Japan

Japan Credit Rating (JCR) has confirmed Turkey's long-term issuer rating as "BBB-" and its outlook as "stable." 

TOKYO - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has got off to a successful start at the Tokyo ATP tennis tournament after beating Taro Daniel of Japan 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday.

Tipsarevic won after 82 minutes of play and will next face Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, who beat Argentine Federico Delbonis in the first round.

Tipsarevic and Karlovic are 1-1 head-to-head.

IHI will become the first Japanese company to establish a factory for compressors in Turkey, which it sees as a base for exporting the machines to Europe, the Middle East and other growing markets.

The Tokyo-based heavy industry group will partner with Turkish industrial machinery maker Dalgakıran Makina on the joint-venture plant. 

A study released by the IMF revealed that private and public debt across the globe have reached unprecedented levels. The report claims the aggregate debt last year exceeded the world’s generated wealth by more than double. Not counting the financial sector, global debt amounted to 152 trillion US dollars at the end of 2015, translated into 255% of world’s nominal GDP.

The International Monetary Fund on Oct. 4 said protectionist political trends risked "turning back the clock" on free trade, warning of a low-growth future for the global economy.
In its new World Economic Outlook report, the global crisis lender also sounded an alarm over what it called a "dangerous" credit binge in China.

The robot’s name Kirobo comes from a combination of ‘kibo’, or ‘hope’, and ‘robot’, with its creators saying that its value is emotional and has the intelligence of a child.

BELGRADE - The first-ever discovery of ancient Roman artifacts in Japan has perplexed archaeologists who are searching for answers as to how the coins ended up on Okinawa Island.

Uruma city's board of education announced the discovery beneath the ruins of Katsuren Castle this week saying the coins are believed to date back to the the third or fourth century, Asahi reports.

BELGRADE - The first-ever discovery of ancient Roman artifacts in Japan has perplexed archaeologists who are searching for answers as to how the coins ended up on Okinawa Island.

Uruma city's board of education announced the discovery beneath the ruins of Katsuren Castle this week saying the coins are believed to date back to the the third or fourth century, Asahi reports.

In Japan, where women do five times as much housework as men, three male politicians have donned "pregnancy" vests in a campaign urging men to help out more at home. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated that Ankara “gave away” Aegean islands to Greece under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, the pact that defined the borders of modern Turkey following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In a speech to regional officials in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan expressed his regret for the border decisions imposed by the pact.