A Russian hacker group in a statement released on the dark web has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that caused a system glitch at Japanese office and household goods seller Askul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/russia-hacker-askul/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #russia #askul #cybersecurity #hacking
Executives at Japanese utilities Jera and Tohoku Electric Power, buyers of liquefied natural gas from Russia's Sakhalin-2, said they can secure alternative supplies if flows are interrupted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/utilities-lng-supplies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lng #gas #utilities #jera #tokyoelectricpower #russia #trade
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has set up a support organization, in cooperation with local governments, to accelerate robot adoption by small and midsize enterprises in rural areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/rural-companies-robots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #meti #robots #manufacturing #depopulation #localgovernment
Nissan shares fell the most in two months after the embattled carmaker forecast a ¥275 billion operating loss this year as it pushes ahead with a cost-cutting spree to rescue its deteriorating financial position. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/nissan-loss-outlook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #renault #carmakers #debt #us #china
Nomura Asset Management has been snapping up U.K. government bonds as their yields look more attractive compared with other European countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/companies/nomura-uk-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #uk #bonds
Trading house Sumitomo has announced a plan to make Tokyo-based major information technology service provider SCSK a wholly owned subsidiary through a takeover bid valued at about ¥882 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/sumitomo-takeover-scsk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomo #scsk #ai #acquisitions #shingoueno
Honda Motor has halted vehicle production at a plant in Mexico due to a semiconductor shortage linked to the disrupted supply from Netherlands-headquartered Chinese chipmaker Nexperia, officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/honda-mexico-production-halt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #mexico #china #nexperia #chipmakers #carmakers
Toyota Motor has no plans to sweeten a deal involving a proposed ¥4.7 trillion ($31 billion) buyout of Toyota Industries, CEO Koji Sato said, rebuffing widespread criticism of a planned privatization bid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/toyota-ceo-toyota-industries-buyout-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #kojisato #toyotaindustries
Central Japan Railway has said that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to ¥11 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/maglev-shinkansen-double-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo
China’s BYD, the world’s largest EV manufacturer, is hogging the spotlight at the Japan Mobility Show with its electric minivehicle model developed exclusively for the Japanese market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/japan-mobility-show/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #japanmobilityshow #byd #honda #toyota #nissan #cars #electricvehicles #hybrids
Rising yields in Japan are prompting some of its biggest life insurers to boost domestic bond holdings and pare overseas debt, with foreign returns no longer stacking up as they once did. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/insurers-foreign-debt-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lifeinsurance #insurance #sumitomolife #daiichilife #meijiyasuda #jgb
In partnership with Google Cloud Japan, KDDI is plotting a course to develop an AI search engine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/kddi-responsible-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kddi #ai #copyrights #intellectualproperty #tech #media
Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, has cut its full-year outlook amid high cocoa prices and a pullback from snacks by cautious consumers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/oreo-cookie-cocoa-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #oreo #ritz #mondelezinternational #cocoa #chocolate
Japan’s beverage industry remains high and dry a month after a cyberattack on brewer Asahi Group Holdings, with competitors also struggling to meet surging demand for beer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/asahi-beer-cyberattack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #asahi #cybersecurity #hacking #alcohol #beer #softdrinks
Toyota plans to ship vehicles produced at its U.S. plants to Japan, according to a document on an investment framework between Japan and the United States released by the U.S. government on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/toyota-car-imports-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #usjapanrelations #us #cars #toyota #trade
Norinchukin Bank isn’t letting recent credit blowups in the U.S. deter it from a plan to increase investments in the space. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/norinchukin-investment-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #norinchukinbank #us
Already mired in a deepening accounting crisis, Nidec now faces the risk of being delisted after the Tokyo Stock Exchange said it will apply special oversight to the company. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/nidec-tse-deslisting-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nidec #tse #stocks
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 jobs, or nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/amazon-30000-corporate-job-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amazoncom #jobs #ai
The Japanese gaming industry is working to improve video game accessibility by developing equipment and systems that allow people with disabilities affecting their hands to still be able to play. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/companies/japan-video-game-accessibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #videogames #tokyogameshow #disability
Toyota has managed to achieve overall growth, despite volatility in China and trade tensions brought on by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/companies/toyota-global-sales-first-half/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers
