Ten major Japanese broadcasters are joining forces for the first time to send a joint delegation to MipCancun, marking the country’s first coordinated television market presence outside Asia. The “All-Japan” initiative is organized under the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA) in collaboration with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Broadcast Program
Unlike the Olympic Games, where there is usually a designated athletes’ village, organisers have opted to use temporary accommodation for competitors. Beyond the container huts, between 4,000 and 5,000 participants will be staying on an Italian cruise ship which docked in Nagoya on Tuesday. The rest of the attendees will stay in hotels. Initially, 15,000
Investors have worried that higher yields would drive foreign buyers out of the US corporate bond market. So far, that hasn’t happened. Despite a sharp rise in Treasury yields this year, foreign demand for US corporate bonds has remained robust, according to Goldman Sachs. Through the end of June, net foreign purchases of US corporate
Cate Blanchett will travel to Tokyo for the 39th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, where five short films backed by the Displacement Film Fund will receive their Japan premieres. Blanchett co-founded the Displacement Film Fund, which supports displaced filmmakers and those with a demonstrated history of telling authentic stories rooted in the experiences
The number of people aged 100 or more in Japan has exceeded 100,000 for the first time, according to the health ministry. Figures show Japan is now home to 107,677 centenarians, the highest number in the world, of which 88% are women. The oldest woman is Kishimoto Fuyo, a 114-year-old from Kyoto City and the
The pros said “let the bond market speak.” But investors don’t like what it’s saying on Tuesday. After an unusual intervention by the Treasury Department in August did little to tamp down bond-market jitters, US Treasury yields are spiking again, but the latest sell-off isn’t confined to the US. A host of macroeconomic fears is
