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Aug 15, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Tim Kelly |Akiko Okamoto |Komiya Kantaro |Hyonhee Shin

Tokyo, JapanReuters Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday of its defeat in World War II with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other Asian nations see as a symbol of the country’s wartime aggression. Defence Minister Minoru Kihara, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Yasutaka Shindo, the economic revitalisation chief, visited the site in Tokyo, the capital.

May 9, 2024 | gurutrade.com | Anton Bridge |Jason Neely |Toby Chopra |Komiya Kantaro

TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Sony Group and other parties are considering buying online comic store operator Infocom Corp in a deal worth up to 200 billion yen ($1.28 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Infocom parent Teijin Ltd is aiming to sell its entire stake of around 55% and scheduled a second round of bidding for mid-May, Bloomberg said, citing multiple sources. Other likely bidders include the U.S. investment funds Blackstone and KKR, Bloomberg said.