Why only 1% of Japan's soy sauce is made with this traditional method pic.twitter.com/ixvUhv2LqC
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) December 21, 2023
"I think 'Sanjuro' (1962) is very different from 'Yojimbo' (1961)— Japanese audiences do too. The youngsters loved 'Yojimbo' but it was the adults who liked 'Sanjuro'. I think they liked it because it was the funnier & more attractive of the 2 films."
— Akira Kurosawa pic.twitter.com/7ATNHepNxT
— DepressedBergman (@DannyDrinksWine) December 21, 2023
Japan is a cuddlier friend to South-East Asia than America or China https://t.co/inOgX9BMbH
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 15, 2023
The Biden administration has stepped up to the China challenge in two areas – Taiwan & de-risking – but other challenges remain.@CSIS @VictorDCha argues the answer lay in the U.S. capacity to assemble its allies to step up to the challenge.https://t.co/ZlNNzXMDME
— CSIS Korea Chair (@CSISKoreaChair) December 9, 2023
Japan Producer Inflation Tops Forecast
Producer prices in Japan rose 0.3% year-on-year in November 2023, slowing from an upwardly revised 0.9% gain in October but coming in above market expectations for a…
More here: https://t.co/W0hxfLYNPU pic.twitter.com/E1jahFnfgC
— TRADING ECONOMICS (@tEconomics) December 12, 2023
In October Japanese investors once again sold Danish bonds and bought US and Germany. The pace of the Danish selling is slow, maybe due to the fact that they have very few left…https://t.co/6REgVPbQyY pic.twitter.com/psyDlqUeVs
— Anders Skytte AAlund (@AalundAnders) December 8, 2023
Norway and Finland have signed an agreement with South Korea, allowing seamless transfer of military spare parts between our nations. This will strengthen international partnerships and enhances military defence. 🤝🇳🇴🇰🇷🇫🇮 #GlobalSecurity #MilitaryPartnership"
📸@Forsvaret_no pic.twitter.com/DAHUO67F85
— Forsvarsdepartement (@Forsvarsdep) December 8, 2023
Today, I received Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori to express my gratitude to Japan for its leading role during the G7 Presidency.
Ukraine values the support of the Japanese people and the @Kishida230 government. We are grateful for their comprehensive security… pic.twitter.com/W6Ccestb2r
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 21, 2023
That time the Tobe Zoo in Aichi, Japan filmed a lion escape drill.
Note the expression on the actual lions faces.pic.twitter.com/EhLBPbZKlj
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 21, 2023
#BREAKING: Japanese star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and #Dodgers in agreement on 12-year, $325 million contract, ESPN reports https://t.co/rVAKHzQ5uC
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 22, 2023
Breaking: Dodgers agree to 12-year, $325-million deal with pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. https://t.co/QFH21SY1rp
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 22, 2023
#Breaking: The Dodgers have reportedly agreed to a 12-year deal worth $325 million with Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. https://t.co/hFxPAepoFo
— KCAL News (@kcalnews) December 22, 2023
BREAKING: Japanese superstar Yoshinobu Yamamoto agrees to deal with Dodgers, per @JackCurryYES pic.twitter.com/H0OnDHIbBn
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 22, 2023
The Dodgers, Yankees and Mets are seen as finalists for Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 👀 pic.twitter.com/3nSmiow8Ko
— MLB (@MLB) December 22, 2023
Show me the money, but not yet. @johnauthers says Shohei Ohtani's record contract is structured in a way that will be a case study for MBAs, with lessons for the Bank of Japan https://t.co/LOqVfHVg1X
— Bloomberg Opinion (@opinion) December 12, 2023
1 billion dollars for a Japanese super team just to lose to Brandon Pfaadt again 😭 pic.twitter.com/TXwmu8C4mm
— Jonny's Lasagna ⚾️ (@JLasagna43) December 22, 2023
One of the great Japanese brands got delisted from stock exchange after 74 years!
Toshiba has been bought by a private equity firm.
Note: It was also a victim of US attacks in the 1980s. It was the Huawei of Japan.
