Google promotes ‘teacher approved’ apps for kids. Here’s what parents should know 
BOJ Raises Interest Rates to 1% as Inflation Pressures Persist 
Obayashi to Acquire Multiplex in $526M Expansion Deal 
Every generation thinks they had it the toughest, but for Gen Z, they’re probably right 
Time to buy local: war fuel price shocks reveal the folly of a long food supply chain 
Dollar Slips as U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Optimism Boosts Risk Appetite Ahead of Fed Decision 
The ghost of Robodebt – Federal Court rules billions of dollars in welfare debts must be recalculated 
What’s the difference between baking powder and baking soda? It’s subtle, but significant 
Jio IPO Filing Nears as Reliance Targets $4 Billion Market Debut 
Microsoft Taps AWS to Support GitHub Amid AI Coding Boom 
SpaceX Stock Soars After Historic IPO, Reaches $2.5 Trillion Market Value 
Sigma Healthcare Shares Jump After Exiting Boots Acquisition Process 
Google Gemini Co-Lead Noam Shazeer Leaves for OpenAI Amid AI Talent Race 
SK Hynix Shares Hit Record High After Shipping Next-Generation HBM4E AI Memory Samples 
Locked up then locked out: how NZ’s bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder 
Asian Stocks Advance as Nikkei Nears Record High Ahead of Fed Decision 
Dollar Surges After Fed Holds Rates Steady, Signals Potential Tightening Ahead 
Japanese snack maker Yaokin’s Twitter announcement of raising the price of its most popular line of snacks Umaibo by two yen created a buzz nationwide that it had to apologize for the decision.
According to Yaokin, the increase in the cost of Umaibo’s ingredients, shipping, and other expenses forced it to raise the price from 10 yen to 12 yen by April 1, 2022.
The company thanked its fans for their support that enabled it to keep the price at 10 yen for more than four decades.
Umaibo has been at its current ridiculously inexpensive price of 10 yen ever since it first went on sale in 1979.
While a two yen increase isn’t much, it’s still a sudden 20-percent jump at a time when Japan is seeing prices rise for a wide variety of consumer goods, without an equivalent wage hike.
Another factor is that for elementary school-age kids, the extra two yen is a bigger portion of their spending money than it is for older Umaibo fans.
