To get Japan’s Permanent Residency (PR), you usually need 10 years of continuous stay, with 5 years on a work or family visa. Highly skilled professionals can apply much earlier—after 3 years if they score 70 points, or in just 1 year if they achieve 80 points in Japan’s points-based system. Indians married to Japanese…
Atlantide Phototravel | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Shares of SK Hynix jumped Friday after announcing that it had finished developing HBM4, the latest generation of high-bandwidth memory seen as vital for artificial-intelligence applications. Its shares rose over 7% to hit the highest since 2000 as of 9.40 p.m. ET Wednesday, marking its ninth day…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 11, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday that the U.S. will equally share profits with Japan from projects funded by the Asian country…
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 0.9% to a record high, notching a second straight day of gains after the country’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday. The Topix rose 0.52%. “Investors are betting that the next leader from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could unleash a…
The Tokyo Tower stands amid buildings at dusk in Tokyo, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher Monday as investors assessed the resignation of Japan’s prime minister and eyed key economic data in the region. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.95% after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation…
Bond markets were back in focus this week as rising yields — which reflect higher borrowing costs for governments — raised concerns over debt sustainability around the world. Described by analysts at Deutsche Bank as a “slow-moving vicious circle,” higher government bond yields increase the cost for nations to service their debts, at a time…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China’s “beautiful ceremony” marking the end of World War II should have acknowledged the United States’ role in defeating Japan. “I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, hours after he suggested on social…
Surging bond yields have been making headlines for the past few days as have soaring gold prices, and while they do not have a watertight inverse relationship, higher yields usually tend to take the sheen of bullion. It appears that in the battle for safe-haven flows, gold is now emerging victorious as investors rethink their…
The Exchange Centre, which houses the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The S&P/ASX 200 index extended gains to 0.3% after the central bank cut the key cash rate by 25 basis points, a move widely expected by economists and markets. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg |…
A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thousands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said Tuesday. The hapless woman in Japan’s northern Hokkaido island met the fraudster in July on social media who claimed to be a male astronaut, a…
