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Japan begins feeling the pain of BOJ rate hikes more concretely

Japan begins feeling the pain of BOJ rate hikes more co...

As time goes on, the BOJ’s rate increases appear to be having a stronger impact ...

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Smaller Japanese companies unlikely to meet wage-increase target for 2025

Smaller Japanese companies unlikely to meet wage-increa...

For this year’s spring negotiations, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation set ...

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Japanese ministry opens door to taboo corporate takeovers

Japanese ministry opens door to taboo corporate takeovers

It used to be common for takeover bids to be launched after both sides reached a...

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Growth engine or casino? Global investors rethink China playbook

Growth engine or casino? Global investors rethink China...

Investor uncertainty and policy shifts have fundamentally changed how analysts a...

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DeepSeek tests Meta’s ambition for U.S. open-source AI dominance

DeepSeek tests Meta’s ambition for U.S. open-source AI ...

Mark Zuckerberg has long championed Meta’s open-source approach to artificial in...

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Sony names finance chief Hiroki Totoki as its next CEO

Sony names finance chief Hiroki Totoki as its next CEO

Kenichiro Yoshida, the outgoing CEO, will remain as chairperson of the board.

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DeepSeek shows China playbook for even bigger U.S. shock on chips

DeepSeek shows China playbook for even bigger U.S. shoc...

The question now is how exactly the Hangzhou-founded company pulled it off — and...

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Rare China support shows Vanke may be too big to fail

Rare China support shows Vanke may be too big to fail

The unusual support shows that Vanke holds a special place within China’s moribu...

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Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok

Microsoft emerged as a top bidder in 2020, but the talks soon collapsed, and a d...

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Ishiba’s government taps academic Koeda to join BOJ board

Ishiba’s government taps academic Koeda to join BOJ board

In 2022, Koeda argued in a column in the Nikkei newspaper that it’s important to...

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Norinchukin urged to tap outside expertise and diversify portfolio after losses

Norinchukin urged to tap outside expertise and diversif...

A government panel has advised the bank to increase members of its board with ex...

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Honda sets its sights on 50% share of world’s motorcycle market

Honda sets its sights on 50% share of world’s motorcycl...

The company's global motorcycle sales are forecast to reach 20.2 million for the...

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Trump pledges tariffs ‘much bigger’ than 2.5% and on key sectors

Trump pledges tariffs ‘much bigger’ than 2.5% and on ke...

The American president's remarks were the latest in a string of major signals th...

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DeepSeek’s AI model tests limits of U.S. restrictions on Nvidia chips

DeepSeek’s AI model tests limits of U.S. restrictions o...

Powerful AI software from the Chinese startup indicates its engineers built a co...

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Citi analysts say Trump can’t reverse energy transition

Citi analysts say Trump can’t reverse energy transition

Despite the Trump administration’s determination to shred Biden-era climate prot...

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Keidanren sets ¥200 trillion capital spending target for fiscal 2040

Keidanren sets ¥200 trillion capital spending target fo...

The target was unveiled at a joint meeting of the public and private sectors to ...