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) December 20, 2023
Statement on Monetary Policy https://t.co/okL1TmMYF4
— Bank of Japan (@Bank_of_Japan_e) December 19, 2023
The Bank of Japan isn't ready to budge on rates as policymakers made no change to the central bank’s ultra-loose monetary policy. That left its short-term target rate just below zero https://t.co/jbzVADcUxH pic.twitter.com/CCl1f9wOim
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 19, 2023
Our Senior Japan Economist Tomohiro Ota discusses monetary policy expectations around the Japanese central bank's latest meeting on CNBC: https://t.co/gswOcoMQMp
— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) December 19, 2023
The Bank of Japan has kept its longstanding easy credit policies unchanged, saying it will watch price and wage trends before raising its negative benchmark interest rate. The BOJ policy decision was widely expected. But investors and analysts have spec… https://t.co/vKWhSj1AXT
— KSTP (@KSTP) December 19, 2023
Yen falls after Bank of Japan sticks with negative interest rates https://t.co/8jvFW8ykiT
— Financial Times (@FT) December 19, 2023
Interested in the Bank of Japan’s decision this week on monetary policy? Read more about inflation and monetary policy in 🇯🇵Japan in our Country Focus story: https://t.co/WiBcjlRaei pic.twitter.com/LKWrrJEMS3
— IMF (@IMFNews) December 19, 2023
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday kept its key policy levers unchanged despite expectations it will end its negative rate policy amid sustained inflationary pressure. https://t.co/UILozzJqld
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) December 19, 2023
The Bank of Japan maintained its dovish stance in its last policy meeting of the year, although markets are still exhibiting a belief that the central bank is edging toward policy normalization. https://t.co/sGHui59d9n
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) December 19, 2023
The yen has climbed by more than 1% against the dollar as traders ramp up bets for more aggressive interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in 2024, and on lingering speculation about the Bank of Japan’s exit from its negative interest rate policy. https://t.co/jHrCdR0x4S
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) December 14, 2023
Confidence among a wide range of Japanese companies picked up in the fourth quarter, sending a positive signal to the Bank of Japan ahead of next week’s policy decision. https://t.co/a2oyauVWcH
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) December 13, 2023
Bank of Japan set to retain monetary easing with focus on end to negative rates https://t.co/6KaCoRKLYI #KyodoNewsPlus
— Kyodo News | Japan (@kyodo_english) December 18, 2023
Asian shares mostly lower as Bank of Japan meets, China property shares fall: Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday as the Bank of Japan began a 2-day meeting that investors are watching for hints of a change to the central… https://t.co/zUoJD77J7X #japannews #japantoday
— Japan Today News (@JapanToday) December 18, 2023
Bank of Japan survey shows manufacturers optimistic about economy, as inflation abates: The Bank of Japan’s quarterly survey on business sentiment shows large Japanese manufacturers have grown more optimistic in the past several… https://t.co/DrESLwYRj9 #japannews #japantoday
— Japan Today News (@JapanToday) December 13, 2023
Asian shares mixed as Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy unchanged https://t.co/wo4jUBlBww
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) December 19, 2023
Dow closes at another record as yen falls on Bank of Japan movehttps://t.co/0TA3psClRs
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) December 20, 2023
Marketmind: Rally fades, Bank of Japan looms into view https://t.co/QdtqoRYhRm pic.twitter.com/tzriH0uIgf
— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) December 17, 2023
Bank of Japan stands pat on monetary policy https://t.co/A1T7YtRUVO
— Malay Mail (@malaymail) December 19, 2023
Bank of Japan stands pat on monetary policy https://t.co/y6sSQZN2bi pic.twitter.com/tooAKWjmWt
— The Malaysian Insight (@msianinsight) December 19, 2023
UBS analysts caution against getting too excited about the Bank of Japan doing anythinghttps://t.co/TCIRoP2Spx
— ForexLive (@ForexLive) December 20, 2023
Bank of Japan policy meeting preview: 2024 could be the game changerhttps://t.co/KL8xw8Hfyt
— ForexLive (@ForexLive) December 18, 2023
Breaking: Bank of Japan keeps policy settings and forward guidance unchanged – by @FXstreetNewshttps://t.co/pCPEDDDKx1
#Breaking #BOJ #CentralBanks #USDJPY #InterestRate
— FXStreet News (@FXStreetNews) December 19, 2023
.#CentralBanks are again featured in the week ahead for the global #economy and #markets with the #BankOfJapan's policy meeting and the extent to which #FederalReserve speakers push back against the #markets' embrace of the "Powell Pivot."
Keep an eye also on data including…— Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) December 17, 2023
The Bank of Japan could have normalized policy and abandoned the currency destruction. It decided to continue.
Graph via Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/qkDqBjb4oA
— Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) December 19, 2023
The Bank of Japan reiterated its enduring dovish stance by keeping negative rates in place and flagging "extremely high" degree of uncertainty.
It is one of the very few not shifting towards 'neutral' – and also one of the few still coming off an overtly dovish policy. #BOJ pic.twitter.com/2qrKCtmJVX
— John Kicklighter (@JohnKicklighter) December 19, 2023
#BankofJapan's #Ueda:
'can't say what an exit policy will entail.'
'patiently continue' with current policy.
'we're not at the stage where we can see with certainty the 2% inflation target will be met.'
