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Yen Falls To 2-Week Low After US Announces 25% Tariff On Japan
myMotherLode - California
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 4:30 AM EDT The Image Source: Unsplash Japanese yen fell to a two-week low (146.44 per dollar) after Trump announced a 25% tariff on Japan. Trump's new tariffs of 25% also target South Korea, with an effective date of August...
25% tariff on Japan, South Korea: Is Trump turning allies into aliens?
Firstpost
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July 8, 2025
With 25 per cent tariffs on Japan and South Korea, US President Donald Trump has continued punishing allies and rewarding traditional adversaries. Trump on Monday sent out letters to 14 countries to announce new tariffs on them as the waiver on...
LG Group hosts Tech Day at Honda’s HQ in Tokyo
Yahoo Finance
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LG Group has introduced its latest in-vehicle technologies during a private presentation held at Honda Motor Company’s headquarters in Tokyo, as the South Korean conglomerate looks to strengthen its ties with the Japanese automaker. The LG Group...
Where is Tokyo Toni from? Azealia Banks wants to crowd fund tickets to Japan for Blac Chyna's mother
Sportskeeda
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July 8, 2025
On Tuesday, July 8, Azealia Banks took to X to wonder whether Tokyo Toni had ever been to Tokyo. She added that she felt crowdfunding should be done to raise funds to cover the expenses of a trip to Tokyo for Toni. Notably, Tokyo Toni, whose real...
Japan vows to seek U.S. auto tariff concessions in trade talks
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's trade deal with the U.S. must include tariff concessions for its vital automobile industry, top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on goods...
entertainment High energy, strong vocals: J-pop boy band Be:First makes explosive debut in Singapore
Asiaone
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July 8, 2025
No fancy effects, no outfit changes, not even a backing track. But these didn't matter. The two-hour Who is Be:First? sold-out performance on July 5 was not just the Japanese boy band's debut concert in Singapore. It was also my first J-pop...
Analysts see Malaysia's oil production to remain under pressure in 2H
Xinhua News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Analysts have foreseen Malaysia's oil production to remain under pressure in the second half of 2025, continuing the soft decline seen in the first quarter where crude oil and condensate production dropped 5.2...
Octopus Energy mulls £10bn demerger of tech arm Kraken
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
Kraken's software is used by Octopus and licensed to firms around the world By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 07:48 EDT, 8 July 2025 Octopus Energy is considering demerging its tech arm Kraken Technologies to create a separate business worth up to...
16th Intex: A Resounding Success for the Textile & Apparel Industry of Bangladesh
Textile Focus
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July 8, 2025
The 16th edition of Intex was held from 25 to 27 June 2025 at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka, Bangladesh concluded on a high note, marking yet another successful chapter in South Asia’s premier international textile...
Wall Street Journal Warns ‘It’s Easy To See’ How New Trump Move Will Harm U.S. Consumers
HuffPost
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July 8, 2025
LOADINGERROR LOADING The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board on Monday delivered another rebuke of Donald Trump, this time criticizing the president’s return to what it described as “playing the role of Tariff Man.” In a sharply...
Trump’s tariffs have hit South Korea and Japan. India has been wise in charting a cautious path
The Indian Express
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July 8, 2025
What began as sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2, encompassing a 10 per cent baseline duty and hikes up to 50 per cent, has mutated through deadline after deadline, first slated for July 9 and now postponed to August 1. Despite Trump’s...
U.S. Imposes 36% Tariff on All Cambodian Exports, But Concerns of Shifting Manufacturing Remains
CamboJA News
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July 8, 2025
The reciprocal tariff on all Cambodian goods by the US was revised down to 36 percent, from an initial 49 percent, effective August 1, according to an official letter from US President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Hun Manet on July 7. However,...
Fossil fuels feed wars, green energy fuels peace | Column
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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While the world rightly views the climate crisis as the most urgent threat posed by our dependence on oil, coal and gas, there’s another, often overlooked consequence: Fossil fuels have long driven conflict, displacement and geopolitical...
Lucifers Japanese street gang holds official disbanding ceremony inside police station
SoraNews24
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July 7, 2025
Now-former gangsters promise to stop raising hell. Ordinarily, if two or three dozen gang members are all in a police station at the same time, there’s been some sort of major bust or incident that resulted in them all getting swept up by the...
Trump says to slap allies Japan, South Korea with 25% tariff...
Modern Ghana
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President Donald Trump announced tariffs of 25 percent on Japan and South Korea on Monday, stepping up pressure on the two key US allies and a dozen other economies to reach trade deals with Washington. Trump issued similar letters to South...
Japan, South Korea face 25% US tariffs in trade war
RTE Ireland
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July 8, 2025
US President Donald Trump has opened a new phase in the trade war he launched this year, telling partners, from powerhouse suppliers such as Japan and South Korea to minor players, that they face sharply higher tariffs from 1 August. The...
Japan reboots its robot vision as humanoid era fails to deliver
Nikkei Asia
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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts Katey Creel and Akito Tanaka deliver the hottest trends and news from the sector. In this episode, Akito speaks with Tokyo correspondent Ryohtaroh Satoh about how Japan's labor...
Japan, South Korea face 25% tariffs as Trump ramps up trade war in letters to 14 nations
Zawya
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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his trade war telling 14 nations, from powerhouse suppliers such as Japan and South Korea to minor trade players, that they now face sharply higher tariffs from a new deadline...
Japanese Thriller 'Alice In Borderland' Season 3 Releases On THIS Date
Zee News
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Washington : The third season of Japanese thriller series 'Alice in Borderland' has finally got a release date. The makers have also released the teaser for the series. The streaming giant's latest season of the series returns viewers to the...
Japan books record current account surplus of 23.6 bln USD in May
Xinhua News Agency
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TOKYO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's current account surplus in May logged 3.44 trillion yen (about 23.6 billion U.S. dollars), a record high for the month since comparable data became available in 1985, said a government report on Tuesday. The...