Browsing: Japan
Bessent uses moves from his hedge fund days to prop up Japan’s yen—and America’s national debt
Scott Bessent was in his early 30s, working at Soros Fund Management, when the Asian financial crisis tore through currency…
U.S. Treasury sells euros, not dollars, to help lift yen. Economists warn it could backfire
The U.S. is stepping in to help boost Japan’s yen for the first time in nearly three decades after the…
The yen rallied sharply on Monday amid speculation that authorities may have intervened to prop up the currency again after…
Yen crashes as Japan’s debt crisis hits currency markets, and interventions are ‘doomed to fail’
Japan’s yen is resembling a slow-motion train wreck as it remains stuck near 40-year lows, and there could be even…
Japan taps Cognition’s ‘Devin-kun’ as legacy code, shrinking workforce opens market for AI coding
Japan—famously slow to adopt digital technologies common across the developed world—has become a surprisingly fast adopter of AI, as it…
Meet Micron, the chipmaker that just reported a 346% sales surge and helped stop a global AI selloff
Micron may not be a household name, but it may just be among the most important tech companies in the…
This week in the Austrian capital city, the big names of hi-fi and audio are attending High End Vienna 2026,…
Japan’s top bidet maker has been making chip supplies for decades—the stock market finally noticed
Whenever someone visits Japan, they mention the sights, the food, the impeccable transportation. Oftentimes, they mention futuristic toilets: the ubiquity…
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has done more than spike LNG prices—it has shattered Southeast Asia’s illusion of…
Japanese snack giant resorts to black-and-white bags of potato chips as Iran War literally sucks color out of the world
The biggest snack maker in Japan is making some of its packaging black and white as the Iran war disrupts…












