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Nikkei staff writer - Entertainment sector helps carry Japan stocks to new heights - asia.nikkei.com - Japan -  Tokyo

Entertainment sector helps carry Japan stocks to new heights

TOKYO -- Japanese entertainment shares have emerged as key drivers of the Nikkei Stock Average's record bull market, drawing international investors with their wealth of globally competitive intellectual property.

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Nikkei staff writer - SAYUMI TAKE - Honda gives hydrogen cars another try with plug-in functionality - asia.nikkei.com -  Tokyo

Honda gives hydrogen cars another try with plug-in functionality

TOKYO -- Honda Motor is reentering the nascent hydrogen passenger car market this year, this time with a sport utility vehicle (SUV) equipped with plug-in functionality, hoping the recent spread of hydrogen charging stations will help attract more drivers than it did with its previous model.

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Nikkei staff writer - Nomura unit joins with KKR, Carlyle on alternative investments in Japan - asia.nikkei.com - Japan -  Tokyo

Nomura unit joins with KKR, Carlyle on alternative investments in Japan

TOKYO -- Nomura Asset Management is teaming with overseas alternative asset managers such as KKR and Carlyle Group to offer funds in Japan that invest in nontraditional asset classes.

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Yoshimasa Hayashi - Fumio Kishida - MARI YAMAGUCHI - Newborns in Japan are at a new low, while fewer couples marry - apnews.com - Japan -  Tokyo

Newborns in Japan are at a new low, while fewer couples marry

TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years.

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SAYUMI TAKE - Japan hopes climate transition bonds draw more foreign investors - asia.nikkei.com - Japan -  Tokyo

Japan hopes climate transition bonds draw more foreign investors

TOKYO -- Japan successfully finished selling the first batch of the world's first sovereign climate transition bonds on Tuesday, but attracting foreign investment remains an agenda for the nation to lead the market for the nascent financing tool, according to experts.

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Nikkei staff writer - RYOTARO YAMADA - AI development opportunities extend beyond Silicon Valley: U.S. VC exec - asia.nikkei.com - Japan -  Tokyo - Usa - state California - county Palo Alto

AI development opportunities extend beyond Silicon Valley: U.S. VC exec

PALO ALTO, California -- American venture capital firm Lux Capital recently led a $30 million investment round for Sakana AI, an artificial intelligence startup born in Tokyo and founded by former Google researchers.

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Yoshimasa Hayashi - Julian Ryall - Hiromi Murakami - Alexei Navalny - Japan won’t ‘provoke Russia’ by bringing up Navalny’s death, even as it continues backing Ukraine - scmp.com - Japan -  Tokyo - Russia -  Moscow - Ukraine

Japan won’t ‘provoke Russia’ by bringing up Navalny’s death, even as it continues backing Ukraine

“Japan is thinking that it should not antagonise Russia as any retaliation could be very damaging,” said Hiromi Murakami, a professor of political science at the Tokyo campus of Temple University. “Kishida and his cabinet members are keeping their distance because they fear a potential backlash.”

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Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023 - asiaone.com - Japan -  Tokyo - China

Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023

TOKYO — The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday (Feb 27), underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation.

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