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    Kana Inagaki

    Tokyo bureau chief

    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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    • 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

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Fukushima nuclear accident
      China retaliates after Japan starts release of Fukushima water

      Beijing suspends aquatic imports after Tokyo makes first discharges into Pacific from damaged nuclear site

      Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Investors sound alarm over Arm’s exposure to China

      Chip designer admits ahead of IPO it is ‘susceptible’ to economic and political risks in crucial market

      Chinese flag and Arm semiconductor
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Fukushima nuclear accident
      Japan’s release of radioactive water from Fukushima angers China

      Beijing attacks Tokyo’s plans and says ocean is ‘not a sewer’ for nuclear-contaminated water

      A view of large numbers of water tanks around the plant
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Saudi Arabia pushes to join fighter jet project with UK, Italy and Japan

      Request creates tension between partners in landmark three-way combat aircraft programme

      An artist’s impression of what the final design could look like for the next-generation of fighter jets developed under the Global Combat Air Programme
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