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Arrivals in Hong Kong walk to a bus at Hong Kong's international airport

Hong Kong just ended its COVID quarantine. Here are the other Asian holdouts that also now plan to open their borders

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September 23, 2022
Shot of a worker assembling a car on a Honda assembly line with more workers in the background
Finance

The chip shortage claims another victim as Honda cuts 40% of vehicle production in Japan

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September 22, 2022
Recession or resilience? Here’s how the U.S., Europe, and Asia stack up

Recession or resilience? Here’s how the U.S., Europe, and Asia stack up

By Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz
September 12, 2022
business man lifestyle after work at hotel sitting hands behind head
Success

Meet the man who has made $280,000 renting himself out to do ‘nothing in particular’

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September 7, 2022
An Amazon package in front of a door in Tokyo.
Tech

Amazon drivers rebel against unrealistic A.I. delivery routes that don’t account for rivers, train tracks, or narrow roads

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September 6, 2022
Floppy Disk
Tech

Japan’s newly appointed digital minister is waging war on floppy disks. Companies fear the fax machine could be next

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September 5, 2022
America’s COVID toilet paper hoarders had an unintended effect: Booming sales of Japanese toilets
Retail

America’s COVID toilet paper hoarders had an unintended effect: Booming sales of Japanese toilets

By Kaori Kohyama and Bloomberg
September 3, 2022
The image shows a shopper preparing to make a purchase with a 1,000 yen banknote in a Tokyo supermarket.
Finance

This safe haven currency just slipped to a 24-year low against the dollar. Is it time to rethink its status as a solid hedge?

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September 2, 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference

A decade on from the Fukushima disaster, Japan may return to nuclear power amid soaring energy costs

By Stephen Stapczynski, David Stringer and Bloomberg
August 24, 2022
A group of people is seen making a toast in a bar in Japan.

Why Japan is desperately trying to get young people to drink more alcohol 

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August 18, 2022
Brittney Griner

Russia throws the book at Brittney Griner, hitting her with 9-year prison sentence amid swap talks with Biden

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August 4, 2022
A precious metals shortage is pushing Nissan to rent, not sell, electric vehicles to customers

A precious metals shortage is pushing Nissan to rent, not sell, electric vehicles to customers

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August 3, 2022
A man walks on the street using a towel and a portable fan to protect himself from the sun and the heat on June 30 2022, in Tokyo's famous Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan.
Health

Climate change’s freakishly hot summer is leading to a new type of insurance coverage—for heat stroke

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July 26, 2022
Europe once offered the world’s most powerful passports. Not anymore

Europe once offered the world’s most powerful passports. Not anymore

By Angus Whitley and Bloomberg
July 20, 2022
Japan’s newest tool to solve its overwork problem is a standing ‘nap box’

Japan’s newest tool to solve its overwork problem is a standing ‘nap box’

By Mia Glass and Bloomberg
July 15, 2022

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