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

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

General Atlantic completed its first growth equity investment in Japan and plans to do more, citing an increase in entrepreneurship in a country long considered a backwater for startups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/general-atlantic-japan-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #generalatlantic #investments #startups

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management is set to launch its first fund comprising collateralized loan obligations that will mainly hold dollar-denominated floating-rate loans made to U.S. companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/companies/mufg-collateralized-loan-obligations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #bonds #debt #investments

Toyota confirmed it would put as much as $10 billion into the U.S. over the next five years to boost local operations, after Donald Trump flagged that the carmaker planned such an investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/companies/toyota-us-10-billion-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #cars #investments #donaldtrump #batteries #electricvehicles

Seven Bank is considering investing in a FamilyMart-affiliated credit-card company and is in discussions to do so, according to the Japanese lender’s president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/seven-bank-familymart-card-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sevenbank #familymart #creditcards #banks #investments

U.S. investors are increasingly buying Japanese stocks focused on tech and artificial intelligence, attracted by the country’s outsize returns compared with U.S. stocks, according to Goldman Sachs Group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/markets/us-investors-japan-stock-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #tse #nikkei #goldmansachs

A group of 1,191 people across Japan has sent a petition to a court seeking the return of about ¥11.4 billion from a company based in the city of Osaka over real estate investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/petition-real-estate-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #realestate #osaka #investments #japanesecourts

U.S. Steel sees the potential to unlock $3 billion in value thanks to its new Japanese ownership, with added earnings from Nippon Steel’s investments in new projects along with operational efficiencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/05/companies/us-steel-japanese-ownership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ussteel #nipponsteel #acquisition #investments

Global firms are racing to carve out space in Japan’s lending market, betting that demand for private credit will surge, but cracking the world’s third-largest economy remains a long game. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/05/companies/private-credit-dealmakers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #investments

Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/companies/japanese-firms-boost-foreign-currency-bonds-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bonds #investments #brokerages #mergers #acquisitions #japaneseeconomy

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was holding her first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with trade and security issues on the agenda, as Japan’s new leader looks to cultivate ties with her counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-us-japan-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp

U.S. President Donald Trump was bound for Tokyo on Monday, where he is set to meet the emperor in the evening and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for a summit that will focus on trade and defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-japan-arrives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp

Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda sees more scope to get business from Japanese investors who are looking to private markets as a way to diversify their assets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/companies/nomura-ceo-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #investments #kentarookuda

SoftBank Group is returning to the overseas bond market for the second time this year amid an aggressive fundraising push for artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/companies/softbank-overseas-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #investments #bonds #ai

Nomura Asset Management's new retirement solutions team is made up of workers who came back from retirement themselves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/companies/nomura-asset-management-retirement-help/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomuraassetmanagement #investments #nisa #retirement #aging

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group’s asset management firm is aiming to become one of the top-three managers of Japanese mutual funds in five years by bolstering offerings to individuals, its new CEO has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-fund-manager-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #sumitomomitsuitrustassetmanagement #investments

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

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

The flood of capital pouring into AI infrastructure is raising the risks of overcapacity as the world’s biggest investors look to cash in on the boom, Ares Management Co-President Kipp deVeer has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/economy/data-center-risk-ares/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ai #tech #investments