- Reuters
Nintendo expects to sell 13.5 million Switch units this year
Nintendo said on Tuesday it expects to sell 13.5 million Switch consoles in the financial year ending March 2025. Nintendo lifted its full-year forecast to 15.5 million units in February. Nintendo has extended the lifecycle of the Switch console with hit titles such as "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom", with the market focused on the timing and prospects for next-generation hardware.
- Yahoo Finance UK
UK house prices rise despite high mortgage rates
A typical UK home cost £288,949 in April, compared with £288,781 in March, Halifax said.
- Reuters
Japan tells US that Biden's 'xenophobia' comment is regrettable
Japan has described as "regrettable" U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" is stifling the Asian nation's economic growth, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Last week Biden said "xenophobia" in economies from China to Japan and India was hobbling their growth, while arguing at a Washington fund-raising event that migration has been good for the U.S. economy. "We lodged representations to the United States that the comment was not based on the correct understanding of Japan's policy and regrettable," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular news conference, without elaborating.
