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  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    The Top LineJapanese business & finance
    Why Japanese corporates are less reliant on dollar-yen rate for profits

    Exchange rates have become less important as companies build products closer to customers

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Japanese economy
    Investors crank up bets on BoJ surrendering yield curve controls

    Wagers against Japanese bonds divide foreign and domestic fund managers

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Yen
    Yen hits new 24-year low testing BoJ’s ultra-loose policy

    Analysts predict sell-off will continue as Japan’s central bank sticks to low interest rates

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    Cyber Security
    Ransomware gangs target Japan as a feeding ground

    AI translation software makes the Japanese language a less formidable barrier to cyber attacks than in the past

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Bank of Japan
    Yen sinks as BoJ sticks to ultra-loose monetary policy

    Japanese central bank sees inflation as transitory even as US Federal Reserve and others raise rates

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Currencies
    Yen hits 24-year low against dollar as Japan sticks to loose monetary policy

    Japanese currency comes under further pressure as US Treasury yields rise

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    InterviewJapanese business & finance
    Nomura chief predicts weak yen will kick off foreign M&A wave

    Kentaro Okuda says rate rises and Toshiba privatisation will usher in ‘paradigm shift’ for corporate Japan

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    Will the Fed signal a slower pace of rate rises this autumn?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Saturday, 11 June, 2022
    Japanese business & finance
    The rise and rise of Japan’s unsackable slacker

    In a culture that rewards seniority, young workers feel resentment towards older unproductive colleagues

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Yen
    Japanese finance officials make rare statement on yen’s decline

    BoJ’s ultra-loose policy has set it apart from other major central banks this year

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Yen
    Yen moves toward 24-year low against dollar

    Bank of Japan governor forced to retract claim that consumers were more ‘tolerant’ of price rises

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Opinion
    Investors’ enthusiasm for the metaverse remains overheated

    The stretching of the concept’s scope has been easier given both its complexity and the post-pandemic moment

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    FT MagazineGaming
    My fight with my family over a PS5

    Global economic forces are playing havoc with stock — and complicating the household debate over getting a new console

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    News in-depthCompanies2 min
    The extraordinary Toshiba saga | FT Big Deal

    The recent saga of Toshiba has unfolded with each new twist more extraordinary than the last

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba chief willing to sell company ‘to make it great’

    Taro Shimada is presiding over potential sale of one of Japan’s best-known companies

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Japan passes stablecoin law giving protection to crypto investors

    Cryptocurrencies have come under global scrutiny following the collapse of a popular token

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    News in-depthToshiba Corp
    Toshiba agrees ceasefire with investors but fight is far from over

    Group hopes way is clear for biggest take-private deal in Japanese history after years-long battle

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s horrifying crop of data falsification is also encouraging

    The scandals have emerged from a distinct new phase in the evolution of the country’s shareholder capitalism

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Nomura prepares to launch crypto subsidiary

    Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Legal services
    Why foreign private equity is eyeing deals in Japan

    The country increasingly represents the safest choice for a regional hub

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    FT MagazineTechnology
    These electric chopsticks cut your salt intake. No, really

    Japanese people consume about twice the amount of salt recommended. Could a new gadget one day help?

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    News in-depthSMBC Nikko Securities, Inc
    ‘Apocalyptically bad’: how SMBC Nikko fell from grace

    Block trade scandal has scarred the Japanese brokerage’s reputation and prompted a client exodus

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessJapanese business & finance
    Kishida sales pitch for corporate Japan faces toughest test at home

    While prime minister woos foreign investors, he will have to overcome resistance among domestic households to deploying excess cash

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Sony Corp
    The Netflix subscriber wobble raises new questions for Sony

    Consumer belt-tightening could favour the Japanese giant — though it may also prompt an uglier battle for market share

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Yen
    An ageing population grapples with the spectacle of the plunging yen

    Despite popular disquiet, a weak currency is good for corporate Japan

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