In 1995, a modest 3.3 million people visited Japan, a fascinating land of ancient temples, neon skyscrapers, snow-capped mountains and sandy beaches. That year it was the 34th most visited country on the planet, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), behind the likes of Bulgaria, Ukraine and Belgium. Growth was steady, if unspectacular, […]

Volatility gripped Wall Street on Tuesday. The Dow fell as much as 430 points — 1.6% — on fears about a political crisis in Italy and renewed trade tensions between the United States and China. The index turned negative for the year. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq slipped 1.3% and 0.7% apiece. Italy is headed […]

“Shabbat as a day of rest [religiously] and also according to the law, is a central value in the lives of all Jews and our identity as a people.” The youth wing of the National Union religious party, a part of the Bayit Yehudi Knesset faction, has called on Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev […]

LONDON  – Westminster Abbey, one of London’s most famous tourist sites, is opening up an area previously closed to the public to show off 300 items including Prince William’s marriage license to chronicle its 1,000-year history. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries are in the 13th-century triforium, some 16 meters (52 ft) above the floor of […]

A man has shot dead two female police officers and a civilian in the eastern Belgian city of Liège. The gunman also took a female cleaner hostage at a school before being killed by police. Four other police officers were also injured. The man’s motive is not yet clear but the incident is being treated […]

Austria’s Financial Market Authority has barred a cryptocurrency mining firm from operating, alleging that the company violated the nation’s banking laws. The regulator announced Tuesday that it had “prohibited the business model of INVIA GmbH,” a mining firm, claiming that it was offering an unauthorized Alternative Investment Fund in violation of the Austria Banking Act. […]

Weixing Chen, co-founder of the Didi Chuxing ride-hailing company, one of the largest technology startups in the global market, is partnering with Yang Jun, co-founder of Meituan, a Chinese on-demand local services firm, to offer a ride-hailing app supported by blockchain technology. Didi Chuxing is valued at close to $60 billion, and is seeking an IPO at […]

U.S. stock indexes slumped on Tuesday, with bank stocks among the hardest hit, as a deepening political crisis in Italy triggered rush to safe-haven assets. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were hovering near three-week lows on the prospects of a repeat election in Italy that has raised doubts about the country’s […]

If you’re working on a side hustle but not ready to make it your full-time job, join the club. According to a 2017 study from financial services platform Bankrate, 44 million people in the United States have developed an entrepreneurial second or even third revenue stream. But there only so many hours in the day to put […]

There’s a cautionary tale that’s been passed around the professional world for years — someone quits their job and decides to tell the boss exactly what they think of them. Fast forward a few years and this same person, at a different job, finds out they’re getting a new boss. Yep, you guessed it, the very same person […]