Leo Lewis

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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