Tokyo-based Minerva Growth Partners has secured around 7 billion yen ($44 million) at the first close for a second fund that aims to invest in late-stage startups, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Japan’s lack of public trash cans often surprises visitors, but cultural norms and safety concerns explain why travelers carry their trash all day.

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.

Launched in 2002, the Hobonichi Techo is the planner of all planners. Its one-page-per-day format appeals to those who like to meld rigor and creativity, whether that means writing a to-do list or journaling daily thoughts.

Japan's ​Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared concerns over what she called the yen's recent "one-sided depreciation", as ‌Tokyo stepped up threats of intervention to stem the currency's fall.