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  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    #techAsia
    Panasonic’s gigafactory expansion and south-east Asia’s funding chill Premium content

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

  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    HTSI
    Grand Seiko’s rock star of watchmaking

    Musician turned master maker Takuma Kawauchiya is transforming time at the Japanese house

  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    Tokyo could win ‘not China’ global hub status — but it must want it

    Optimists see the chance of benefits as Sino-US tensions alter the financial dynamics

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Japanese economy
    Japan inflation will drive savers back to the stock market, says exchange chief

    JPX president suggests cash was king in deflationary times but households now need better returns

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Sony Corp
    Sony chief warns technical problems persist for cloud gaming

    Promise of technology remains unfulfilled after more than a decade of development

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Inside BusinessJapanese business & finance
    Activist shareholders threaten Japan’s AGM season

    Chief executives are vulnerable to a current push for systemic shifts in climate policy and transparency

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota chair faces removal vote over governance issues

    More challenges to boards on diversity and corporate values expected during Japan’s annual meeting season

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    How to buy a global $20bn company for nothing

    Japan is only theoretically fertile territory for stock market takeovers, as the Toyota thought experiment reveals

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Financial services
    Cayman Islands fights attempts by Singapore and Hong Kong to lure Asia’s wealthy

    British overseas territory plans first Asian office to counter competition as offshore finance centre

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Mizuho agrees $550mn deal for boutique investment bank Greenhill

    Japanese group is paying significant premium as it seeks to quicken US expansion

  • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    What Zelda soup tells us about corporate Japan

    From Nintendo to Nomura, a change of perspective on how to do business is taking place

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    How Japan got its swagger back

    Helped by an escape from decades of deflation, the stock market is at a 33-year high and the economy rebounding. But can this rally last?

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Special ReportG7: Japan
    AI will test faith in democracy, Tokyo warns

    Taro Kono, Japan’s digital minister, says elections could be targeted by ‘malicious elements’

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Sony Corp
    Sony considers partial spin-off and listing of financial services unit

    Shares of Japanese conglomerate rise 6% as investors welcome idea

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Semiconductors
    Global chipmakers to expand in Japan as tech decoupling accelerates

    Rising tensions between west and China reshape global semiconductor supply chain

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Japanese economy
    Japan exits recession despite export slump

    Stock markets at highest in more than three decades

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan stock index hits 33-year high as investors warm to Tokyo story

    Interest spurred by corporate governance reforms and search for alternative to China

  • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
    Technology sector
    Beware the ‘bad-ish’ actor when it comes to AI

    Commercial pressures will result in tech weapons being available to cause mayhem

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Japanese economy
    The true price of a Japanese cinema ticket

    Recent increases are response to inflationary pressures that are hurting many of the country’s businesses

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Fortress Investment Group LLC
    SoftBank nears deal to sell Fortress to Mubadala for up to $3bn

    Japanese group in late-stage talks with Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund as it seeks to pay down debt

  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    Japanese companies seeking US deals fear more scrutiny of China links

    Experts warn Washington’s foreign investment oversight is becoming ‘more rigorous, intense and thorough’

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Legal services
    Japan’s ‘myth of security’ raises cyber attack risk

    Senior managers in Japanese companies will often outsource cyber risk to experts and then assume that is enough

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    Is Japan’s military fit for purpose?

    Rattled by the rise of China, Tokyo has introduced a record increase in defence spending. But experts say it also needs a complete change in mindset

  • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    A gruesome episode tells a painful story about corporate Japan

    What happened to one delivery driver illustrates the costs exacted by workers’ sense of duty and obligation

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Chinese economy
    Goldman loses taste for China’s cheese lollipops

    Demand for flavoured snack expected to weaken as consumers tighten belts, say analysts

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