of 2019. So at least for now, the campaign staff are trying to hold to a line that deputy campaign manager and digital outreach specialist Rob Flaherty used on a call Monday afternoon that senior staff held.

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☆ Japan is bracing for rage against the vending machine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hole-in-the-wall izakayas (traditional bars), ryokan (traditional inns), and Shinto shrines often accept cash only. STR/Getty ImagesTake Japan's millions of vending machines. The Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association recently said that almost 80% of the country's machines would need upgrades to accept the new notes, per comments reported by Reuters. Vending machines are a common sight in Japan. If they're stopping by a vending machine there anytime soon, they may want to check first if their bills will work.

Persons: —, Omotesando, Bank of Japan — Organizations: Service, Business, Kansai region's, Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association, Reuters, Bank of Japan Locations: Japan, Ginza, Tokyo, Kansai, Kansai region's Osaka

☆ Western Anxiety Makes for an Unexpectedly Smooth G7 Summit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Group of 7 summit that ended on Saturday went extraordinarily smoothly by the standards of a gathering where the leaders of major powers come together. That was a measure of the anxiety the leaders feel about deteriorating trends in Ukraine, in the Middle East, in China and in their own political futures. There was a dispute over the use of the word “abortion” in the communiqué, prompted by the host, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, but that was seen as a gesture to her domestic constituency. On important issues of geopolitics, there was little that divided the group. President Biden may appear politically vulnerable and uncertain of re-election, but this summit meeting was another example of unchallenged American leadership of the West, especially on contentious issues of war and peace.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: Ukraine — Locations: Ukraine, China, Italy, United States, Japan, Russia

☆ A man born in Japan — where tipping is rude — is part of a growing number of Americans rejecting tipping in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Still, back in the US, he recognized the argument that low-paid workers in the service industry have traditionally relied on tips to earn a living wage. Ozeki never ordered food for deliveryBut he said that recent increases in the minimum wage have changed the landscape — at least in certain states. AdvertisementIn California, for example, the minimum wage for fast-food workers rose by law this year from $16 to $20 an hour. "The current minimum wage at a fast food place is higher than my starting salary 15 years ago," Ozeki said. Have you seen your tips dip recently as a service industry worker?

Persons: —, Ken, Ted Rossman, Rossman, jridley@businessinsider.com Organizations: Service, Business, Franciscan Locations: Japan, California

☆ A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Motoko Rich | Kiuko Notoya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The younger generation in Japan has frequently called out their elders for their casual sexism, excessive work expectations and unwillingness to give up power. But a surprise television hit has people talking about whether the oldsters might have gotten a few things right, especially as some in Japan — like their counterparts in the United States and Europe — question the heightened sensitivities associated with “wokeness.”The show, “Extremely Inappropriate!,” features a foul-talking, crotchety physical education teacher and widowed father who boards a public bus in 1986 Japan and finds himself whisked to 2024. He leaves an era when it was perfectly acceptable to spank students with baseball bats, smoke on public transit and treat women like second-class citizens. Landing in the present, he discovers a country transformed by cellphones, social media and a workplace environment where managers obsessively monitor employees for signs of harassment.

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