Mizuho Financial Group’s CEO expressed optimism that momentum in investment banking will continue both at home and in the U.S., where Japan’s third-biggest lender has been expanding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/mizuho-ceo-optimism-us-investment-banking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #banks #masahirokihara #us #investments #boj #japaneseeconomy #tariffs
TBM, a maker of carbon-capture technology and recycled materials, has started preparatory work for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth Market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/carbon-capture-startup-ipo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tbm #tse #ipo #recycling #carbon #startups
Netflix, a company that built its business on junk bonds, is looking to borrow heavily again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/netflix-borrow-warner-bros-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #film #television #warnerbros #paramount #acquisitions
Nissan will integrate artificial-intelligence-powered systems made by autonomous driving firm Wayve into vehicles, the companies have announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/companies/nissan-ai-wave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #wayve #ai
Asahi Group Holdings' beer sales in November in Japan fell more than the previous month, underscoring the challenges the company faces in recovering from a cyberattack that crippled production and distribution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/companies/asahi-sales-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asahi #cybersecurity #beer
Osaka Gas aims to sell 70,000 tons of liquefied natural gas a year as ship fuel through offshore supply by 2030, President Masataka Fujiwara said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/osaka-gas-lng-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #osakagas #lng #osaka #hyogo
NHK has named as its next president Tatsuhiko Inoue, the first person to be promoted internally to the position in about 18 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/nhk-inoue-president-promotion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nhk #tatsuhikoinoue #japanesetv
Nomura Asset Management plans to relocate dozens of staff from its Tokyo headquarters to offices in cities such as London and New York to develop its homegrown talent for investment and sales operations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/nomura-bankers-new-york-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #newyork #london #investments
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 a share in cash just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/paramount-warner-hostile-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #acquisitions #paramountskydance #warnerbrosdiscovery #netflix #television #hollywood #donaldtrump
Japanese curry restaurant chain operator Ichibanya aims to expand its Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, or CoCo Ichi, restaurant network across India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/companies/japan-coco-ichi-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cocoichi #ichibanya #restaurants #india
The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but its lack of hallucination helps it hold out against AI. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/companies/calculators-against-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #computers
U.S. President Donald Trump has raised potential antitrust concerns for Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, noting that the market share of the combined entity may pose problems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/companies/netflix-warner-brothers-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #donaldtrump #netflix
This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world’s most-delivered jet — the A320 — isn’t immune to shocks as disparate as solar flares and flawed metal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/airbus-icarus-bug/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airlines #airbus #tourism
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade and one that stands to reshape the global entertainment business landscape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/warner-bros-netflix-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #warnerbrosdiscovery #hbo #television #streaming #acquisitions
SoftBank Group is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/softbank-data-centers-digitalbridge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #tech #ai #acquisitions
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a historic deal, joining the world’s dominant paid streaming service with one of Hollywood’s oldest and most revered studios. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/companies/netflix-purchase-warner-bros/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #warnerbrosdiscovery #hbo #television #us #hollywood #acquisitions
In a surprising twist, Toyota unveiled a fully electric LFA concept car that would sit at the pinnacle of the company’s vast lineup as its top-of-the-line performance vehicle if it goes into production. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/companies/toyota-electric-lfa-supercar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #lexus #electricvehicles
A federation of labor unions in Japan’s machinery and metal sectors said Thursday that it would request a pay scale hike of at least ¥17,000 per month in next year’s spring labor-management negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/companies/japan-unions-wake-hike-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #wages #unions
Japanese kei cars and trucks could soon be made in America after Trump promised to clear the road for minicar production in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/companies/trump-kei-cars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #cars #us #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #tariffs #trade
Office and household goods supplier Askul has resumed order receipts on the internet from corporate clients under its Askul brand service, following a system failure caused by a cyberattack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/03/companies/askul-resume-orders-cyberattack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #askul #hacking #cybersecurity #ecommerce