BUSINESS

Summary of BOJ’s December meeting hints of further rate...

Some members of the central bank’s board signaled that Japan’s real interest rat...

Return of global funds puts Southeast Asia in spotlight...

Drawn by cheap valuations and the need to diversify portfolios, foreign funds ha...

How company bets on bitcoin can backfire

A year-end plunge in cryptocurrencies has rattled companies that had bet heavily...

Berkshire to keep Japanese trader shares after Buffett'...

Buffett has hailed the traders' strategies of running a wide range of operations...

Waymo's San Francisco outage raises doubts over robotax...

Driverless taxis from Alphabet unit Waymo, a ubiquitous feature on the city's st...

Japan set to see first primary balance surplus in 28 ye...

Securing a primary balance surplus has been a government goal for more than two ...

TSMC Kumamoto plant leaves concerns over water impact

About 75% of up to 30,000 metric tons of water used at the plant per day is recy...

Takaichi’s Cabinet proposes record spending in next fis...

The budget will go to parliament for approval when it convenes again early next ...

Japan’s small IPOs fall to 12-year low amid market reforms

There were 43 initial share sales this year with offering sizes below $50 millio...

Japan to quadruple spending support for chips and AI in...

The jump in chips and AI spending comes at as Japan is trying to strengthen its ...

Japan expects growth to accelerate next year with fisca...

The projections are the first ​to be compiled under Prime Minister Sanae Takaich...

Demand grows for housing loans of up to 50 years in Japan

With housing prices continuing to soar, many young homebuyers are be opting for ...

Major Japan firms’ winter-bonus average tops ¥1 million

The average rose 8.57% from a year before, up for the fourth consecutive year, a...

Private sector supports multiyear approach to primary b...

Members from the private sector supported the envisaged abolition of the current...

Toyota posts rare sales drop in November, dragged down ...

Toyota’s sales and production fell in November, weighed down in large part by a ...

Tepco pledges safety ahead of restart of world's bigges...

The company plans to restart the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear po...