When convenience store operator Lawson unveiled a 10% price hike on its popular chicken nuggets last year, investors weren’t convinced it would go down well. After all, the product had …
Brendan Murphy is shorting 10-year Japanese government bond futures on a wager that it’s only a matter of time before the nation’s central bank tightens monetary policy. Murphy, a money …
With the cost of living rising, the topic of 節約 (setsuyaku, saving money) has made its way into more and more of my daily conversations. Gone are the days when …
11:45 p.m., Shibuya scramble It begins with a flutter of anxious energy. Checking watches and phones, and with concerned glances toward the dwindling number of trains as the station clock …