TOKYO – JSR, one of the world’s two leading producers of photoresists for the semiconductor industry, will be bought out by the government-controlled Japan Investment Corporation (JIC) and delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The strategic state purchase, announced at 909.3 billion yen...
Underground homes that provide shelter for apocalyptic scenarios — primarily a nuclear fallout — are now being built in Japan, with one non-profit organization spearheading the effort. Why they’re doing it: Japan’s interest in fallout bunkers reportedly grew last year as its neighbor...
Amid the situation in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions in the region, the economy of the post-Soviet countries in Central Asia can benefit from the relocation of foreign companies exiting Russia, Courrier International reports. Kazakhstan alone reached out to over 400 companies...
China’s Consulate General in Marseille complained to France after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group in the southern city had its windows smashed leading to minor injuries, China’s Consular Affairs Office said in a statement on Sunday. The Consulate General’s formal...
Japan’s Takeshi Kawamoto says he plans to retire after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The 28-year-old currently holds the Japanese national record in the men’s 50m fly with the 23.13 he notched in the heats of the Japan Swim this past April, the meet which represented...
