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David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during a summit in Sydney in March.
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2025

Trump's attack on Goldman could prompt watering down of Wall Street's independent analysis

The reams of research that banks such as Goldman produce are used by institutional investors, such as hedge funds and asset managers, in deciding how to allocate capital.
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025

Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump’s tariff breaks

While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
The entrance of Nissan's global headquarters, in Yokohama
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2025

KKR is a front-runner in Nissan’s $610 million HQ sale

KJR Management, a Japanese real estate unit of KKR, offered around ¥90 billion ($610 million) for the 22-story office building.
Japanese companies showcase products and services at a business event held on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 25, 2025

Risk reduction key to boosting Japanese investment in Africa

At TICAD 9, Japan promised to help African states develop 300,000 workers in cooperation with Japanese firms.
A craftsman checks the grading of a polished diamond in the grading department of a diamond processing unit in Surat, India, on Aug. 15.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2025

In India's diamond hub, looming U.S. tariffs cut into growing trade ambitions

Trump's levies threaten to sever India's access to its largest diamond market, which accounts for nearly a third of its $28.5 billion annual shipments of gems and jewelry.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Aug. 5
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 27, 2025

U.S. slams India with 50% tariffs, among highest in the world

The move upends a decadeslong push by Washington to forge closer ties with New Delhi and court India as a counterweight to China.
The ByteDance logo at the company's office building in Shanghai in 2023. The company plans to offer to buy back current employees shares at a price 5.5% higher than it offered in a previous repurchase program about six months ago.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

TikTok owner ByteDance sets valuation at over $330 billion in planned buyback

The latest buyback at a higher valuation will come as ByteDance consolidates its position as the world's largest social media company by revenue.
Bank of Japan rate hikes may continue though trade uncertainties remain, board member Junko Nakagawa says.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 28, 2025

BOJ board member reaffirms stance on raising interest rates

Junko Nakagawa's remarks indicate there’s at most a low chance of a move coming at the board's next meeting, which concludes on Sept. 19, as of now.
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 28, 2025

Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals

Dramatic withdrawal by trading house from three projects comes amid similar moves globally.
A cargo ship full of containers is seen at the Port of Oakland, California.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2025

U.S. low-value package tariff exemption ends, raising costs for shippers and consumers

The move broadens the Trump administration's cancellation of the de minimis exemption for packages from China and Hong Kong in May.
A Citibank branch in Tokyo. Amid a talent war, the New York-based lender tried to convince a senior executive of equity distribution in Tokyo and his junior colleague to stay after they tendered resignations.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2025

Citigroup asks two Japan bankers to rethink leaving in talent war

The negotiations highlight the challenges facing global and local financial firms in Japan to retain top staff and attract newcomers.
Capital expenditure by Japanese businesses on goods excluding software gained for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through June.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2025

Japanese firms pare back capital spending as U.S. tariffs hit

Capital expenditure on goods excluding software gained for a fifth consecutive quarter, but slowed to a pace of 0.2% compared to the previous period.
Tourists order sushi using an interactive touchscreen at a Sushiro restaurant in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2025

Growth overseas aids sushi chain Sushiro amid rice inflation at home

Osaka-based chain has been able to avoid across-the-board price hikes at its Japanese restaurants to offset volatile rice costs that have nearly doubled from a year ago.
People use their phones in a garden in Moscow on June 22. Many Russians have turned to the private messaging service Telegram as the government bans Western social media platforms.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2025

Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram

Since 2021, Telegram’s monthly active users in Russia have risen to 120 million, more than 90% of the country’s internet users.
Reni Folawiyo, founder of the Alara concept store, inside Alara in Lagos on Aug. 20
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Nigerian designer pushes 'Afro-lux' onto the global fashion scene

West African design is having a moment, the founder of a fashion and design concept store in Lagos said, but it's not enough.
Icons for the Google Chrome and Safari apps on a laptop in Riga, Latvia, on Aug. 13. In a win for Google, Tuesday's federal court ruling didn't bar the company from making payments to third parties including Apple for default browser placement in browsers or on mobile devices.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2025

