BUSINESS
Nvidia supplier Ibiden weighs faster expansion for AI d...
Sales of the 112-year-old company’s AI-use substrates are robust, with customers...
Japan's Nikkei ends 2024 with nearly 20% rise
At 39,894.54, the benchmark index finished at its best year-end level ever, topp...
Why coffee prices are soaring (again)
The wholesale price of beans has jumped more than 30% just since the start of No...
For German 'sick leave detective,' business is booming
Workers in Germany, on average, took 15.1 days of sick leave last year, up from ...
Japan sees G7 role increasing in divided world
"There are not many countries like Japan that can speak with the U.S. on equal t...
Trump tariffs spark concern among Japanese automakers
The pressing question now is how Japan will navigate and respond to the emerging...
Sony's Crunchyroll finds its early lead in anime under ...
Netflix, Walt Disney and Amazon are all digging into their deep pockets to licen...
Honda-Nissan deal sets up next fight for bankers in Jap...
At roughly $200 billion, the volume of transactions including mergers and acquis...
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTo...
Trump said the court should give him time after his Jan. 20 inauguration to "see...
Some BOJ policymakers called for rate hike soon, Decemb...
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting.
Kawasaki Heavy found to have pooled ¥1.7 billion in slu...
Some of the funds were used by the defense contractor to wine and dine Maritime ...
Japan's Nidec takes aim at Makino Milling with $1.6 bil...
Nidec said Makino's board had not agreed to the ¥11,000 per share offer, a 42% p...
Some BOJ policymakers called for rate hike soon, Decem...
The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady at 0.25% at this month's meeting.
Osamu Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor for five decades, di...
Suzuki is known for spearheading the carmaker’s entrance in the Indian market, s...
Inflation in Tokyo accelerates, keeps rate hike prospec...
The Tokyo core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, r...
Big Oil backtracks on renewables push as climate agenda...
The likes of BP and Shell this year sharply slowed their plans to spend billions...
