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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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