Research from Tokyo on Japanese industry, semiconductors, AI infrastructure and capital markets.
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A House victory is not a presidential knockout 4 November 2026 JST. Evidence cutoff: the supplied Nikkei report published at 12:16 JST and captured at 12:25, and Reu
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Market event: Korea and Taiwan closes; U.S. premarket on 3 Nov 2026 Verified: 3 Nov 2026, 20:21 JST What changed. The 12:18 JST update treated Korea's decline as an
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Dislike is not evidence Disliking Heizo Takenaka does not make an article attacking him correct. Criticism of a disliked policymaker requires especially careful arit
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As of 3 November 2026, 21:30 JST (before US election-night results). This is a pre-election portrait, not an account of winners. We begin with Reuters' election-day
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Publication time: 5 Nov 2026, 07:20 JST Event window: U.S. regular close and after-hours earnings through 17:00 ET Status: Closing prices verified; Qualcomm and Arm
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A garage of highlights, and very little driving A friend who restores cars built my 1969 CORVETTE, piecing it together with donor parts. JAGUAR F-TYPE. RR Phantom. L