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  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Games industry
    Nintendo and Sony head into ‘grim’ holiday season with old consoles and no big releases

    Video game industry fears its most important quarter will fall flat with few new mass-market offerings

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  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
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    Demand for residential batteries set to surge

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  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    Japan is having a moment but will it survive Trump?

    Some believe the country’s economy could benefit from the result of the US election

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  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan cuts 9,000 jobs and halves CEO’s pay as it sinks to a loss

    Carmaker to slash global production capacity by a fifth in emergency turnaround plan

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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Automobiles
    China woes weigh on profits at Toyota, Honda and BMW

    Even the strongest international carmakers are suffering from intense competition in the Chinese market

    Tundra trucks and Sequoia SUVs are lined up as they exit the assembly line at Toyota's truck plant in San Antonio, Texas
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Nomura Holdings Inc
    Nomura profits surge as chief takes pay cut over trading scandal

    Japan’s biggest investment bank and brokerage beats expectations but is still dogged by controversy

    Kentaro Okuda, President and CEO of Nomura Holdings Inc., gestures while speaking during an interview.
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Fujitec Company Limited
    Japanese lift maker Fujitec explores sale to private equity

    Talks with multiple groups including Sweden’s EQT have taken place in recent months

    A worker tests the lift inside the Vessel in New York on October 21 2024
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Olympus Corp
    Olympus chief executive forced to quit over alleged illegal drug purchase

    Medical equipment maker says Stefan Kaufmann, one of Japan’s few foreign CEOs, likely to have breached code of conduct

    Stefan Kaufmann gestures while speaking during an interview at the company's headquarters in Tokyo in November 2022
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    Japan’s stock market is producing too many ‘punycorns’

    The country urgently needs a vibrant business pipeline to replace the unicorn’s unambitious cousin

    María Hergueta's illustration of a hand in a business suit holding a miniature red unicorn
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
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    Tokyo Metro is not offering a high-speed ride Premium content

    With longer-run growth prospects limited, investors should not count on a long-term rally

    Commuters walk along a platform at Kayabacho station on the Tokyo Metro
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Tokyo Metro rises 45% on debut in Japan’s biggest IPO since 2018

    Underground railway network has raised $2.3bn in heavily oversubscribed listing

    Commuters walk past signs for the Tokyo Metro at Shimbashi station in central Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Japan maintains cautious stance on crypto ETFs

    Tax and regulatory restrictions continue to loom large even as firms make preparations to launch digital asset products

    Members of the media observe the stock quotation board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Japanese property group Tokyo Tatemono targeted by UK activist fund

    Stakebuilding by Palliser Capital follows Elliott Management's move on sector peer Mitsui Fudosan

    A pedestrian walks through the Otemachi business district in Tokyo, with tall skyscrapers and the sun reflecting off the glass buildings
  • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
    InterviewNikon Corp
    Nikon seeks to diversify beyond cameras and chips amid geopolitical tensions

    Japanese company’s chipmaking equipment has escaped US export restrictions to China but situation is volatile, says chief

    Muneaki Tokunari, president of Nikon, poses in front of a staircase
  • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
    Yen
    Yen resumes decline on doubts over Japan interest rate rises

    Currency sinks below ¥150 against US dollar for first time since August surge

    Yen and US dollar banknotes
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    Couche-Tard chief dismisses Seven & i break-up plan and urges talks on $47bn deal

    Canadian company’s executives are in Tokyo to try to move buyout offer forward

    A 7-Eleven petrol pump in front of a convenience store and several parked cars
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Japanese society
    Tokyo looks to protect service staff from customers who are not so cool

    Ban on ‘kasu-hara’ abuse prompted by alarm at rising harassment of city’s workers by angry clientele

    A worker and shoppers at a fruit shop in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    7-Eleven owner plans split as it resists record $47bn buyout proposal

    Japanese retail conglomerate seeks to streamline its operations as it fends off bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard

    A pedestrian walks past the entrance of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    How anime took over the world

    The global footprint of the animated sub-genre is growing inexorably

    María Hergueta illustration of a Japanese anime character standing on top of the world
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    LexSeven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Couche-Tard’s pursuit will force 7-Eleven to mount a tougher defence Premium content

    Japan’s designation of Seven & i as a ‘core business’ means a deal will not be easy, but investors should benefit regardless

    A customer shopping in a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i shares jump after Couche-Tard says it is ready to pay $47bn

    Canadian company’s non-binding offer to owner of 7-Eleven chain is 20% higher than initial rejected approach

    A sign for a 7-Eleven convenience store against a blue sky in Tokyo
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i looks to bolster takeover defences with non-core asset sales

    Owner of 7-Eleven brand considers disposing of supermarket chain and selling stake in Seven Bank

    Customers leave a 7-Eleven store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota to invest $500mn in flying taxi start-up Joby

    Fresh funding from Japanese carmaker includes plans for manufacturing alliance

    A Joby eVTOL aircraft outside the New York Stock Exchange in 2021
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    OpenAI
    SoftBank to invest $500mn in OpenAI

    Japanese group led by Masayoshi Son set to join $6.5bn funding round that would value start-up at $150bn

    Sam Altman
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s incoming PM calls snap October election as shares sink

    Nikkei 225 drops almost 5% as markets assess new leader who is expected to back BoJ’s rate rises

    Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference at the Liberal Democratic party's headquarters in Tokyo
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