Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (top C) delivers an election campaign speech in support of the Liberal Democratic Party candidate in Chiba on October 19, 2024. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to lose its parliamentary majority, with analysis and exit polls by local news suggesting it could even fall short with its coalition partner.As polls closed at 8 p.m. local time Sunday, the decision desk of NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, predicted a tight race. It forecast the LDP wouldn’t be able to reach a majority on its own, adding that it could gain…
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TOPSHOT – Officials look on as people vote during the general election at a polling station set up at a local school in Tokyo on October 27, 2024. Japan voted on October 27 in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s voters decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government on Sunday in an election expected to punish his coalition…
LOS ANGELES — The ballpark fell silent as Shohei Ohtani clutched his left arm and writhed in the dirt. He has come to represent so much for the Los Angeles Dodgers: Their finest player, their financial lodestar, the star who forged the team’s path back to the World Series. He catalyzes the present and allows them to fantasize about the future. So Dodger Stadium engaged in a collective gasp when Ohtani jammed his left arm into the ground while attempting to steal second base in the seventh inning of Game 2 against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers steaming…
The Los Angeles Dodgers won and lost Saturday night.They won Game 2 of the World Series, 4-2, over the New York Yankees to take a two games to none series lead. But they lost superstar Shohei Ohtani to an apparent left shoulder injury on a stolen-base attempt in the seventh inning. The extent of the injury and Ohtani’s availability for the rest of the series remain unknown.Before the sight of Ohtani writhing in pain quieted the crowd, it was another joyous night at Dodger Stadium, and the man in the spotlight was Dodgers rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto.After his 80th pitch, in…
It’s that time of year again — and I’m not talking about the trade deadline (though we’ll get to the hot names on the trade block in a minute). I’m talking about “vote of confidence” season.Three days after New York Giants co-owner John Mara watched his former star running back and current Philadelphia Eagles star Saquon Barkley run all over the Giants at MetLife Stadium, Mara told reporters (at an event celebrating his late father, Wellington) that he has no plans to fire either head coach Brian Daboll or GM Joe Schoen this season or in the offseason. This is…
Back in 2007, I dropped out of college, despite owing about $50,000 in student loans. Believe it or not, it was the smart choice for me at the time. None of my friends who’d graduated were landing jobs. I knew I’d need to go even further into debt to finish my degree. And I’d already landed a great position as a public policy assistant. Still, starting out on such shaky financial ground was far from ideal.Feeling uneasy about quitting school, I thought all I could do was grind it out at my job. But I’d found a passion that got me excited…
The Baltimore Ravens have seen all sorts of defensive approaches since quarterback Lamar Jackson became their full-time starting quarterback in the second half of the 2018 season, and the most successful ones typically had a common goal: take the fight to Jackson rather than giving him time and space.Blitzes were not necessarily Jackson’s kryptonite, but it was one of the few strategies that seemed to work with any consistency. Not anymore.The Ravens’ torrid offensive stretch — they’ve averaged 35 points and 479 yards per game during their five-game winning streak — has been fueled by Jackson’s improved ability to punish…
It may be hard to find true “undecideds” in the political arena at this point, but there are a few lively debates and plenty of position-switching in markets with ten weeks remaining in what has been a rewarding, but consensus-snubbing, year for investors. Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook? Is the market’s attempt to front-run potential U.S. election outcomes a reliable signal of how policy might sway economics? And how should investors be thinking about future equity returns as the bull market enters its third year riding…
LOS ANGELES — The pattern started to emerge again.So many USC games have followed the same script: The offense stalls a bit in the third quarter, the defense gives up a score and suddenly, the opponent has some life. On Friday night, USC’s offense went four-and-out on its first third-quarter series. Then, the defense surrendered a touchdown and two-point conversion to Rutgers.USC held a 19-point lead in the first half. At the 8:11 mark of the third quarter, the lead was down to eight. Thoughts of another collapse were certainly on the minds of many Trojans fans.But on the first…
When I was a teenager, I bought my first car. It was a Toyota Tercel with a few hundred miles on it and cost less than $10,000. Granted, this was 30 years ago.Now that I have a daughter turning 17, I envisioned a similar scenario. She has worked — and saved — since the age of 13, and I assumed she could at least pitch in for a reasonably priced pre-owned model.But, boy, has the used car market changed. For starters, prices have increased enormously.Anyone who has stayed away from the car market in recent years is in for a…
