Editor’s Choice: Intervention buys time, but won’t fix yen’s fundamental problem
Hello from Tokyo. Japan and the United States have carried out a coordinated yen-buying intervention for the first…
Editor’s Choice: Weakening Yen leaves weeping foreign students and families
Hello from Tokyo. As I’ve mentioned in this newsletter a few times, I studied abroad at a university…
China’s probiotics market sees rapid but consistent growth, says IFF Health Sciences
“China is one of our best and fastest-growing markets. The great thing about China is that it is…
Meta Lets Engineers Leave AI Training Unit After Mass Reassignment
Meta is walking back its stance on forcing engineers to join a task force focused on AI training,…
Bull kelp sculpture The Basket wins People’s Choice at 2026 Small Sculpture Prize
Stewart described making her sculpture, The Basket, as an organic process in which she let it evolve. “For…
Contributor: How the waste in healthcare drives the U.S. debt
Washington treats healthcare spending like a moral obligation and interest payments like an accounting nuisance. They’re linked: Federal…
Editor’s Choice: Energy crisis spreads across Asia, but investors stay bullish
Hello from Tokyo. As uncertainty hangs over negotiations aimed at ending the war between the U.S. and Iran,…
Editor’s Choice: Apple at 50 faces core innovation challenge
Hello from Tokyo. The situation in the Middle East shifted significantly on Wednesday, with the U.S. and Iran…
Food giants were finally starting to cut prices – then the war began – The Irish Times
Producers of everything from toothpaste to baked beans and ice cream are bracing themselves for a second inflationary…
KiwiSaver choice that could cost retirees almost $30,000
But they may be investing too much in lower-risk funds that tend to have lower returns. Research in…