BUSINESS

Jack Ma-backed Ant bets on AI health care in $69 billio...

In November, Ant elevated its health unit to the same level as operations includ...

Ruling bloc’s election victory may affect BOJ monetary ...

Sanae Takaichi favors fiscal expansion and monetary easing, while the central ba...

Telegram app faces further restrictions, possible fines...

The Russian communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, began limiting voice and vide...

Akazawa heading to the U.S. to discuss first project un...

Four online discussions have been held since December on the commitment, but no ...

Memory chip crunch ripples through markets, with worse ...

The massive build‑out of artificial intelligence infrastructure has shifted prod...

Azakawa heading to the U.S. to discuss first project un...

Four online discussions have been held since December on the commitment, but no ...

Japan bond blowout funnels corporate borrowers to conve...

The benchmark 10-year bond yield hit 2.38% in January, the highest since 1999.

Toyota patriarch taps former secretary as carmaker’s ne...

CFO Kenta Kon on Friday was unexpectedly announced as the next head of Japan’s l...

Climate risk threatens credit ratings for dozens of cou...

Several countries, including the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Philippines, face amon...

Japan business bankruptcies hit 13-year high in January

The figure rose 5.5% from a year earlier, marking an increase for the second str...

Takaichi may beat Abe in luring global money to Japan s...

Global investors are looking at earnings-supportive factors after Prime Minister...

Homegrown startups outperform returnee tech talent, stu...

India’s fiercely competitive startup field

Asics sees boom in running shoes for India’s healthy an...

The Kobe, Japan-based manufacturer of sports shoes and athleisure wear is seekin...

SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to moon, Musk says

Critics have for years panned the billionaire’s Mars colonization plans as overa...

Australia's AI boom may revive productivity, CBA says

Australia’s productivity performance ranks among the weakest in the developed wo...

Japan's 2025 current account surplus hits record

The country's combined balance of goods and services trade extended its historic...