BUSINESS

Top Japan insurer urges companies to issue bonds in yield hunt

Top Japan insurer urges companies to issue bonds in yie...

Daiichi Life Group has been approaching dozens of companies that have never issu...

Hack of supposedly safe bitcoin tool tests faith of the devoted

Hack of supposedly safe bitcoin tool tests faith of the...

Bad actors fleeced investors of an estimated $130 million by exploiting a softwa...

SoftBank beats profit expectations as chip bets compensate for muted AI gains

SoftBank beats profit expectations as chip bets compens...

The Tokyo-based technology investor's net income fell 18% to ¥347.3 billion in i...

Nintendo tops estimates with strong games and tariff refunds

Nintendo tops estimates with strong games and tariff re...

The Kyoto-based company posted net income of ¥147.4 billion for the June quarter...

Mitsubishi Electric to start industrial buildup for GCAP fighter

Mitsubishi Electric to start industrial buildup for GCA...

The Japanese company is a key participant in the ‌Global Combat Air ‌Program, wh...

Major hedge funds targeted in wave of attempted cyberattacks

Major hedge funds targeted in wave of attempted cyberat...

Cybersecurity breaches on Wall Street have surged over the past year, as artific...

K-Beauty wants to fix the ‘Ozempic face’ problem

K-Beauty wants to fix the ‘Ozempic face’ problem

From glass skin regimens to salmon sperm facials, South Korea has repeatedly tur...

OpenAI models joined forces months ahead of Hugging Face hack

OpenAI models joined forces months ahead of Hugging Fac...

The episode has underscored growing global concerns that cutting-edge AI systems...

Low water levels on Germany’s Rhine amid heat and drought threaten economic blow

Low water levels on Germany’s Rhine amid heat and droug...

Shallow water is imposing tighter limits on how much ship cargo can float down t...

Weak yen and industry shifts drive greater demand for used smartphone handsets

Weak yen and industry shifts drive greater demand for u...

Japan's secondhand smartphone market has expanded for seven consecutive years, h...

Chip plants begin restarting operations in quake-hit Kumamoto

Chip plants begin restarting operations in quake-hit Ku...

The quick recovery comes as damage was relatively limited compared with that fro...

Japanese firm’s ‘human refrigerator’ offers relief from punishing summer heat

Japanese firm’s ‘human refrigerator’ offers relief from...

The Do Hiemon Box is an oversized stainless-steel refrigerator that looks big en...

U.S. weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter China in solar and chips

U.S. weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter...

The decision, expected to come later this month, aims to protect U.S. polysilico...

Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against U.S. risks

Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge agai...

They are wary that future ⁠restrictions could extend beyond new equipment ​to th...

Taiwan investigates 17 Chinese firms for suspected poaching of high-tech talent

Taiwan investigates 17 Chinese firms for suspected poac...

The Taiwan justice ministry's investigation bureau said Chinese companies common...

China’s AI blitz creates ‘death zone’ for rival U.S. model makers

China’s AI blitz creates ‘death zone’ for rival U.S. mo...

The debut of five models in eight weeks shows Chinese developers approaching or ...