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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Fuji TV is suing its former president, Koichi Minato, and former executive vice president, Toru Ota, for ¥5 billion ($34 million) over their mishandling of a “sexual violence” scandal involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2025
Fuji TV seeks ¥5 billion in lawsuit against former execs over Nakai scandal
The broadcaster claims its former president, Koichi Minato, and former executive vice president, Toru Ota, failed to respond appropriately to the scandal.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world's largest contract maker of chips, used in everything from smartphones to missiles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2025
Taiwan prosecutors charge three with stealing TSMC trade secrets
The three people include a former TSMC engineer who went to work for Tokyo Electron's Taiwan subsidiary and two staff employed by the chipmaker.
To critics, the White House move to invest in chipmaker Intel threatens the U.S. business world's nimbleness.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 26, 2025
Trump wants more deals such as Intel's, worrying business community
The approach upends a decades-old view of the U.S. economy, in which the government only took corporate stakes in rare emergencies.
A survey by Teikoku Databank found that the share of women in managerial positions at Japanese companies rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous year to 11.1% on average, growing for the 11th straight year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 24, 2025
Share of female managers in Japan still short of government target
The survey found that the share of such women rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous year to 11.1% on average, growing for the 11th straight year.
A third-party probe into the Fuji TV scandal had reported about a dinner hosted by an executive attended by “a powerful male cast member,” since revealed to be singer and actor Masaharu Fukuyama.
JAPAN / Media
Aug 19, 2025
Masaharu Fukuyama admits to attending Fuji TV dinner
The singer-actor said he was the “powerful male cast member” referenced by a third-party panel investigating the broadcaster, but denied involvement in any harassment.
A Qantas Airways Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Sydney International Airport on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2025
Qantas fined $59 million for firing 1,820 during pandemic
Justice Michael Lee questioned the airline’s degree of contrition and its commitment to change, noting Qantas’ "unrelenting and aggressive litigation strategy.”
The Tokyo Stock Exchange. Analysts say some cash-rich, big tech firms in Japan have failed to respond to the TSE’s yearslong campaign to improve valuations and capital efficiency.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2025
Investors seek bigger payouts from Japanese tech firms’ cash hoard
Growth companies that had been getting a free pass amid the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s yearslong campaign to improve valuations and capital efficiency are now facing closer scrutiny.
Tokyo Electron is one of the largest suppliers of semiconductor fabrication tools and gear to TSMC.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2025
Tokyo Electron fires worker suspected of stealing TSMC tech
Taiwan prosecutors arrested six at TSMC on suspicion of intellectual property theft this week, including an individual who was identified as a former Tokyo Electron staffer.
A wave of corporate governance and capital policy reforms in Japan has led to an increase in buyouts by investment funds, management and founders.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2025
Japanese liquor maker Yomeishu is said to consider going private
A wave of corporate governance and capital policy reforms in Japan has led to an increase in buyouts by investment funds, management and founders.
Seven & I Holdings says it will open 1,300 new international stores and add 1,000 net new outlets in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 6, 2025
Seven & I sets expansion targets to win back investor confidence
Stephen Dacus, who took over as chief executive officer earlier this year, is under pressure to deliver on a plan to streamline Seven & I around convenience stores.
Italy's competition watchdog said on Monday that it has fined Chinese fast fashion brand Shein €1 million ($1.15 million) for false and confusing claims about the e-commerce giant's efforts to be environmentally friendly.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2025
Italian regulator hits Shein with €1 million greenwashing fine
The watchdog took issue with the environmental sustainability and social responsibility messages on Shein's website, which it described as "vague" and "misleading."
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Chairman Yoshihito Ota speaks during an interview in Osaka last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2025
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical chairman vows corporate culture reform
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical achieved net profit growth for over 20 years from its stock market listing until the beni kо̄ji scandal emerged last year.
Nippon Steel had pledged to ensure that more than half of members of the U.S. Steel board are American citizens.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2025
Nippon Steel names three American directors to U.S. Steel board
The move fulfills a pledge that the Japanese steelmaker made under a national security agreement reached with the U.S. government.
A Tokyo court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering Dentsu to pay a fine for rigging Olympic-related bids.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2025
Tokyo court upholds fine of ¥300 million for Dentsu in Olympic bid-rigging case
The high court also upheld a ruling that sentenced the former assistant head of the sports department of Dentsu to two years in prison, suspended for four years.
The Japan Securities Dealers Association and Japan Exchange Group are discussing ways to prevent a banned trade known as spoofing, after Nomura Holdings joined a list of brokerages fined for manipulating the instruments.
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2025
Japan considers tighter oversight to avoid bond market ‘spoofing’
Spoofing involves placing fake orders to give market participants a false impression about supply and demand to make profitable trades.
AI developer Alt, which recently disclosed accounting irregularities, has filed for bankruptcy protection under the civil rehabilitation law at the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2025
Japanese AI developer Alt goes bust after accounting fraud
Suspicions of accounting fraud surfaced at the company in April this year.
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
JAPAN / Media / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2025
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
After a series of major scandals in recent years, Japan’s TV industry appears to be growing more sensitive to issues of harassment and misconduct.
Climate action is uneven worldwide, with capacity gaps and rising challenges in climate-risk disclosure underscoring the need for inclusive minimum standards that all companies and countries — especially smaller firms and developing nations — can realistically meet to ensure an effective global response.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2025
Climate disclosure is advancing — but who’s being left behind?
Global momentum for standardized climate-related disclosure remains strong, reflecting a desire to balance regulatory ambition with economic competitiveness.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission took an administrative step against Visa Worldwide for the first time ever following its investigation into a suspected violation of the antimonopoly law by the firm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2025
JFTC gives OK to Visa Worldwide's business improvement plan
After investigating a suspected antimonopoly law violation, the JFTC concluded that swiftly executing proposed measures by Visa Worldwide would restore a competitive environment.
Mizuho Investor Relations President Eiichi Yamazaki speaks during an interview on July 14 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2025
Mizuho to enhance client support amid rise of activist investors
President Eiichi Yamazaki said that Mizuho Investor Relations will leverage its extensive data on institutional investors' voting guidelines and past behavior.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

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