Over two days, August 16–17, 2025, Tokyo Big Sight once again became a crucible of pop culture. Comic Market 106 (C106), one of the world’s largest dōjinshi conventions, drew 120,000 attendees on Day 1 and 130,000 on Day 2—for a total of 250,000 visitors.
In a multipolar world, health cooperation is increasingly important in fighting the pandemic, especially as the lifting of restrictions in some parts of the world may cause further disparities.
On March 19, 2025, at its Monetary Policy Meeting, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided—just as markets had expected—to maintain its current policy stance. Specifically, the Policy Board unanimously approved keeping its money market operations framework aimed at guiding the uncollateralized overnight call rate to around 0.50%. Because this outcome had been widely priced in, there was little immediate volatility in equities or government bonds after the announcement.