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Bezos-backed fusion firm makes plea over funding squeeze

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

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Used solar panels sold on Facebook and eBay have cult following

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

Nippon Steel says there’s no Plan B to blocked U.S. Steel deal

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, the biggest in the nation’s recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world. Within an hour of the earthquake, towns which lined the shore were flattened by a massive tsunami, caused by the energy released by the earthquake. With waves of up to four or five metres high, they crashed through civilians homes, towns and fields.

Japan issues its first ‘megaquake’ warning after powerful earthquake off southern coast

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BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA – MARCH 20: A general view of the exterior of the U.S. Steel Edgar Thompson Works, on March 20, 2024 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Nippon Steel has said that it would relocate its U.S. headquarters from Houston to Pittsburgh, where U.S. Steel (X.N) is located, if their acquisition deal goes through. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Nippon Steel touts tech it can bring to U.S. Steel, vows to push ahead with $14.1 billion acquisition: ‘We have over 2,000 patents’

By Shoko Oda, Grace Huang, and others

TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 4 : Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Pool/Bloomberg/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Japan’s markets sink after its new prime minister underwhelms investors hoping for change

By Shoko Oda, Gearoid Reidy, and others

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 3, 2021, following his announcement that he will not seek re-election for Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership this month. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan’s stocks are at their highest point in 30 years after Suga announces plans to resign

By Shoko Oda, Min Jeong Lee, and others

Eiji Hirano, executive vice president of Toyota Financial Services Corp., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. The Bank of Japan’s latest monetary easing steps reflect its growing concern about the economic outlook, and it could expand the program further if needed, a former central bank official said. Photographer: Robert Gilhooly/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Beware of ‘ESG Bubble,’ warns ex-chair of world’s largest pension fund

By Emi Urabe, Gearoid Reidy, and others

Fan Xing reactsin his indoor enclosure at Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, The Netherlands, on November 19, 2020. – The baby giant panda is the first baby of Wu Wen and Xing Ya, who came to the Netherlands from a panda rescue centre in China. (Photo by Piroschka van de Wouw / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Tokyo’s twin baby pandas boost shares of nearby restaurants

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

Customers next to a screen displaying financial information inside Stock Pickers, a tip-trading bar for investors, in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March 29, 2021. Stock Pickers’ walls are decorated with books on value investing and how to bet like legendary investor Warren Buffett. Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg

At this trendy tip-trading bar in Tokyo, Reddit-inspired retail traders look for investing tips with their drinks

By Gearoid Reidy, Shoko Oda, and others

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GameStop. Nokia. The Bank of Japan? Why the latest meme stock is such a head-scratcher

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

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Japan says it’s identified a new COVID-19 variant

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg

Japan Slowly Recovers From Coronavirus Outbreak

Japan already had an army of contract tracers when the coronavirus hit

By Lisa Du, Shoko Oda, and others

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a press conference on COVID-19 coronavirus on February 29, 2020. The government is asking companies to let employees work from home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

To contain COVID-19, Japan urges companies to let employees work from home

By Shoko Oda and Bloomberg