Activist investors are likely to find more opportunities in Japanese real estate as unrealized gains are poised to swell under new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/japan-political-shakeup-real-estate-activism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #realestate #investments #stocks #corporategovernance
The heads of Japan’s biggest financial firms are going out of their way to assuage worries that artificial intelligence will take away jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/bank-ceo-ai-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #ai #mizuho #mufg #nomura #daiwa
From railways and automobiles to diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are putting employees on furlough or cutting staff as the war economy slows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/economy/russia-companies-workers-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #russia #russiaukrainewar #globaleconomy #vladimirputin
China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls, adding five elements and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/china-rare-earth-restrictions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #rareearths #chipmakers #us #china
Japan will be the most impacted by a global tourist-service labor shortfall, according to a new report, with a 29% gap forecast in the country in 2035. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/toursim-labor-shortage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tourism #foreignworkers #hotels #restaurants
SoftBank Group’s digital payment provider PayPay has taken a 40% stake in Binance’s Japan unit, seeking to capitalize on the country’s booming crypto market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/companies/softbank-paypay-invests-in-binance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #paypay #binance #investments #cryptocurrencies
Buzz is building for a 50,000 Nikkei 225 as index breaks yet another record, its ninth in about six weeks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/markets/nikkei-new-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #nikkei #stocks #japaneseeconomy #ldp #sanaetakaichi
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing reported double-digit revenue and profit growth in North America in the current fiscal year, as its U.S. expansion defied tariff volatility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/companies/uniqlo-profit-strong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #uniqlo #fastretailing #donaldtrump #tariffs #retailers #clothing #us
Cory Doctorow
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"The Chicago School – the faction of economists who took over the world in the Reagan years – rejected any kind of politics that took account of the role that power played in the economy. They insisted that if workers accepted a starvation wage, it was because they had a "revealed preference" for going hungry – and not because they needed a union to force their bosses to pay them enough to live on..." - @pluralistic
China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, expanding restrictions on processing technology and spelling out its intention to limit exports to overseas defense and semiconductor users. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/markets/china-rare-earth-export-controls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #rareearths #trade
"The Chicago School – the faction of economists who took over the world in the Reagan years – rejected any kind of politics that took account of the role that power played in the economy. They insisted that if workers accepted a starvation wage, it was because they had a "revealed preference" for going hungry – and not because they needed a union to force their bosses to pay them enough to live on..." - @pluralistic
Weather forecasters are finding a lucrative niche in Japan’s power-trading boom, selling hyper-specialized data to firms seeking an edge in one of the world’s most volatile electricity markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/companies/japan-power-trading-weather-services/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #electricity #energy #weathernews
Gold’s ascent through $4,000 an ounce is yet another milestone in a three-year bull run that has defied die-hard skeptics and broken analytical models that have reliably predicted its rises and falls for decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/markets/gold-three-year-rally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #gold #china
The yen’s status as a haven in times of global stress faces growing skepticism, threatening to exacerbate a selloff that sent the currency to an eight-month low this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/markets/yen-haven-status-in-doubt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #forex #gold #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy
Almost three months have passed since Couche-Tard abandoned its ¥6.77 trillion bid to acquire Seven & I Holdings, yet the stock remains 24% below the proposed price with few signs of reversing course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/companies/seven-and-i-struggle-post-failed-takeover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #seveneleven #conveniencestories
BOJ meddling by Takaichi seen as unwise and ineffective as it would be her versus the markets and inflation-weary Japanese households https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/economy/takaichi-boj-meddling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #boj #japaneseeconomy
The yen reached its weakest level since mid-February against the dollar on Wednesday on rising concerns about an increase in fiscal spending in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/economy/yen-weakest-since-february/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #euro #france #globaleconomy #japaneseeconomy
The number of corporate bankruptcies involving liabilities of ¥10 million or more in Japan in the April-September period has hit the highest level in 12 years, according to Tokyo Shoko Research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/corporate-bankrupticies-high-level/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #surveys #bankruptcy
Sentiment among so-called economy watchers improved for a fifth straight month in September, thanks to increased spending by foreign visitors and brisk home sales, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/economy/economy-watcher-sentiment-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy
SoftBank Group agreed to acquire ABB’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/softbank-buys-abb-robotics-unit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #abb #robots #acquisitions