A fire erupted from an electric bicycle's battery in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Thursday, causing momentary panic on the streets near Roppongi Hills.

Source: https://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/138450.php

AMMAN (Reuters) - Japan extended a $100 million loan to help Jordan's electricity sector reforms as part of Tokyo's support for the kingdom's IMF-guided reforms, officials said on Sunday.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/index/TOPIX-INDEX-61714390/news/Japan-loans-Jordan-100-million-for-electricity-reforms-44762113/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230903

Businessmen look at monitors showing Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index and stock prices at a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/wall-street-listless-ahead-of-two-days-of-us-job-data/article_e1612be8-c263-557a-be98-7b571d9742cd.html

In Asian trading, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 0.2 per cent, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 by 1.1 per cent and the Kospi in Seoul by 1.3 per cent.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/business/markets-close-higher-for-second-day-on-gains-in-it-banking-stocks-3838497

Ozeki Kirishima speaks during a news conference at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Monday.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/12/26/sumo/kirishima-yokozuna-bid/

Pedestrians look on after a car plowed into a line of people in Tokyo's famous Shibuya scramble intersection Saturday evening.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/07/japan/crime-legal/shibuya-scramble-car-accident-tokyo/

Tech company shares rose in Asia, too, where Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.7% to 31,019.61.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/business/stock-market-today-asian-markets-mixed-as-us-government-debt-talks-push-toward-brink-of-default-7048692