Ueda had several opportunities to meaningfully adjust #monetarypolicy to… pic.twitter.com/APHSMRckhw— jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) December 19, 2023
The Last Main event of 2023 Bank of Japan 🇯🇵 Interest rates. No rate hike at the moment but the Press Conference is what matters. Sparks 🧨 fly what will the forward guidance be in 2024. pic.twitter.com/eXXDRr8HiN
— Yusuf (@YusufTrader1) December 18, 2023
BREAKING 🚨: Japanese Yen
U.S. Dollar soaring against the Japanese Yen after the Bank of Japan maintained its ulta-easy monetary policy pic.twitter.com/7xSekCReMc
— Barchart (@Barchart) December 19, 2023
⚠️ JUST IN:
*BANK OF JAPAN KEEPS NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE UNCHANGED AT -0.10%$JPY 🇯🇵🇯🇵https://t.co/IH69HXgQjK
— Investing.com (@Investingcom) December 19, 2023
Sayuri Shirai, a former Bank of Japan monetary policy board member, says the BOJ has been sending mix signals since September https://t.co/NeFwrPxPla pic.twitter.com/Crk1H9M9yy
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) December 19, 2023
Jesper Koll, Expert Director at Monex Group, says the Bank of Japan is staying cautious as it looks towards its 2024 outlook https://t.co/6ITOLuWiLZ pic.twitter.com/0Bkw1ImUIr
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) December 19, 2023
Japan’s economic policy minister will attend the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting Tuesday, the first attendance by a cabinet minister since April 2020 https://t.co/R5TnTacdfE
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) December 19, 2023
Toyota shares slumped as the auto giant faced a deepening safety scandal originating at subsidiary Daihatsu, which admitted to rigging side-collision safety tests. Separately, Toyota said it would recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide, mainly in the US https://t.co/wOGceohFh4 pic.twitter.com/vRqbGwG4SE
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 21, 2023
Toyota shares slide 4% after vehicle recall, Daihatsu safety issues https://t.co/LPveo02DZP
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 21, 2023
Toyota, the world's largest automaker, takes a hit as it recalls over a million cars and a subsidiary reveals faked data stretching back to 1989. https://t.co/ayMHeGZPyd
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) December 21, 2023
Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu said Wednesday it will suspend shipments of all car models in Japan and abroad, following news it had rigged safety tests.https://t.co/Oich65v5sW
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 20, 2023
Toyota: Daihatsu’s crash test dummies fail risk inspection https://t.co/7tEzy6EVrU | opinion
— Financial Times (@FT) December 20, 2023
Toyota’s small car unit Daihatsu raided after faked tests lead it to suspend all vehicle shipments https://t.co/3sSdQEHKAt
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) December 21, 2023
1. Toyota Motor has suspended all shipments from subsidiary Daihatsu, after a scandal revealed most of its vehicles were not properly tested for collision safety.
Toyota says some 170 irregularities have been identified since April when suspected wrongdoings first emerged. https://t.co/cO01GDvhNj pic.twitter.com/WFmYaA3Kza
— BFM News (@NewsBFM) December 20, 2023
VEHICLE RECALL: Toyota is recalling 1 million cars in the U.S. due to potential issues with the proper deployment of front air bags. The recall impacts various 2020 to 2022 vehicles including Camry, Corolla and Highlander models. pic.twitter.com/awSD18xxkY
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 21, 2023
Toyota recalls one million vehicles over potential air bag issue. @Morganorwood reports. pic.twitter.com/1amNKSx1kO
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 21, 2023
Toyota recalls 1 million US vehicles over sensor that could short circuit https://t.co/AjpsbcL5o7
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) December 20, 2023
Toyota is recalling roughly 1 million vehicles because of potential issues with sensors that allow airbags to deploy correctly.
Here are the affected models: https://t.co/24sDWtQE29
— Axios (@axios) December 21, 2023
Toyota Motor Co. said Wednesday it is recalling 1 million vehicles over a defect that could cause airbags not to deploy, increasing the risk of injury. https://t.co/x1w85zyKO0
— Fast Company (@FastCompany) December 21, 2023
Toyota is recalling around 1 million vehicles over a possible airbag failure.https://t.co/7XMch7ZNN8
— KTLA (@KTLA) December 21, 2023
BREAKING: Toyota to recall 1.12 million vehicles over potential airbag issue
Read more ⬇https://t.co/yDHyqWu0oC
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 20, 2023
Toyota recalls 1m cars over defect that could cause airbags not to deploy https://t.co/ci8k5xTyDz
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) December 21, 2023
Toyota recalls one million vehicles including Avalons, Camrys, Highlanders, RAV4s, Siennas and Corollas over potential airbag issue https://t.co/dkN9bfsafZ pic.twitter.com/U8wMP5Hogw
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) December 21, 2023
Nearly 100,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles are being recalled in Canada due to the potential for the airbag to not deploy.
