Travel Alerts•
US and China woo Nepali youth with skill programs after Gen Z movement
Analysts see long-term play for 'influence' with future political leaders
Source: Nikkei Asia
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Chinese EV makers awaken Western rivals' zombie production lines
Tactic for dodging tariffs and easing trade tensions could raise costs, compliance risks
Source: Nikkei Asia
Culture•
Japan’s core machinery orders fall 9.4% in March
Private-sector orders excluding those for ships and power equipment, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital spending, dropped to ¥1.01 trillion.
Source: The Japan Times
Culture•
Italy pays the price of Meloni’s stalled green energy transition
As fossil fuel prices surge, Italy is facing renewed scrutiny over its slow embrace of renewables.
Source: The Japan Times
Culture•
Indian pharma fuels Africa’s ‘zombie drug’ and opioid crisis
Customs records show millions of dollars' worth of the high-strength synthetic opioid being shipped from India every month to Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Source: The Japan Times
Culture•
Man talked out of suicide leap threat at Tokyo Immigration Bureau building
A man believed to be a Turkish national attempted to jump from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau building in Minato Ward on Wednesday. Police said the man escaped…
Source: Japan Today
Culture•
SpaceX reveals plans for what could be the biggest-ever initial public offering
Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars year. A…
Source: Japan Today
Culture•
Garment workers face heat risks in Bangladesh as energy cuts curb cooling
Factories have turned off cooling amid energy restrictions caused by the Mideast war, with workers sweltering and a drop in productivity likely costing billions of dollars.
Source: The Japan Times
Culture•
BOJ should raise policy rate at appropriate pace, says board member Junko Koeda
Koeda was among those who voted with the majority in favor of holding settings steady at the last policy meeting on April 28.
Source: The Japan Times
Visa•
CineYama: A Foreigner-Built Theater Inside an Abandoned Kindergarten
Learn how a foreign turned an abandoned kindergarten in rural Yamanashi into CineYama, one of Japan’s most unique indie cinemas.
Source: GaijinPot Blog
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