(Reuters) -Cboe Global Markets said on Wednesday it will wind down its Japanese equities business, including the Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. The company expects to suspend operations on August 29,

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei slipped after touching a one-year high last week while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.27%, just shy of the almost four-year high it touched last week.

As this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Miyamoto of the Japan-China Friendship Center said that Japan should reflect deeply on its past militarism and recognize that lasting peace and friendly cooperation are the only viable paths forward for China and Japan.

Yields for long-term debt from Japan and Germany to the UK and France rose on Monday as growing concern over widening fiscal deficits dented demand.

As the United States turns inward under President Donald Trump’s second term, Japan quietly steps up to defend democracy, free trade and regional stability on the global stage.

Success when expanding into Japan depends on matching hard data with cultural nuance, and then telling that story consistently to regulators, employees and consumers.

Debt bankers and investors are bracing for what is shaping up to be the next big trend in the global credit market: Japan Inc. raising billions abroad.

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In fact, the Japan Times reported that, while the country’s consumption has declined, the matcha frenzy has skyrocketed around the globe, with more than half of the tea produced in Japan now ...

The Global Japanese Tea Association is encouraging people to use lower-grade matcha from later harvests, which is more abundant and better-suited for cooking. High-grade matcha often loses its delicate flavour when used in drinks like lattes, it adds.