In Japan, it’s possible to enjoy a coffee while an owl perches on your head, or to sit at a bar where live penguins stare out at you from behind…
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The Secret Behind Japan’s Wintry Strawberries
MINOH, Japan — Strawberry shortcake. Strawberry mochi. Strawberries à la mode. These may sound like summertime delights. But in Japan, the strawberry crop peaks in wintertime — a chilly season…
Japan’s Business Owners Can’t Find Successors. This Man Is Giving His Away.
Hidekazu Yokoyama has spent three decades building a thriving logistics business on Japan’s snowy northern island of Hokkaido, an area that provides much of the country’s milk. Last year, he…
Why Japan’s Sudden Shift on Bond Purchases Dealt a Global Jolt
What’s more, the growing gap between interest rates in Japan and elsewhere was pushing down the yen’s value, piling even more stress on the country’s highly import-dependent economy. That made…
Japan’s Ispace Lander Launches to the Moon With a UAE Rover
As a vestige of its Lunar X Prize heritage, it is also carrying a panel engraved with the names of people who provided crowdfunding support and a music disc with…
Japan’s Economy Shrinks, Weighed Down by a Weak Yen and Rising Inflation
A weak yen and high inflation have eroded Japanese consumers’ buying power and sapped businesses’ strength, setting the country’s recovery back just as Japan was adjusting to life with the…
Japan’s Economy Shrank 1 Percent as Consumers Fled Covid
TOKYO — Last December, after two years of stop-and-go growth, Japan’s economic engine seemed like it might finally be revving up. Covid cases were practically nonexistent. Consumers were back on…
Japan’s Economy Surged in the Brief Window Before Omicron
TOKYO — Japan’s economy surged back into growth in the fourth quarter of 2021, as consumer spending rebounded during an autumn respite from the pandemic that briefly allowed life to…
Love Triangle Challenges Reign of Japan’s Monkey Queen
After Yakei’s altercation with Nanchu, reserve workers performed what is known as a “peanut test”: providing the monkeys with peanuts and seeing who eats first. Males and females stepped aside…
Japan’s Economy Shrinks, but Outlook Is Warm as Virus Ebbs
Japan’s overall economy continued to wobble in the 3rd quarter of 2021, tipping back into contraction, as the place struggled to obtain its economic footing in the facial area of…