BUSINESS
Why coffee prices are soaring (again)
The wholesale price of beans has jumped more than 30% just since the start of No...
Nissan shares fall, pressured by Honda deal concerns
The stock fell as much as 6.7% on Monday in Tokyo. The carmaker’s shares had soa...
Drama-prone fintechs face mixed regulatory environment ...
The incoming U.S. administration has made financial deregulation a policy priori...
Nvidia supplier Ibiden weighs faster expansion for AI d...
Sales of the 112-year-old company’s AI-use substrates are robust, with customers...
Japan sees G7 role increasing in divided world
"There are not many countries like Japan that can speak with the U.S. on equal t...
For German 'sick leave detective,' business is booming
Workers in Germany, on average, took 15.1 days of sick leave last year, up from ...
Trump tariffs spark concern among Japanese automakers
The pressing question now is how Japan will navigate and respond to the emerging...
Sony's Crunchyroll finds its early lead in anime under ...
Netflix, Walt Disney and Amazon are all digging into their deep pockets to licen...
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTo...
Trump said the court should give him time after his Jan. 20 inauguration to "see...
Honda-Nissan deal sets up next fight for bankers in Jap...
At roughly $200 billion, the volume of transactions including mergers and acquis...
Some BOJ policymakers called for rate hike soon, Decemb...
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting.
Japan's Nidec takes aim at Makino Milling with $1.6 bil...
Nidec said Makino's board had not agreed to the ¥11,000 per share offer, a 42% p...
Some BOJ policymakers called for rate hike soon, Decem...
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting.
Osamu Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor for five decades, di...
Suzuki is known for spearheading the carmaker’s entrance in the Indian market, s...
Kawasaki Heavy found to have pooled ¥1.7 billion in slu...
Some of the funds were used by the defense contractor to wine and dine Maritime ...
Inflation in Tokyo accelerates, keeps rate hike prospec...
The Tokyo core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, r...