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Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans
Home loans of as long as 50 years are becoming more common among younger borrowers with modest incomes.
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Mizuho files case against Radiant World in Singapore court
Some banks have frozen Radiant World's accounts and trading houses have severed ties on concerns the commodity trader had supplied invali
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Duo arrested over luxury watch smash-and-grab in Tokyo
The two, who are Chilean nationals, allegedly smashed the showcase of a watch shop in broad daylight on Tuesday and made off with four watch
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Marshall Wace joins hedge fund peers in planning Japan office
Global hedge funds have been looking for ways to boost their Japan presence and investments.
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South Korea backs Trump’s bid to revive North Korea talks
South Korea supports U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is n
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Thousands still in evacuation centers one month after Kumamoto quake
The government has announced a package of measures to support recovery, including a travel discount program to revitalize tourism in the Kyu
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Qatar steps in to mediate as Trump says U.S. not talking to Iran
Major combat operations have been paused for weeks but there has been little progress toward a wider peace agreement between the U.S. and Ir
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Multiple world records fall at Zurich Diamond League meet
Home favorite Audrey Werro sent the Zurich crowd into raptures by moving even closer to the sport's oldest world record, storming to victory
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Corals show how El Nino is intensifying as the planet warms
Coral skeleton records stretching back 1,000 years show El Nino episodes are intensifying as the planet warms, according to a new study.
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Hormuz oil flows rising as Gulf giants’ ramp-up gathers pace
About 6 million to 8 million barrels a day of crude are now being shipped through the chokepoint, keeping global prices in check.
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Trump fans Canada spat by renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the name Ontario has Indigenous roots and predates both Canada's confederation and America's Declar
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Venezuela weighs OPEC exit after decades as it deepens U.S. ties
The move would illustrate the sweeping political realignment in Caracas since U.S. President Donald Trump ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and t
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Anthropic tests new way for Claude to work with robots and scientific lab tools
The new software standard essentially stores information for artificial intelligence assistants to understand how a piece of hardware works.
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Cuba readies to kick off school year despite scant supplies
Nearly 1.4 million children and adolescents will head back to school at the start of September.
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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes agai
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Swallowed by silt: Survivors recount Nepal flood horror
A tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through villages and towns along Nepal's Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers on Wednesday, with hundr
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Faster Tokyo inflation supports near-term BOJ rate hike case
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.8% in August from a year earlier, picking up a tad after rising 1.7% in July, the inter
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Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene and welfare concerns
The nation has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped spaces.
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U.N. urges child-safe design across social media, after Meta settlement
The settlement resolved claims that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and un
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Sloppy Springboks look to clean up mistakes in second test against New Zealand
South Africa has not lost two games in a row since 2022, and has not done so at home in 11 years.
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Glacier collapse behind Nepal flood highlights region’s climate risk
Similar events are becoming more frequent as global warming accelerates the ongoing thaw in the Himalayas.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho seeking more than goals from superstar Kylian Mbappe
The French forward hit a hat trick as Jose Mourinho's team steamrollered Real Sociedad on Wednesday.
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‘Numakage Public Pool’ documents the demise of a third space
Shinga Ota's "hybrid documentary" is a bittersweet lament for a community hub facing its final weeks.
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‘I Don’t Know You’: A provocative, humanist drama with no easy answers
Ryota Nakano's latest film is anchored by strong performances from Kentaro Sakaguchi and Ikoi Hayase.
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