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A record-breaking 691,100 Singaporeans visited Japan in 2024, said the Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) Singapore Office on Wednesday (Jan 15). Read more at The Business Times.

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3% from a year earlier in December, accelerating from 2.7% in the previous month through higher energy costs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported Friday

In 2025, JNTO is hoping to continue this streak by rolling out their newest initiative ‘Fly & Explore’, this time pushing Singaporeans to venture into Japan’s uncharted regions with handy guides on domestic flight routes, secret spots, and travel tips.

This country has the the largest nominal GDP in Asia and the second-largest globally, behind the USA with $30.33 trillion (£24 trillion).

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This is despite having a higher number of operating outlets from a year ago, due to weak sales in Nov and Dec last year.

Japan’s slower adoption of AI and digital technologies presents a chance for Rakuten to lead. With no dominant player yet in Japan’s AI market, despite government subsidies, companies like SoftBank, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, and NEC are all vying for position.

Local actress Jeanette Aw, who in recent years has turned her passion for baking into a patisserie business, is taking her sweet treats to Japan once more. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com

Japan's Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) has appointed Bank of America and UBS to work on a $1 billion data centre real estate investment trus

The dollar fell on Friday, on track to log its worst week in more than a year, after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested a potentially softer stance on tariffs against China which added to uncertainties around U.

CGSI analyst Lock Mun Yee kept her “add” call and target price of $2.82 on MINT as she likes the REIT’s “resilient” metrics and attractive dividend yield of 6.3% for FY2025. See also: Analysts largely positive on Frasers Centrepoint Trust after 1QFY2025 update which saw 99.5% occupancy rate