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alojapan.com/1242711/japanese- Japanese Yen remains on the front foot against USD amid BoJ rate hike bets #boj #inflation #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #RiskAppetite #SEO #usdjpy The Japanese Yen attracts fresh buyers as stronger PPI reaffirms BoJ rate hike bets.Hopes for a US-Japan trade deal turn out to be another factor benefiting the JPY.A solid recovery in the global risk sentiment could cap gains for the safe-haven JPY. The Japanese Yen (JPY) sticks…

alojapan.com/1242652/trump-rev Trump Revived the Law Used to Intern Japanese Americans, and SCOTUS Let Him #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news The Supreme Court made two key initial procedural rulings on Monday in cases related to the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to grease the wheels of mass detention and mass deportation primarily through outsourcing to El Salvador’s Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison, which is known worldwide f…

alojapan.com/1242590/fashion-r Fashion Retail Platform Lyst Sold to Japan’s Zozo for $154 Million #Acquisitons #apparel #ecommerce #fashion #FashionRetailers #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #lyst #news #PYMNTSNews #retail #What'sHot #Zozo Fashion shopping platform Lyst is set to be acquired by Japanese eCommerce firm Zozo. The $154 million deal, announced in a news release Wednesday (April 9), will make Lyst a wholly owned subsidiary of Zozo, itself another fashi…

alojapan.com/1242370/americans Americans love visiting Japan. Locals just wish they’d stop doing these 8 things #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news Americans have a certain fascination with Japan, and who can blame us? It’s a place full of intriguing culture, delicious cuisine, and awe-inspiring landscapes. We pack our bags, hop on a plane, and venture into the land of the rising sun with wide-eyed enthusiasm. But while we’re busy immersing ourselves in t…

alojapan.com/1242109/lyst-a-fa Lyst, a fashion marketplace once valued at $700M, sells to Japan’s Zozo for $154M #ECommerce #fashion #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #lyst #MergersAndAcquisitions #news #Zozo Fashion goes in and out of style, and it turns out, so do fashion startups. Lyst, a high-end fashion marketplace that was once valued at $700 million, has been acquired for just $154 million in cash by Zozo, a Japan-based fashion and e-commerce business. …

alojapan.com/1241740/japan-and Japan and U.S. appoint tariff negotiators after Ishiba-Trump phone call #DonaldTrump #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #RyoseiAkazawa #tariffs #trade #TradeWar #u.s. #U.S.JapanRelations #YoshimasaHayashi Japan and the United States appointed chief tariff negotiators just hours after a brief call between the leaders of the two countries set the stage for the de-escalation of a crisis spinning out of control for days. Ryosei Akaza…

alojapan.com/1240786/japanese- Japanese Yen trims part of modest intraday gains amid positive risk tone #boj #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #recession #SEO #TradeWar #usdjpy The Japanese Yen attracts some dip-buyers and reverses a part of the overnight losses.BoJ rate cut bets and growing recession fears drive safe-haven flows towards the JPY.Dovish Fed expectations weigh on the USD and also exert pressure on USD USD/JPY. The Japanese Yen (JPY) trims a par…

alojapan.com/1240466/dragon-ba Dragon Ball Z’s Christopher Sabat never heard the Japanese dub of Piccolo before he recorded his lines – but he did hear the Latin America dub of the anime #DragonBall #Film&TV #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news When it comes to dubbing anime, few people have been doing it quite as long as Christopher Sabat. He’s been playing Vegeta, Piccolo, and Yamcha, plus plenty of other characters in Dragon Ball Z, since 1999…

alojapan.com/1236642/japanese- Japanese bar district to get bilingual wristbands to help start/avoid conversations while drinking #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news There are more than 600 bars and pubs in Noge, and these wristbands seek to help you find one that’s just right for you. There’s nothing quite like heading out for a drink, finding a bar with a great atmosphere, and meeting new people over a couple of cold ones…except maybe heading out for a …

alojapan.com/1235849/nintendo- Nintendo Is (Kinda) Returning To Region-Locking With A Cheaper Japanese Switch 2 #business #hardware #Industry #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch2 Image: Nintendo Life After the Switch 2 Direct wrapped up, Nintendo put out a press release announcing its pricing in different regions, including Japan. However, it appears that Japanese gamers will have an extra, cheaper option if they’re happy to have a Jap…

alojapan.com/1234988/gaza-woma Gaza woman launches clothing brand with Japanese partner #clothing #Entrepreneurs #gaza #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Shiga Cairo – A woman from the Gaza Strip has launched a clothing brand to help revitalize the war-torn Palestinian enclave, working in partnership with a female Japanese operator of a mail-order business. Rozan Al-Khazendar is the founder of Rozza Agency, a company specializing in corporate design and digit…

alojapan.com/1234734/survey-ja Survey: Japanese People Have No Confidence In Their English – But Tourists Say It’s Great #English #ForeignLanguage #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #Languages #news Japan has more tourists pouring in than ever. It also has more foreigners taking up residence. Like it or not, English tends to be the lingua franca that bridges cultures. However, a recent survey by a language education company reveals that some Japanese peo…

alojapan.com/1233320/japanese- Japanese American Survivors of U.S. Internment Camps Say Trump’s Invocation of Wartime Law ‘Reopens Deep Wounds and Inflicts New Ones’ #1798WartimeAct #AAPI #DonaldTrump #Extremism #highlights #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #MassDeportations #news Japanese American communities are warning that “history is repeating itself” following Donald Trump’s invocation of 1798 wartime law to help carry out his mass detention and deportation a…

alojapan.com/1232972/automata- Automata’ Saved Japanese Video Game Industry Because It Convinced Devs To Stop “Imitating Overseas Trends” #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NieR #NierAutomata #PlayStation #ShuheiYoshida #YokoTaro 2B (Yui Ishikawa) carries 9S (Natsuki Hanae) off the battlefield in NieR: Automata (201), PlatinumGames In the opinion of former PlayStation President Shuhei Yoshida, were it not for Yoko Taro’s NieR: Automata provi…

alojapan.com/1232429/the-first ‘The first exhibition of its kind’: The art of ‘Young Poland’ on display in Japan #artist #CulturalHeritage #drawing #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #painting #poland Works by Polish artists from the 19th and 20th centuries are on display for the first time at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto. The exhibition ‘Young Poland: Polish Art 1890-1918’ includes echoes of Japanese artistic tradition. A…

alojapan.com/1231200/japanese- Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya temporarily closes due to rat, bug contamination #contamination #FastFood #Food&Drink #FoodSafety #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #Rats #WorldNews A popular fast-food chain in Japan will shut down for several days following reports of rat-infested miso soup. Sukiya, the country’s biggest beef bowl chain, said it would cease operations Monday at roughly 2,000 locations nationwide for four day…

alojapan.com/1229880/japanese- Japanese Charts: Xenoblade Chronicles X Arrives In Style And Sends Monster Hunter Packing #AtelierYumia:TheAlchemistOfMemories&TheEnvisionedLand #charts #gust #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #KoeiTecmo #MonolithSoft #news #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #RPG #Sales #switch #XenobladeChroniclesX:DefinitiveEdition Image: Nintendo Life We got a little distracted with the Nintendo Direct yesterday and ran out of time to take a look at the…

alojapan.com/1229229/japan-scr Japan scrambles to avoid U.S. auto tariff as it looks at options #AsahiShimbun #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #politics Japan is scrambling to find ways to get the United States to exempt its automakers from a ruinous 25-percent tariff due to take effect on April 3. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi instructed the ministers of the economy and trade, transport and farm ministries to look into non-tariff barriers, such…