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Toyota raises buyout bid for unit, ending standoff with Elliott

Toyota raises buyout bid for unit, ending standoff with...

The carmaker and its affiliates are now willing to pay ¥20,600 for each share of...

Japanese firms start job seminars for 2027 graduates

Japanese firms start job seminars for 2027 graduates

The rapid spread of artificial intelligence technology has led to intense compet...

BOJ deputy chief refrains from signaling rate hike in March

BOJ deputy chief refrains from signaling rate hike in M...

"I want to closely monitor the situation” in the Middle East, Bank of Japan Depu...

Toyota and Docomo among firms tapping self-driving to ease local transport woes

Toyota and Docomo among firms tapping self-driving to e...

Amid a nationwide shortage of drivers, broad adoption of autonomous driving will...

Short-term Japan bonds hold allure for regional bank managing ¥2.6 trillion

Short-term Japan bonds hold allure for regional bank ma...

Joyo Bank is testing the country’s choppy bond market by investing in shorter-te...

Nintendo shares slide on fears of rising Mideast shipping costs

Nintendo shares slide on fears of rising Mideast shippi...

Nintendo heavily relies on sea freight to transport its $450 console from assemb...

OpenAI gives Pentagon AI model access after Anthropic dustup

OpenAI gives Pentagon AI model access after Anthropic d...

OpenAI declined to comment on whether the firm’s services for the department wou...

Ships avoid Strait of Hormuz as Iranian media essentially shuts it down

Ships avoid Strait of Hormuz as Iranian media essential...

There’s been no formal announcement from Tehran about the status of the strait, ...

Fukushima company working to realize drone logistics

Fukushima company working to realize drone logistics

Eams Robotics, based in the Fukushima city of Minamisoma, produces and sells ind...

Meitetsu Department Store closes in Nagoya after 71-year run

Meitetsu Department Store closes in Nagoya after 71-yea...

The closure is part of a redevelopment plan for the Nagoya Station area, led by ...

Trump administration seeks delay in tariff refund fight

Trump administration seeks delay in tariff refund fight

The government wants to wait as long as four months before reviving litigation b...

Xi’s AI ambitions collide with China’s fragile employment market

Xi’s AI ambitions collide with China’s fragile employme...

China can’t afford to hobble itself in the race with Washington for AI capabilit...

AI boom will be no free pass for debt-laden major economies

AI boom will be no free pass for debt-laden major econo...

An AI productivity boom may help buy major economies more time to clean up their...

Trump directs U.S. agencies to toss Anthropic's AI as Pentagon calls startup a supply risk

Trump directs U.S. agencies to toss Anthropic's AI as P...

The deals a major blow to the artificial intelligence lab after a showdown about...

OpenAI to get $110 billion investment from SoftBank and others

OpenAI to get $110 billion investment from SoftBank and...

The investment will be used to boost its AI infrastructure amid intensifying com...

Mizuho plans to replace 5,000 clerical jobs with AI in 10 years

Mizuho plans to replace 5,000 clerical jobs with AI in ...

Japan’s third-largest lender insists the move is “not a headcount reduction.”