Hai Phong investment conference a message of development aspiration: State leader
State President Luong Cuong attended the Hai Phong Investment Promotion Conference in the northern port city on July 15, ...
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Corporate leaders to address digital disruption at Asean Change Management Conference
Corporate leaders across Southeast Asia will gather here on Oct 1 and 2 for the Asean Change Management Conference 2025, ...
US and China have 'positive' meeting at ASEAN foreign minister talks
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi had a "positive" meeting in Malaysia on Friday, both sides said, in an apparent bid to ease tensions
Landmark Akihabara arcade, opened by Sega over 30 years ago, announces sudden closure
Tokyo is about to lose another site of game otaku history.It’s been a tumultuous couple of years for the arcade industry in Japan. Not even the otaku mecca of the Akihabara neighborhood is completely buffered, as it’s been announced that one of the Tokyo neighborhood’s oldest “game centers,” as arcades are called in Japanese, will be closing and very soon.Back in the early ‘90s, Sega was riding high, as a developer of not just video game software, but hardware too, producing home consoles, handh
Hello Kitty becomes a suntanned beach babe for new magazine freebies in Japan
Kitty chan enjoys a hot girl summer for a limited time. Hello Kitty is always hard at work throughout the year, jumping from one collaboration to the next and earning herself the unofficial title of hardest-working cat in Japan. Now, the beloved Sanrio character is combining work with play for a new appearance with sweet magazine, where she can be seen showing off her suntan in a colourful bikini.The suntanned, or “sun-kissed”, Hello Kitty is said to have the aesthetic of a “He
World’s first Dragon Ball Store announced, opens before end of year
Dragon Ball celebrates a milestone anniversary with its first ever dedicated shop stocked with items you can’t get anywhere else in the world.Dragon Ball is a big franchise. Though it started as a manga, the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s sprawling intergalactic martial arts epic started airing less than two years after the first chapter was published, and there have now been more than 20 Dragon Ball theatrical anime, dozens of video games, and one live-action Hollywood version that many f
Burger King’s new sumo burger thuds into Japan…but is it worth the hype?
The Baby Body Burger enters the ring for a limited time.Burger King never shies away from a food challenge and in Japan that fighting spirit is on full display right now with the introduction of the new “Baby Body Burger”. Though the name might seem small, the burger is mighty as it’s been officially approved by the Japan Sumo Association, and it’s a debut collaboration that puts Burger King’s mega-sized One Pounder series to shame.The sporadically produced One Pounders are the
Asia markets mixed ahead of July 9th trade deadline
Asia market update: Asia markets mixed ahead of July 9th trade deadline and amid quiet trading ahead of key US data Thursday.
As nations build ‘sovereign AI,' open-source models and cloud computing can help, experts say
Panelists at CNBC’s East Tech West 2025 in Thailand discussed how emerging nations can begin to build their own “sovereign AI.” ...
The old-school awesomeness of the New Akao, a Showa-era hot spring hotel still standing tall
Timeless scenery and retro luxury are waiting for travelers in Atami.Usually, when you hear about a hotel in Japan with a classical style, it’s a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) that people are talking about. On one of our recent trips, though, we stayed in a hotel that evokes not thoughts of Japan’s samurai era, but the good old days of the Showa period and bubble economy.The Hotel New Akao, in the town of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, opened in 1970, almost exactly in the middle of the post-wa
We found the classiest branch of one of Japan’s best cheap restaurants on a Kyoto side street
We hardly recognized this beef bowl joint’s sign, and another surprise was waiting inside.The whole point of a business’ sign is to catch passersby’s eyes, which is why so many of them have bright, look-at-me colors. Take, for example, restaurant chain Matsuya, whose signs and storefronts usually look like what you see in the photos above and below.Generally, Matsuya’s is a sign that people are happy to see, as it’s one of Japan’s most popular gyudon/beef bowl chains, an ever-reliable choice for
Haikyu!! teams up with Sendai souvenir favorites Hagi no Tsuki and zunda in an ace collaboration
The popular volleyball anime and famous Sendai confectionaries serve up a winning combination in specially created commemorative package designs. Volleyball manga/anime Haikyu!! largely takes place at the fictional Karasuno High School and other locations in Japan’s northeastern Miyagi Prefecture, for which the city of Sendai serves as both prefectural and regional capital. This special connection has led to a limited-time campaign of sweetest proportions that will take place August 14 thr
Uniqlo’s Disney T-shirts feature art by manga divinity and royalty【Photos】
The god of manga’s artwork is featured in the Magic for All UT line.Uniqlo and Disney have been friends for a long time. This summer, they’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the start of their Magic for All T-shirt collaborations, and with Disney’s multifaceted media productions in the modern era, that means that not just characters from the Disney animated canon are featured, but also the stars of Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars too.Sometimes Magic for All’s designs even include a touch of mag
58th AMM: Final Day Packed With High-Level Meetings And Regional Dialogues
The 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings enter its final day today, with a packed schedule of ...
Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP Announces the Third Annual ORY APAC-US Conference on July 8-9, 2025 at Capella Singapore
Calendar of Events, Class Action, Company Announcement, Equity Market Information, GlobeNewswire, Press releases, ...
ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive ...
As part of the launch, ChatGPT is gaining connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This allows ChatGPT to look for information across users' own services to answer their questions.
How to turn cold McDonald’s fries into the best hash browns you’ve ever tasted
This hack from Japan will change the way you eat fries forever.For fast food lovers in Japan, McDonald’s fries are a top place-getter on any respectable list of “world’s tastiest foods”. However, cold McDonald’s fries quickly lands on the list of “world’s worst foods”, because no matter how you reheat them, they never come close to tasting as good as they did when freshly made.Still, the unfortunate reality is that there will be many times in life when you end up with cold McDonald’s fries ̵
Japanese can maker says it’s OK to microwave cans with their new invention
Can the Range de Can do what it says it can?All my life, I have been warned that putting metal in a microwave would cause a chain reaction that could unravel the very fabric of reality. I’m now told I’m making a lot of progress in therapy for my childhood trauma, but I still steer clear of putting any metallic object into those boxes of electromagnetic radiation.Some say it’s actually not so bad, and if the metal object is smooth enough, it’s not likely to trigger any spa
Upright napping capsules on sale in Japan now
Take a load off and stand a spell.Who hasn’t been tired at work and wanted to reap the mental and physical benefits of a quick nap? However, if you were to stretch out on the break room sofa, you’d likely disrupt the feng shui of the entire office, not to mention the fact that getting up after lying down can often be such an agonizing experience that it ends up negating the whole nap in the first place.Now, there’s no more need to worry… Well, there’s only one thing
What happens when you seek refuge from the summer heat at Ikea in Shinjuku
Surprising finds happen when you least expect them. Part of being a working Tokyoite is knowing how and where to escape the summer heat while commuting to and from the office during the hottest days of the year. For our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma, his summer haven is Ikea Shinjuku, as it’s right between Shinjuku Station and our office, so when temperatures soared above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) recently, he sought refuge in the store to give his sweat-drenched body a rest