BUSINESS

Musk’s Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualize...

The Cabinet Office has asked the social media platform to improve safeguards and...

Price hike eyed for Tokyo taxis

The transportation ministry plans to shorten the distance that passengers can ri...

China tells its firms to not use U.S. and Israeli cyber...

Amid trade and diplomatic tensions between China and the U.S., Beijing has been ...

Toyota Industries shares exceed new bid as traders push...

The sweetened bid is unlikely to placate investors who say the new price still u...

Honda to boost output of cheaper, less fuel-efficient v...

The move comes as many American car-buyers are struggling to afford new-car pric...

Nexperia accuses Chinese owner of threats in testy chip...

The standoff between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and Chinese owner Wingtech Technol...

Microsoft in record deal for soil carbon credits as dat...

The company has agreed with Indigo Carbon to buy a record 2.85 million soil carb...

Pakistan to partner with World Liberty Financial on dol...

The deal comes amid a warming of ties between Pakistan and the United States.

Nikkei 225 breaks 54,000 as ‘Takaichi trade’ dominates ...

Ten-year yields are at 27-year highs while the currency trades at levels that tr...

Senior loan bankers depart Mizuho and SMBC after Asia v...

Asia’s offshore loan market has been weighed down by elevated dollar interest ra...

How AI ‘deepfakes’ became Elon Musk’s latest scandal

Musk’s Grok chatbot had been generating sexualized images of women, children and...

Ito En seeks expansion in Europe after establishing bas...

The green tea maker’s managing director said the country is the largest market f...

Japan companies assessing impact of China’s rare-earth ...

Any impact is unlikely to be apparent until next month, according to a person fa...

Bessent shares concerns about yen's 'one-sided deprecia...

The yen crossed ¥158-to-the-dollar mark this week for ‍the first time in about a...

G7 finance ministers agree to address rare-earth supply...

The meeting came as China is tightening controls on rare earth exports to Japan ...

Japanese funds sell most U.K. bonds since 2011 amid fis...

Higher bond yields in Japan also sapped demand for gilts.