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Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life counts on cash to mitigate volatility

Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life counts on cash to mitigate v...

Fukoku sees scope to move a bit more from foreign bonds into yen bonds as yields...

Banking watchdogs scrutinize AI use amid stability fears, sources say

Banking watchdogs scrutinize AI use amid stability fear...

Banks are competing to adopt the technology, which can accomplish tasks with min...

NHK restarts home visits to grow subscribers amid falling numbers

NHK restarts home visits to grow subscribers amid falli...

Starting this month, staff affiliated with NHK have been knocking on doors where...

Oasis boosts Nidec stake and says it’s now largest shareholder

Oasis boosts Nidec stake and says it’s now largest shar...

The world's largest manufacturer of precision motors has been mired in turmoil s...

Muji parent company hits record high on overseas expansion plans

Muji parent company hits record high on overseas expans...

Muji will be expanding in Europe, the Americas, India and the Middle East, Ryohi...

Nikkei 225 falls 5% on rate and AI concerns

Nikkei 225 falls 5% on rate and AI concerns

The tech-stock rout started in the United States after a higher-than-expected in...

U.K. and Indian economies set to overtake Japan, IMF says

U.K. and Indian economies set to overtake Japan, IMF says

A weak yen and rising costs for Japanese households have India and the U.K. on c...

Chinese AI firms tap cheaper ‘dim sum’ offshore yuan debt for funding edge

Chinese AI firms tap cheaper ‘dim sum’ offshore yuan de...

The 10-year and 30-year portions of Tencent's recently priced offshore yuan secu...

Japan-controlled tankers return to Middle East after months away

Japan-controlled tankers return to Middle East after mo...

Over more than seven months of conflict in the Persian Gulf, Japan's risk-averse...

MUFG mulling path to majority control of India’s Shriram Finance

MUFG mulling path to majority control of India’s Shrira...

Japan's largest bank has begun considering raising its stake in the Indian finan...

Legacy carmakers risk losing mass market to Chinese rivals

Legacy carmakers risk losing mass market to Chinese rivals

Chinese carmakers have an edge in mass-market vehicles from sheer scale, faster ...

Japan’s first Disney cruise ship to be called Disney Imagination

Japan’s first Disney cruise ship to be called Disney Im...

The ship is scheduled to begin service in the spring of 2029 and reservations wi...

Thai migrant labor crunch leaves fruit rotting and jobs unfilled

Thai migrant labor crunch leaves fruit rotting and jobs...

The shortage highlights Thailand's growing dependence on migrant labor as an agi...

AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook, IMF says

AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt ...

The International Monetary Fund noted a growing divergence between countries ben...

Number of multiple-debt borrowers in Japan hits 12-year high

Number of multiple-debt borrowers in Japan hits 12-year...

At the end of fiscal 2025, 1.55 million people had three or more unsecured, ungu...