Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report. The report highlights China’s growing military activity near Japan’s southwestern coasts and the Pacific as a major …
Nissan to close its Oppama plant in Japan to cut costs
Nissan says it is closing its flagship factory in Oppama, Japan, to cut costs and moving all its production there to another plant in southwestern Japan.
Chipmaker Kioxia plans debut bond abroad, joining Japan peers
Kioxia plans to raise as much as $3 billion via a dollar bond sale that would be its first corporate debt issuance, in the latest sign of investor appetite abroad.
Yahoo News Japan beats NYT and BBC as most popular news website worldwide
While traditional media are still viewed as the most trustworthy sources, news aggregation site Yahoo New Japan nets the most eyeballs in Japan and abroad.
Investors brace for Japan bond market blowout as election nears
By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift in upper house elections this weekend that could strain the country’s …
Investors brace for Japan bond market blowout as election nears
By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift in upper house elections this weekend that could strain the country’s …
JGBs Fall Amid Ongoing Fiscal Concerns Ahead of Japan’s Election
JGBs fell in price terms in the morning Tokyo session amid ongoing fiscal concerns ahead of Japan’s Upper House election on July 20.
Japan’s Aozora, Resona plan $1.4bn in private credit funds amid M&A surge
TOKYO — Japan’s Aozora Bank and Resona Bank plan to create funds totaling 200 billion yen ($1.35 billion) to channel risk capital from outside investors to companies for deals, providing another …
Japan doesn’t plan on responding to Trump tariff threats with countermeasures, government official says
Unlike the European Union, the Japanese government has made no indication it plans to impose any kind of reciprocal tariff on the U.S.
ST180: 180 years of covering Japan, from isolationism to Westernisation to war and peace
But I did not understand the Japanese language or fully appreciate the country’s deep cultural influence. Japan seemed like a nation past its prime, its economy overtaken by China, its pop culture …