BUSINESS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan among countries to target quadrupling sustainable...

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

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

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

Japanese households boost spending despite inflation hit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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&...

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

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

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

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

JIP cautions against mixed message of a BOJ hike

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

SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of...

SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earl...

Nissan sells headquarters to Minth Group in $630 millio...

Nissan’s CEO had pledged earlier this year to cut 20,000 jobs and reduce the aut...

Japan’s trading houses brace for more pain from China s...

Japan’s major trading houses are facing a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking...