BUSINESS

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Japanese automakers warn of billions in tariff losses

Japanese automakers warn of billions in tariff losses

Toyota, Honda and Nissan describe the import duties as a "new normal” that the i...

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China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes

China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but...

China is working on easing rare earth export rules, but Washington shouldn't hop...

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Fuji Media director resigns over falsifying expense claims

Fuji Media director resigns over falsifying expense claims

Executive Managing Director Michiyo Yasuda made inappropriate claims for expense...

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Olympus cuts jobs, streamlines operations under new leadership

Olympus cuts jobs, streamlines operations under new lea...

The company is moving to a leaner, divisional model, with a planned target of 3%...

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Nomura abandons effort to restart prop trading desk in London

Nomura abandons effort to restart prop trading desk in ...

The short-lived effort shows how Japan’s biggest brokerage continued high-risk b...

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Did Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder?

Did Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strat...

The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public sta...

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Japan among countries to target quadrupling sustainable fuel use

Japan among countries to target quadrupling sustainable...

Japan and other countries said they will work to quadruple the use of sustainabl...

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Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law

Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic sec...

The prime minister argues that the geopolitical situation has changed and econom...

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Japanese households boost spending despite inflation hit

Japanese households boost spending despite inflation hit

Outlays by households adjusted for inflation gained 1.8% in September from a yea...

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Google planning powerful AI data center on tiny Australian outpost

Google planning powerful AI data center on tiny Austral...

Military experts say such a facility on the tiny Christmas Island, located 350 k...

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Askul to resume online sales in December at earliest in wake of cyberattack

Askul to resume online sales in December at earliest in...

The office and household goods seller said it would fully resume operations of i...

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Japan’s energy import strategy compelling for landlocked European nations

Japan’s energy import strategy compelling for landlocke...

Europe has grappled with energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Japan’s largest tech fund says AI stocks not at bubble stage

Japan’s largest tech fund says AI stocks not at bubble ...

With seven large tech companies now accounting for more than one-third of the S&...

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High-speed rail is expensive, difficult and seen as a key to growth

High-speed rail is expensive, difficult and seen as a k...

Train fanatic and former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba praised shinkansen techno...

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Canada to poach H-1B visa holders and international researchers

Canada to poach H-1B visa holders and international res...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget includes a plan to attract internation...

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JIP cautions against mixed message of a BOJ hike

JIP cautions against mixed message of a BOJ hike

Such a move could seem contradictory amid calls for more investment in the priva...