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Kana Inagaki is the Tokyo bureau chief at the Financial Times. Before that, she was FT’s Tokyo correspondent since 2014. Earlier in her career, she reported on Japan at the Wall Street Journal, Kyodo News and the Associated Press.
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  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Japan
    Investors read the runes on course of Japan’s monetary policy

    Central bank watchers deeply divided on when and how ultra-loose approach will unwind

    Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda chats with US Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Japan
    Japan’s prime minister Kishida says: ‘reassess our economy’

    Investors, notably in Asia, seek reassurance that bounceback will last, as ‘unpredictable’ China loses its sheen

    People take pictures on an escalator of an observation deck
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Japan
    Japan government sweeteners aim to attract investors

    Official push is on to lure more investment but the real issue may be lack of asset managers’ transparency

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Hino
    Truckmaker Hino hauls in 49,900% return with Japan property deal

    Land sale indicative of value hidden in Japanese corporate sector

    Hino logo
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    #techAsia
    China’s EV makers look west as Huawei puts in overtime Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A BYD Co Yangwang U9 vehicle at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai, China
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    OpenAI
    OpenAI and Jony Ive in talks to raise $1bn from SoftBank for AI device venture

    ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’

    From left, Jony Ive, Sam Altman and Masayoshi Son
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
    How TSMC’s chip plant is shaking up Japan

    Semiconductor giant’s arrival in a small town highlights broader challenges for Asia’s most advanced economy

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s factory under construction in Kikuyo, Japan
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank finance chief criticises S&P for lack of credit upgrade after Arm deal

    Analysts had expected an upgrade after tech group raised $5bn in listing

    SoftBank finance chief Yoshimitsu Goto
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sexual misconduct allegations
    Japanese boy band abuse scandal rocks entertainment industry

    Some of country’s largest businesses and media groups try to distance themselves from troubled talent agency

    Noriyuki Higashiyama, left, and Julie Fujishima
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Nippon Paint targets China expansion despite property market slowdown

    Co-president predicts company can make ‘good money’ even as developers wrestle with turmoil

    A worker moves pallets of paint at a Nippon Paint plant in China
  • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank seeks OpenAI tie-up as Son plans deal spree after Arm IPO

    Japanese conglomerate is looking to invest tens of billions of dollars in AI after Arm’s blockbuster listing

  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s PM Kishida appoints more women to cabinet posts

    Leader seeks to revive popularity as he nears end of term as head of ruling Liberal Democratic party

    Yoko Kamikawa arriving at the prime minister’s office
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Technology
    A shadow over Vietnam and AI constraints in China

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A motorcyclist rides past the Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co Plant at Yen Phong Industrial Park in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    News in-depthBAE Systems PLC
    An ambitious timetable to deliver the world’s newest fighter jet

    UK, Italian and Japanese partnership aims to have a new generation of supersonic aircraft flying by 2035

    Montage of fighter jet and graphic of new jet
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    Japan’s ispace: the unruly start-up that shot for the Moon and missed

    The FT delves into the events that led to the crash of the Hakuto-R lander in April and uncovers a corporate culture described by some as ‘toxic’

    A rendering of the Hakuto-R lander, with the mission logo on the left and Takeshi Hakamada on the right
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Foreign exchange
    China and Japan push back against dollar strength

    People’s Bank of China sets renminbi trading band higher than expected while Tokyo warns against yen’s decline

    A hand holding $100 bills
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    IPOs
    KKR to list chip equipment maker as Tokyo experiences IPO revival

    Private equity group aims to float Hitachi Kokusai Electric at valuation that would make it Japan’s biggest initial public offering since 2018

    A visitor looks at an electronic stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Inside BusinessSemiconductors
    Japan seeks revival as a semiconductor powerhouse

    New joint venture aims to reduce reliance on Taiwanese chips but faces tough challenges

    Atsuyoshi Koike, president of semiconductor venture Rapidus, breaks ground during a ceremony in the city of Chitose, northern Japan. where the country’s new chip plant will built
  • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
    News in-depthSony Corp
    Sony takes on Disney and Mukesh Ambani in India with Zee merger

    Japanese entertainment powerhouse hopes India’s biggest TV broadcaster can help it repeat previous successes

    Logos of Zee Entertainment and Sony on an orange and green gradient background with an image of Kenichiro Yoshida, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan raises military spending to counter China with more missiles and ships

    Shopping list includes destroyers and stealth frigates as Tokyo builds up Self-Defense Forces

    Japanese military vessels in Sagami Bay
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    Japanese department store workers to stage first strike since 1950s

    Seibu’s flagship store in Tokyo to close for one day in protest at planned sale to US investment fund

    Pedestrians walk past a Seibu department store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Disease control and prevention
    Japanese drugmaker urges G7 to fix infectious diseases market

    Shionogi chief warns companies are deserting the field to focus on more lucrative areas

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    UK fighter jet alliance on course for 2035 deadline despite Saudi overture

    Riyadh’s request to join trilateral project will not hold up development of next-generation aircraft, BAE executive says

  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank seeks to build investment war chest on back of Arm IPO

    Masayoshi Son could use up to $65bn to launch tech spending ‘counteroffensive’, analysts estimate

    A montage of Masayoshi Son in front of a SoftBank building
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    #techAsia
    Intel’s packaging plans and a giant step for India Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

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