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
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
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
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
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
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
Faced with a long slump in their mainline petrochemical operations, major Japanese chemical makers are working with other companies over businesses related to semiconductor materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/chemical-firms-next-generation-chips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chipmakers #chemicals #mitsuichemicals #resonac #mitsubishichemicalgroup
A planned management buyout of auto parts maker Pacific Industrial sparked a backlash from one of its investors, pressuring the Tokyo Stock Exchange to provide more protection for minority shareholders in such deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/toyota-mbo-backlash-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #tse #pacificindustrial #stocks
Young people across Asia are struggling to find good jobs, with many stuck in low-productivity work that the World Bank warns could strain social stability as frustrations fuel a global wave of youth-led protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/asia-youth-jobs-world-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asia #economicindicators #jobs
Toyota Motor has amassed a growing after sales and service operation that keeps 150 million of its vehicles on roads around the planet, with the business poised to become the company’s biggest source of profit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/toyota-after-service-top/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #electricvehicles
East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Tuesday that it will introduce a successor to its East-i inspection train for shinkansen lines in fiscal 2029. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/jr-east-shinkansen-inspection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #shinkansen #rail
Qilin, a ransomware group with a track record of intrusions against major entities around the world, claimed responsibility for a hack on Japan’s Asahi Group, which disrupted production at the beer and beverage giant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/asahi-group-cyberattack-gang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asahi #cybersecurity #hacking #asahibreweries
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s drug Datroway has significantly improved survival and delayed the progression of breast cancer in patients with a particularly hard to treat form of the disease, AstraZeneca has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/astrazeneca-breast-cancer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #astrazeneca #daiichisankyo #health #cancer #medicine #pharmaceuticals
Toyota Motor Chairperson Akio Toyoda’s proposal to buy out Toyota Industries for ¥4.7 trillion has been delayed because the approval process under antitrust laws in various countries is taking longer than anticipated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/toyota-industries-delay-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #akiotoyoda #toyota #carmakers #acquisitions #toyotaindustries
The president of a company in Hokkaido has developed a children's toy resembling an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to reduce the fear associated with using the lifesaving device. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/hokkaido-company-aed-toy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hokkaido #toys #children #aed #health #heartdisease
OpenAI has signed a multiyear partnership with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/openai-amd-chip-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #openai #chipmakers #tech #amd #ai
Asahi restarted six of its breweries in Japan on Thursday after a cyberattack forced the beer maker to halt production and shipments for several days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/asahi-resumes-beer-supplies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asahigroupholdings #drinking #alcohol #cybersecurity #hacking
A decision by Japan’s $1.8 trillion pension fund, the world’s biggest, to consider a shift into impact investing has triggered a wider adjustment among the country’s money managers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/government-pension-investment-fund-impact-investing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #investments #environment #corporategovernance #sdg
Chinese automakers are already beating their Western rivals when it comes to winning over the country’s middle-class drivers. Now they’re coming for rich customers looking to add a little extra to their cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/custom-model-buyers-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #us #trade #carmakers
