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BOJ likely to conduct multiple hikes ahead, former official says

BOJ likely to conduct multiple hikes ahead, former offi...

Hideo Hayakawa, a former executive director of the central bank, says the termin...

AI’s $400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

AI’s $400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

With chipmakers releasing new, more powerful processors faster than before, esti...

NISA program for minors to have ¥6 million tax-exemption cap

NISA program for minors to have ¥6 million tax-exemptio...

The cap will be introduced to address potential disparities that could arise whe...

Surging share prices in Japan lead to wave of stock splits

Surging share prices in Japan lead to wave of stock splits

Stocks have become so expensive that the median minimum amount that Japanese inv...

U.S. Fed appears set for third rate cut despite sharp divides

U.S. Fed appears set for third rate cut despite sharp d...

Division within the Fed has grown even as policymakers voted to slash rates twic...

Asahi's beer sales worsen in November as hack disruption lingers

Asahi's beer sales worsen in November as hack disruptio...

Asahi aims for its supply chain to be largely restored by February after the Sep...

Japan exchange launches AI-powered disclosure search service

Japan exchange launches AI-powered disclosure search se...

With around 150,000 disclosure documents filed each year, the service is aimed a...

Keio and OpenAI sign MOU on integration of AI into university

Keio and OpenAI sign MOU on integration of AI into univ...

The maker of ChatGPT will work closely with the Japanese institution on a range ...

Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at side

Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at...

Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery ju...

Nomura sends bankers to New York and London in asset manager push

Nomura sends bankers to New York and London in asset ma...

More staff with overseas business experience will boost Nomura’s stance as a glo...

Foreign traders seize on Japan bonds, sparking era of volatility

Foreign traders seize on Japan bonds, sparking era of v...

Overseas investors now account for roughly 65% of monthly cash JGB transactions,...

U.S. to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China, Trump says

U.S. to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China, Trum...

The U.S. government will collect a 25% fee on such sales, an approach the U.S. p...

NHK to promote Tatsuhiko Inoue to president next month

NHK to promote Tatsuhiko Inoue to president next month

Inoue will be the person to be promoted to the position from within NHK in about...

Japan pulls out of Vietnam nuclear project, complicating Hanoi's power plans​

Japan pulls out of Vietnam nuclear project, complicatin...

The announcement comes amid strains in usually close ties between Vietnam and Ja...

Japan confirms deeper GDP decline, backing Takaichi’s stimulus

Japan confirms deeper GDP decline, backing Takaichi’s s...

Gross domestic product fell at an annualized pace of 2.3% in the third quarter.

Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’

Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘pro...

The company faces a lengthy Justice Department review of a deal that would resha...