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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Markets InsightTakashi Miwa
      The Bank of Japan is subtly shifting approach

      The central bank is nearing the end of its yield curve control policy

      A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s clash of titans could be the boldest trade of the year

      The confrontation between Kitao and Murakami shows how much the country has changed

      Montage image of Yoshiaki Murakami, left, and Yoshitaka Kitao
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Food & Beverage
      Hong Kong food tech start-up challenges Japanese bento market

      Former Sony chip designer hopes to shake up takeaway lunch service with automatic vending machine

      Hong Kong start-up Kamakura Foods founder and chief Jason Chen, centre, executive chef Manabu Oikawa, left, and head of engineering Stephen Chan hold up their company’s bento products
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Start-ups challenge culture of the Japanese salaryman

      Younger workers have new expectations of risk, reward and responsibility 

      Black and white photo of rows of smartly dressed young Japanese people with a red circle overlaid on the image
    • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
      Japan embraces management buyouts as pressures mount at listed groups

      Highest number of takeover proposals since 2010 fuels predictions MBOs could become biggest driver of deals

      An electronic stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman Sachs Japan president departs in shake-up

      Move accelerates end to career of one of the biggest figures in Tokyo’s financial industry

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      What is the point of an expo in today’s world?

      The chaotic build-up to Japan’s event suggests it is a relic of a past global order

      Maria Hergueta illustration of three contractors setting up construction on a stage with half opened long red curtains.
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank accused of ‘destroying’ social media app to protect reputation

      Founders of Gen Z app IRL allege Japanese group spread damaging lies about company

      SoftBank’s logo
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Lex
      Asia banks: peak rates mean Japan lenders are dancing on the ceiling Premium content

      If BoJ ends its negative interest rate, bank shares will make further gains

      Illuminated signage for Mizuho Bank
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Japanese economy
      Japan’s economy contracts as weak consumption undercuts recovery

      Third quarter decline will complicate Bank of Japan’s efforts to unwind ultra-loose monetary policy

      People walk across a pedestrian crossing in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Nintendo Co Ltd
      ‘Zelda’ film tests Nintendo’s ability to tap intellectual property trove

      Investors say Japanese video game publisher is not taking full advantage of its franchises and characters

      Still from ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
      Japan needs stronger whistleblower protections

      The absence of several safeguards contrasts with country’s pitch to foreign investors on improving corporate governance

      Japan’s top talent agency, Johnny & Associates, holds a press conference
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      LexSoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank: Son has sold struggling group’s safety net Premium content

      The timing could have been better if the company’s founder was going to cash in on its most lucrative investment

      Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank posts unexpected $6.2bn loss after WeWork bankruptcy

      Japanese tech conglomerate hit by falling valuations in portfolio companies

      SoftBank and WeWork logos
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Can Japan ever pass the ‘Buffett horizon’?

      The country should pause to consider what would happen if the talismanic investor decided to walk away

      Maria Hergueta illustration of a man holding a giant red balloon up next to his face, poking it with a needle
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      Japanese companies place US bets on Texas

      Concern over belligerence from China has refocused attention on the importance of the US market

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Toyota takes on Tesla’s gigacasting in battle for carmaking’s future

      Japanese manufacturer works on new approach as it targets big increase in electric vehicle production

    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Hiromi Yamaji: The banker turned stock exchange boss rattling Japan’s listed companies

      The country’s regulator is exerting ‘unprecedented’ influence to unlock value

    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Japan’s scallop industry seeks safe harbour from China ban

      Investors say Beijing’s sanctions could offer an unexpected boost by creating a national champion

      Scallops on shells on a grill in Osaka, Japan
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      ExplainerJapanese government bonds
      What the end of Japan’s yield curve control experiment means for markets

      Investor reaction to the BoJ removing the hard ceiling on 10-year yields has so far been muted

      Montage showing the Bank of Japan, 100 Japenese Yen coin, and a bar chart
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota profits double on strong sales and weakening yen

      Japanese carmaker raises full-year operating profit forecast by 50%

      Two Toyota concept models, the sporty FT-Se and the SUV-type FT-3e, on motor show display
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Unhedged
      Japan is changing, slowly Premium content

      And tobacco companies

      A New York Stock Exchange trader
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      InterviewMitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
      MHI plans global defence sales push after Japan expands military budget

      Military contractor says industry has failed to make inroads abroad to compete with US and Europe

      An artist’s impression of the next-generation fighter jet being developed under the Global Combat Air Programme between Japan, the UK and Italy
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Foreign investment in US
      Toyota to invest $8bn in North Carolina battery plant

      Investment is the largest by a foreign carmaker in a US factory since Inflation Reduction Act was passed

      People taking photos of a Toyota electric vehicle on display
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan under pressure from weak yen and soaring yields

      Two-day policy meeting could end with changes to trading band for government bonds

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
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