BUSINESS

Three megabanks eye loans of up to ¥2 trillion to Rapidus

The injection of such funds is expected to boost the firm's planned mass product...

OpenAI and Microsoft sued over murder-suicide blamed on...

The case is the first to blame OpenAI for a homicide.

BOJ will raise interest rate next week, all economists ...

The central bank is expected to restart its cycle of hikes after pausing for mon...

Sentiment at major Japan firms positive for second stra...

Sentiment among midsize companies also rose, while that for small businesses imp...

Japanese firms sell record retail debt as inflation fue...

The sales are the latest sign that sticky inflation is causing households to shi...

Mizuho CEO upbeat on dealmaking prospects in Japan and ...

Mizuho Financial Group’s CEO expressed optimism that momentum in investment bank...

Trump demands on mining and China snarl U.S.-Indonesia ...

Jakarta fears the demands would restrain its independence, particularly in criti...

BOJ likely to conduct multiple hikes ahead, former offi...

Hideo Hayakawa, a former executive director of the central bank, says the termin...

AI’s $400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

With chipmakers releasing new, more powerful processors faster than before, esti...

NISA program for minors to have ¥6 million tax-exemptio...

The cap will be introduced to address potential disparities that could arise whe...

Surging share prices in Japan lead to wave of stock splits

Stocks have become so expensive that the median minimum amount that Japanese inv...

U.S. Fed appears set for third rate cut despite sharp d...

Division within the Fed has grown even as policymakers voted to slash rates twic...

Asahi's beer sales worsen in November as hack disruptio...

Asahi aims for its supply chain to be largely restored by February after the Sep...

Japan exchange launches AI-powered disclosure search se...

With around 150,000 disclosure documents filed each year, the service is aimed a...

Keio and OpenAI sign MOU on integration of AI into univ...

The maker of ChatGPT will work closely with the Japanese institution on a range ...

Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at...

Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery ju...