READ MORE: https://t.co/J6HyX9cSIo https://t.co/J6HyX9cSIo— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) December 20, 2023
In a press release, #Toyota said the safety recall applies to certain 2020-2022 model year Toyota and Lexus vehicles 🚙
Read more 👉 https://t.co/uxVafsRfK4 pic.twitter.com/O8ts9RHMsM
— Daily Hive Vancouver (@DailyHiveVan) December 21, 2023
Why is there little to no mainstream media coverage of this: Toyota recalls 1.9 million RAV4 SUVs as batteries can shift/catch fire 🔥
This is an ACTUAL recall to fix defects, not a software “recall” of simple over-the-air fixes to add bigger warning fonthttps://t.co/939bZNpoAz
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 21, 2023
Toyota recalls over 25,000 bZ3 EVs in China due to inaccurate remaining battery estimates https://t.co/eAgjR037Nj by @scooterdoll
— Electrek.co (@ElectrekCo) December 21, 2023
Damn, Toyota is killing it pic.twitter.com/fp7YFmgWhJ
— Asian Dawn (@AsianDawn4) December 15, 2023
The head of Tokio Marine has said the Japanese insurance company 'cannot run away from' natural catastrophe https://t.co/X9lepDQSxs
— Financial Times (@FT) November 28, 2023
Via @IB_Asia: "Tokio Marine & Nichido to sell policies in the metaverse." https://t.co/JZxEN7gH4W
Two Japanese insurers have entered the #Metaverse this year to sell insurance policies:
"Their sales staff and customers can communicate via their virtual avatars on the Virtual…
— Tyson Lester, ChHC®, REBC®, RHU® (@TysonLester) December 18, 2023
https://x.com/InsuranceInside/status/1737073206052200607
#Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is facing its biggest scandal in decades, involving millions of dollars in undocumented political funds.https://t.co/U5ri0NBVQi
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) December 20, 2023
Japanese prosecutors raid offices of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over political funding scandal pic.twitter.com/OXt62SAXFA
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) December 19, 2023
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokadzu Matsuno announced on Thursday he was tendering his resignation amid a fundraising scandal within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party:https://t.co/Qu7wcZ5E7W pic.twitter.com/mXF7m8ZjxC
— TASS (@tassagency_en) December 14, 2023
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared that he “will act as a fireball at the forefront of the Liberal Democratic Party and work to restore the trust of the people.” Most analysts, however, see this administration in the midst of a spectacular flameout. https://t.co/JxaHLmxDTq
— SNA Japan (@ShingetsuNews) December 16, 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday replaced two executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party following a political fundraising scandal involving the party's largest faction.https://t.co/e71UIMgtyI#KyodoNewsPlus
— Kyodo News | Japan (@kyodo_english) December 22, 2023
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tapped two veteran lawmakers to replace key Liberal Democratic Party executives belonging to a faction caught up in a political slush fund scandal, in an attempt to clean house and restore public trust. https://t.co/dsEUsAgc8n
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) December 21, 2023
Tokyo prosecutors raided faction offices of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in nearly two decades on Tuesday amid a wide-ranging fundraising scandal stretching back years. https://t.co/XR7Yx0uyCp
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) December 19, 2023
Factions in the Liberal Democratic party sold fundraising party tickets in small lots to evade public disclosurehttps://t.co/p7gpYNfj6s
— The Japan News (@The_Japan_News) December 21, 2023
Tokyo prosecutors are investigating several Liberal Democratic Party factions in connection with a political fundraising scandal. Here's what we know so far.https://t.co/J1TKMiaMSS
— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) December 20, 2023
Tokyo prosecutors searched the offices of two powerful political factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, public broadcaster NHK reported, in connection with the biggest fundraising scandal to engulf the party in decades https://t.co/TmzlyVTMpt
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 19, 2023
Japanese style ink drawing of a close up of the 1979 Star Trek Mr Spock, sumi-e ink, advanced drawing skills, inverted vibrant colors, highly detailed lines, highly similar character –chaos 40 –ar 17:22 –style raw –stylize 300 –v 6 pic.twitter.com/6hBqUqAMuq
— H & J Crawley💙 (@cure4hayley) December 21, 2023
Snow on Willow Bridge, by Ohara Koson, 1927#shinhanga pic.twitter.com/F8QDQVtL74
— Masterpieces of Japan (@JapanTraCul) December 18, 2023
Meanings of the word for a wren in various languages
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch) pic.twitter.com/sirJpbKNGP— Adam Sharp (@AdamCSharp) December 19, 2023
