“profound strategic error to stop hiring entry level workers” (Fortune). The definition of a late stage capitalist: someone who will eat their own feet and then wonder why they can’t walk #business

I saw a news report on the BBC. "Scientists create mice with autism to understand the disease." And I say mmm 🤔😒

I'm somewhat, or rather very, suspicious of that research. What they're after is creating drugs to "treat" autism. My question is, why didn't they do it decades ago? Simple: now there's a boom in diagnoses in children and adults, and the pharmaceutical companies see a hugely lucrative business opportunity. They have no intention of understanding autism in order to develop better therapies, adaptations, and solutions. What conventional medicine always seeks is to make money, and with the same old garbage: drugs...

#actuallyautistic #autism #science #labrats #drugs #laboratories #business

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Cloudflare to pay $3.2 million to major Japanese publishers after the U.S. firm was accused of hosting servers for manga piracy sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/cloudflare-manga-piracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cloudflare #manga

A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda

“profound strategic error to stop hiring entry level workers” (Fortune). The definition of a late stage capitalist: someone who will eat their own feet and then wonder why they can’t walk #business

Japanese companies are being advised to change their mindset about investment in Africa, and to take action now or miss out on big opportunities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/enkopa-lab-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #africa #nigeria #investments

I saw a news report on the BBC. "Scientists create mice with autism to understand the disease." And I say mmm 🤔😒

I'm somewhat, or rather very, suspicious of that research. What they're after is creating drugs to "treat" autism. My question is, why didn't they do it decades ago? Simple: now there's a boom in diagnoses in children and adults, and the pharmaceutical companies see a hugely lucrative business opportunity. They have no intention of understanding autism in order to develop better therapies, adaptations, and solutions. What conventional medicine always seeks is to make money, and with the same old garbage: drugs...

#actuallyautistic #autism #science #labrats #drugs #laboratories #business

A member of a panel advising Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the central bank isn’t likely to raise its benchmark rate before March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/economy/economic-growth-strategy-panel-member/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #sanaetakaichi

China’s travel advisory against visiting Japan amid a political row has prompted tour operators to cancel prebooked flights and hotels for group travelers in December and suspend marketing such trips to locals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/china-tours-japan-canceled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chinajapanrelations #china #tourism #hotels #travel

Toyota plans to invest $912 million to increase output of hybrid components and vehicles across five U.S. states as part of a broader $10 billion commitment in the United States over the next five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/toyota-us-hybrid-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #manufacturing #hybrids #us #investments

Faced with a profit-destroying price war at home and a growing surplus of new cars rolling out of factory lines, Chinese car makers are widening their footprint across South America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/china-ev-south-america-tesla/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #southamerica #tesla #carmakers #latinamerica #carmakers #china

The U.S. is the biggest recipient of China’s lending activities, according to a study that tracked Beijing’s credit activities and found it was increasingly lending to higher-income countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/us-chinese-loans-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #debt #us #china

The Federal Trade Commission has failed to prove Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp allowed it to illegally monopolize the social networking market, a U.S. district court ruled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/tech/meta-ftc-antitrust-instagram-whatsapp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #meta #ftc #antitrust #instagram #whatsapp #facebook #apps #socialmedia #markzuckerberg #donaldtrump

The U.S. is planning to greenlight the first sales of advanced artificial intelligence chips to Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence firm Humain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/tech/us-chips-saudi-ai-humain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #semiconductors #ai #chipmakers #saudiarabia #us #donaldtrump #trade #tech

The Bank of Japan’s independence held during its governor’s meeting with super-dovish Prime Minister Takaichi, the two keeping any discussion of rates general and vague. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/ueda-takaichi-independence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda

An extra-big extra budget is being pushed by some Japanese lawmakers who think that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ¥17 trillion stimulus package falls short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/calls-for-fiscal-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #taxes #cabinet #inflation

The Liberal Democratic Party will consider specific measures to make the income tax threshold adjustable in accordance with consumer prices, the party's tax leader said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/ldp-onodera-interview-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #itsunorionodera #ldp #taxes #japaneseeconomy

After developing a unique leadership style at Amazon, Jeff Bezos now brings his management skills to an AI startup with fewer than 100 employees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/tech/jeff-bezos-6-billion-ai-startup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jeffbezos #ai #startups #amazon

Taiwan will tighten its export controls for potential dual-use civilian-military technology to include quantum computers and advanced semiconductor equipment to fulfill its obligations to stop weapons proliferation https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/taiwan-export-dual-use-technology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #taiwan #tech #semiconductors #chipmakers #ai #china #huawei #tsmc

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu — India's chief kingmaker — sees Google's announcement of a $15 billion investment in data centers in his state as just the beginning of a $1 trillion boom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/tech/india-google-trillion-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #google #india #ai #jobs #tech #nchandrababunaidu #us #tech