Survey finds bleak outlook for Japanese companies in 2023
A survey shows major Japanese companies are expecting hard times in 2023 due to higher costs and the yen’s weakness against other currencies.
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Money to Move: Families Offered Millions in Yen to Relocate From Tokyo to Rural Areas
Japan plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital to combat depopulation in other areas of the country, according to multiple local media reports.
Tens Of Thousands Pay Respects To Former Pope Benedict At Vatican
Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral.
Japan forks out millions to move families away from Tokyo
The financial incentives highlight the challenges the country is facing, including depopulation and ghost towns.
Tom Zhu: China boss is now highest-profile Tesla executive after Elon Musk
Tesla Inc’s China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take charge of the electric carmaker’s US assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe, according to an internal posting of reporting lines reviewed by Reuters.
‘It’s like a constant gamble:’ Ukrainian couple await birth of twins in wartime Kyiv
Kateryna and her husband Oleg endure what every citizen of Kyiv must — long blackouts, hours without any internet connection and constant apprehension about the next missile barrage.
Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy warns of Russian drone campaign as Ukraine claims to have downed almost 500 since September
Protracted campaign of Iranian drones to ‘exhaust’ Ukraine, says presidentAt a glance: what we know on day 314 of the invasionNato countries will discuss their defence spending targets in the coming months as some of them call for turning a 2% target i…
Brazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made soccer Mecca
Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer or Brazil without him.