Nikkei Edges Higher as AI Buying Offsets Yen Intervention Caution

Japan Business News - August 4, 2026 - 09:30
Tokyo stocks edged higher on August 4, with the Nikkei 225 closing at 63,957.53, up 202.63 points, or 0.32%, as buybacks in artificial intelligence and semiconductor-related shares helped offset caution over further yen-buying intervention and a weaker tone in some exporters. (News On Japan)
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Questions Mount Over Why Employees Reentered Mall Before Explosion

Japan Society News - August 4, 2026 - 07:58
The operators of cosmetics and apparel stores at Aeon Mall Kumamoto disclosed new details on August 4 about how five employees who had initially evacuated the building later returned inside before being killed in an explosion following the earthquake. (News On Japan)
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Security Camera Captures Dramatic Train-Truck Collision

Japan Society News - August 4, 2026 - 07:49
A Tokyu train struck a truck that had been forced onto the tracks by a road collision in Yokohama on the morning of August 4, temporarily suspending all services on the Kodomonokuni Line, although none of the roughly 100 passengers and crew aboard the train were injured. (News On Japan)
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Japan Plans Stricter Permanent Residency Rules for Foreign Nationals

Japan Politics News - August 4, 2026 - 07:45
Japan's Immigration Services Agency on August 4 released draft guidelines that would tighten the requirements for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency, including new income and pension standards designed to ensure applicants have economic conditions equal to or better than those of Japanese people. (News On Japan)
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Inside Suntory’s Intelligence Unit

Japan Business News - August 4, 2026 - 00:22
Suntory Holdings is turning to a specialized corporate intelligence unit led by a former Mitsubishi Corporation researcher to assess the duration of Iran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and protect supply chains threatened by soaring energy and raw-material prices. (News On Japan)
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Nissan Posts First Quarterly Profit in Two Years

Japan Business News - August 4, 2026 - 00:07
Nissan Motor returned to profitability in the April-June quarter of 2026, posting net income of 3.761 billion yen as cost-cutting measures and a weaker yen helped the struggling automaker end eight consecutive quarters of losses. (News On Japan)
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Retailers Expand Discount Fashion Business

Japan Business News - August 3, 2026 - 22:42
Off-price apparel stores selling new clothing at discounts of up to 90% are attracting growing interest in Japan as prolonged inflation pushes consumers to seek cheaper alternatives, with Geo Holdings planning to increase its Luck Rack chain roughly tenfold to 500 locations by fiscal 2035. (News On Japan)
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Iran Conflict Enters New Phase as Energy Risks Spread

Japan Politics News - August 3, 2026 - 18:10
The conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel may be entering a more dangerous phase, with Tehran appearing increasingly willing to initiate attacks rather than merely respond to US strikes, while disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz threaten oil and liquefied natural gas supplies worldwide. (News On Japan)
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Discover Innovative ABA Therapy and Psychology Support with GoBehavioral in Sacramento

Japan Education News - August 3, 2026 - 15:36
As the behavioral health landscape continues to evolve, families seeking compassionate, evidence-based therapeutic support for autism and other developmental needs are turning to specialty organizations that provide clinical excellence and authentic care. (News On Japan)
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Record 40.3-Degree Heat Forces Disaster Cleanup to Stop

Japan Society News - August 3, 2026 - 08:56
Kumamoto residents struggling to recover from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake were forced to halt cleanup work on August 3 as the temperature in Kumamoto City reached 40.3 degrees Celsius, adding a second life-threatening disaster to communities already devastated by the quake. (News On Japan)
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Aeon Mall Explosion a 'Man-Made Disaster'

Japan Society News - August 3, 2026 - 08:44
The family of a 22-year-old cosmetics store employee killed in the explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto said she had safely evacuated after the powerful earthquake but returned to the building under instructions from her company, calling her death a "man-made disaster." (News On Japan)
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US-Japan Yen Intervention Raises Stakes For Takaichi And BOJ

Japan Politics News - August 3, 2026 - 08:41
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi entered August facing a sharper test of her economic leadership after Japan and the United States carried out a rare coordinated currency intervention to support the yen, turning the government’s cost-of-living agenda, fiscal policy and relationship with the Bank of Japan into one of the most politically sensitive issues of her administration. (News On Japan)
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Nikkei Falls as Joint Yen Intervention Hits Exporters

Japan Business News - August 3, 2026 - 08:37
Tokyo stocks fell on August 3, with the Nikkei 225 closing at 63,445.53, down 1.4%, as electronics and auto shares were sold after coordinated U.S.-Japan yen-buying intervention drove the currency sharply higher, cutting into the weak-yen support that had underpinned exporters. (News On Japan)
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Trump Calls Yen-Buying Intervention a Sign of Friendship

Japan Politics News - August 3, 2026 - 08:21
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States intervened to buy yen because of its strong relationship with Japan, describing the action as a sign of friendship and pledging that Washington would always support the country. (News On Japan)
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Woman Killed by Falling Rock While Taking Photos on Hyogo Coast

Japan Society News - August 3, 2026 - 05:15
A 39-year-old woman visiting the coast of Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, with her family died on August 2 after a falling rock struck her in the head near the Yodo sea cave. (News On Japan)
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Osaka Researcher Seeks to Make Sugar From Air

Japan Technology News - August 3, 2026 - 04:44
A 29-year-old Osaka University researcher is developing technology to produce sugar from carbon dioxide in the air, seeking to create a faster and more sustainable source of livestock feed as population growth, extreme weather and poor harvests raise fears of future food shortages. (News On Japan)
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Woman Arrested After Allegedly Attacking Relative With Chainsaw

Japan Society News - August 3, 2026 - 04:37
A 36-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a male relative in the abdomen with a small chainsaw in a parking lot in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. (News On Japan)
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Japan vs. USA - Semi Final | Highlights | Men's VNL 2026

Japan Sports News - August 2, 2026 - 23:49
Watch the Men's highlights between Japan and USA of the Volleyball Nations League 2026 in Ningbo Beilun (China)! (News On Japan)
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High School Student Tackles Selective Mutism

Japan Education News - August 2, 2026 - 23:29
A high school student in Nagano Prefecture who had been unable to speak in unfamiliar places or in front of strangers because of selective mutism found the confidence to use his voice through three years of training with his school's competitive soba-making club. (News On Japan)
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Japan and U.S. Coordinate Intervention for First Time in 28 Years

Japan Politics News - August 2, 2026 - 23:27
Japan and the United States conducted coordinated yen-buying intervention in the foreign exchange market to curb the currency's excessive decline, with Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama expected to announce the move on August 3, according to people familiar with the matter. (News On Japan)
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