Google can keep Chrome and keep paying to be default search, federal court rules

Landmark ruling allows Google to avoid one of the most severe remedy requests from the U.S. government after the court found it had an illegal monopoly in the search market.
Dan Kerrigan, CEO of Interactive Brokers Securities Japan, said inflation is here and more money is likely to move into stocks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

Last man standing is bullish on Japanese stocks

Dan Kerrigan, the CEO of Interactive Brokers, has been here for decades and seen it all.
Chinese construction workers arrive at their accommodation after working on the construction site of BYD's electric vehicle factory at the Industrial Complex in the city of Camacari, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Jan. 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2025

Chinese investment doubles in Brazil, jumping to No. 3 destination

Brazil and China's leaders met twice in the past year, announcing partnerships in several sectors as the U.S. has put stiff tariffs on products from both nations.
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2025

Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments

It will develop materials, equipment and design tools suitable for large, square organic interposers used in chipmaking.
Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide, Germany, in March 2022.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2025

Tesla offers unprecedented $1 trillion pay package to Musk

The long-awaited proposal, designed to incentivize Musk to lead Tesla for years to come, sets a series of ambitious benchmarks he must meet to earn the full payout.
A worker sprays Holstein-Friesian cows from Australia with water at a dairy farm managed by Laras Ati milk cooperative in Kuningan, West Java province, Indonesia, on June 25.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2025

Indonesia presses businesses, their licenses at stake, to import a million cows

Program aims to provide free meals to 83 million children and expectant mothers, calling for the dairy cows to be imported over five years at a cost of nearly $3 billion.
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 9, 2025

Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid

For years, South Korean companies have said they struggle to obtain short-term work visas for specialists needed in their high-tech plants in the United States.
Detainees at a joint facility of Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2025

LG's other U.S. sites see exodus of South Korean workers after raid: sources

Visa concerns following last week's immigration raid on LG Energy Solution's joint facility with Hyundai Motor have led South Korean workers to head home.
A statue of young swordsman Tanjiro Kamado, the title character in the "Demon Slayer" anime franchise, is displayed at a cinema in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Sept. 9.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2025

Sony’s ‘Demon Slayer’ sets $70 million anime debut record

The "Infinity Castle" film brought in $70 million, topping the previous $31 million record set by "Pokemon: The First Movie — Mewtwo Strikes Back" in 1999.
CVC Capital Partners has joined the race for KKR's stake in Avendus Capital.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2025

CVC in talks to buy KKR’s Avendus stake after Mizuho deal falters

Mizuho had been close to finalizing a deal to buy out Avendus in a transaction that valued the business at about $800 million.
Workers at a site of a new Amazon data center that is under construction in western Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 5
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 16, 2025

In Australia, a data center boom is built on vague water plans

Concerns have emerged that the sector's rapid growth will leave residents competing for the resource.
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2025

Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor

Along with a nickname referencing its financial woes, Choshi Electric Railway is selling "Mazui-bo," a snack named after the company's mazui, or "bad" fiscal situation.
The TikTok app page in the Apple App store is displayed on a smartphone on Jan. 15. A potential tie-in with the popular TikTok service will help Fox reach young audiences in new ways, exposing them to everything from broadcast TV shows to streaming businesses like the ad-supported Tubi and Fox One, a paid online platform.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 23, 2025

After MySpace losses, Murdochs mull social media return with TikTok tie-up

A Fox investment in TikTok would give the media empire a platform with 170 million U.S. users to promote a broad range of TV programming — from the NFL to The Simpson.
The Apple logo at the firm's store in Paris on April 23
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 25, 2025

Apple blames EU tech law for postponed features and app marketplace risks

The Digital Markets Act, which came into force last year, requires large tech firms to open up their platforms to competitors.
Toyota's autonomous e-Palette electric vehicle in Woven City in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025

Toyota opens Woven City as doubts swirl over cost and purpose

Demonstrations included electric scooters, and automated robots that deliver groceries or park cars.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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