South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a not-guilty verdict for the chairman of Samsung Electronics Jay Y. Lee, backing two lower court rulings clearing him of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/south-korea-samsung-lee-fraud-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #samsung #jayylee #southkorea #fraud
Debt bankers and investors are bracing for what is shaping up to be the next big trend in the global credit market: Japan Inc. raising billions abroad, with a string of recent megadeals setting the tone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/japan-firms-credit-sales-overseas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #debt #bonds #ntt #softbank #nissan #japaneseeconomy
Prosecutors are seeking to reform an export model where premium brands sell Italian fashion abroad at luxury prices, even as inexpensive workshops proliferate around Milan and flout labor standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/italy-sweatshops-armani-dior/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #italy #lvmh #armani #dior #humanrights#laborlaws #jobs
Japan’s exports have fallen for a second month as the U.S.' tariff campaign continued to weigh on trade, further raising the risk of a technical recession. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/japan-exports-down-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #trade #economicindicators #currentaccount #tariffs #donaldtrump #cars #japaneseeconomy
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its $45.8 billion bid to buy Seven & I Holdings, citing a refusal to engage meaningfully. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/couche-tard-abandons-seven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son and OpenAI chief Sam Altman see insatiable demand for AI that makes it imperative to keep building ever more computing capacity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/companies/masayoshi-son-sam-altman-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #openai #ai #tech
Japan's Nidec is building an almost totally "made-in-China” electric car motor to help Toyota compete in the world’s largest auto market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/companies/nidec-china-toyota/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nidec #toyota #carmakers #china #electricvehicles
Nissan will wind down production at its local Oppama plant as the struggling Japanese carmaker seeks to reduce costs and capacity as part of a broader restructuring effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/nissan-close-oppama-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #oppama #kyushu #carmakers #corporategovernance
Despite shrinking in popularity as a search engine, Yahoo News Japan has been ranked as the most popular news website globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/yahoo-japan-news-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #yahoojapan #media
A Milan court placed Italian luxury label Loro Piana SpA under judicial oversight for one year, saying the LVMH-owned label famous for its cashmere clothing did not stop subcontractors from exploiting migrant workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/lvmh-loro-piana-italy-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #luxurygoods #lvmh#loropiana#laborlaws
Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara signaled he is confident the Japanese lender can meet its long-term target of about ¥1 trillion in annual profit even as trade wars threaten to stifle growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/mizuho-financial-group-ceo-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #banks #masahirokihara
Chipmaker 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. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/kioxia-bond-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#kioxia #ipo #bonds #chipmakers
Panasonic said its newest battery plant in the U.S. is on track to reach full production by later this year, easing concern about the Japanese electronics maker’s commitment to supplying electric vehicle makers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/companies/panasonic-us-battery-plant-full-output/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #panasonic #batteries #tesla #kansas
A record number of Japanese companies saw shareholder proposals pass at their annual general meetings this year, in a sign that investors are exerting more influence in the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/companies/japan-shareholder-activism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #investments #stocks #tse #japaneseeconomy
Nissan Motor is considering supplying vehicles produced at its U.S. factory to Honda Motor in an effort to improve profitability and plant utilization for a turnaround, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/12/companies/nissan-honda-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #nissan #carmakers #trade #tariffs #us #donaldtrump
Pimco says Japan has emerged as a prime destination for global investors as the trade war triggers a reassessment of capital flows into the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/companies/pimco-japan-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #pacificinvestmentmanagement #trade #us #tariffs #donaldtrump #investments
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion from a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, with the embattled automaker offering a record-high coupon on at least one part of the deal to drum up demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/companies/nissan-bond-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #bonds #corporategovernance
The original Birkin bag made some forty years ago for the late singer and actor Jane Birkin sold to a Japanese buyer for a record $10 million at auction, showing demand remains robust for unique luxury collectibles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/companies/birkin-bag-japanese-buyer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #birkin #hermes #auctions
Kirin Holdings’ wine unit will stop selling Beaujolais Nouveau in Japan, where the early-release wine has clung on to popularity even after its global boom in the 1980s waned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/companies/kirin-beaujolais-nouveau-stop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kirin #wine #beaujolaisnouveau #alcohol
Fast Retailing, the operator of Uniqlo stores, has reported third-quarter earnings that missed estimates, as weaker sales in China weighed on the Japanese apparel maker’s performance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/companies/fast-retailing-profit-weak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fastretailing #uniqlo #retailers #fastfashion