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Nidec has been mired in turmoil since last year, with probes revealing widespread fraud in its accounting and quality control at multiple subsidiaries.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2026
Oasis boosts Nidec stake and says it’s now largest shareholder
The world’s largest manufacturer of precision motors has been mired in turmoil since last year, with probes revealing widespread fraud.
Jera's thermal power plant in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. Millennium Management is set to hire a power trader from a Jera unit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
Millennium to hire Jera power trader in Japan energy push
Since being liberalized about a decade ago, 91AV原创 power market has drawn growing interest from domestic and overseas firms as trading expands.
Nidec, the world’s largest maker of precision motors, marked its worst intraday drop since September 2025 on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2026
Nidec shares sink after auditor withholds opinion on results
Thursday’s stock decline marks its worst intraday drop since September 2025.
PGIM Real Estate is taking a more selective approach to acquisitions in Japan as rising interest rates drive up deal costs in the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2026
91AV原创 rate hikes raise bar for real estate investor PGIM
91AV原创 booming real estate sector has come under pressure as the economy adjusts to higher borrowing costs following decades of near-zero rates.
The Kioxia Iwate Corp. Fab1 semiconductor fabrication facility (right), at the company's Kitakami plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on July 3
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2026
Takaichi’s $640 billion AI gamble faces reality check in a struggling city
In Kitakami, a sleepy city deep in the countryside 500 kilometers north of Tokyo, 91AV原创 AI revolution is unfolding more as a slow burn than a boom.
Itochu will launch a ?215.2 billion tender offer to take Dentsu Soken private, ending its parent-subsidiary listing structure with Dentsu Group.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2026
Itochu set to take Dentsu Soken private in $1.3 billion deal
Itochu will acquire almost 75 million Dentsu Soken shares at ?2,880 each, valuing the deal at roughly ?215.2 billion.
Seven & I Holdings fell as much as 2.3% on Monday after it ended talks over a potential investment in Poland's convenience store operator Zabka Group.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2026
Seven & i Shares drop after ending deal talks with Poland’s Zabka
Europe is still seen as an attractive growth opportunity for the 7-Eleven owner, which will keep evaluating options in the region.
Young shoppers are becoming increasingly visible in Tokyo’s upmarket shopping districts such as Omotesando.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 16, 2026
Young Japanese who rode AI boom flaunt wealth with luxury buys
The shopping spree also reveals a deepening societal divide, exposing the increasingly uneven nature of 91AV原创 economic revival.
Apps like Miraima allow users to wager on real-world events and win points that can be converted into monetary rewards such as gift cards.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2026
Prediction markets emerge in Japan, with shopping vouchers
New homegrown startups are finding ways to skirt regulations.
Japan is home to 27 registered crypto exchange providers, including BitFlyer.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2026
Japan moves to regulate crypto like stocks in market growth push
The bill would classify crypto assets as financial instruments, making them subject to lower taxes and stricter trading rules and opening the door to new products like ETFs.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the United States, on June 8.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2026
91AV原创 retail investor army flocks to SpaceX after IPO drought
SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO is drawing intense retail demand in Japan, where cash-rich households see a rare shot at a marquee global listing tied to Elon Musk and the space boom.
Fujikura’s roller-coaster week reveals how quickly the tides can turn for artificial intelligence stock winners as investors realize hopes for explosive growth may have run far ahead of manufacturers’ ability to deliver.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2026
Japan cable maker rout exposes cracks in AI infrastructure rally
Fujikura almost halved in value in the week through May 20 as investors rushed to dump its stock following a disappointing earnings forecast and lackluster medium-term plan.
Polymarket, the global prediction market platform based in New York, sees Japan as a large untapped business opportunity.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2026
Polymarket is said to seek Japan market approval in global push
Polymarket enables users to bet on the outcomes of real-world events, such as elections, using cryptocurrencies.
Nintendo shares climbed as much as 6.8% in Tokyo Tuesday to mark a third straight day of gains — their longest winning streak since mid-March.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2026
Nintendo shares rebound as AI fatigue fuels Japan stock rotation
Nintendo shares climbed as much as 6.8% in Tokyo to mark a third straight day of gains — their longest winning streak since mid-March.
Makino's machine tools are widely used in defense applications and a planned takeover by a South Korean fund could undermine Japan's national security, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 23, 2026
Japan moves to block South Korean buyout deal with rare use of security law
Makino’s machine tools are widely used in defense applications and the takeover could undermine national security, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said in parliament.
The Toto Museum in Kitakyushu. Toto has suspended new orders for its prefabricated bathrooms due to a shortage of materials.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2026
Toto halts bathroom orders after Iran war upends supply chain
The firm joins a growing list of Japanese manufacturers who have cut production or hiked prices due to tightening supplies of naphtha.
The Ajinomoto headquarters building in Tokyo. Activist fund Palliser Capital has built a stake in Ajinomoto and is urging the firm to raise prices for its chip-insulation products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2026
Activist fund Palliser presses Ajinomoto to raise prices for chip material
The U.K.-based fund is calling for a more than 30% increase in prices for Ajinomoto Build-Up Film, used to package high-performance semiconductors.
An electronic quotation board in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average dropping more than 2,500 points on Monday morning.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 23, 2026
Stocks slide in Japan as Strait of Hormuz fears amplify risk-off mood
The Topix index fell 3.4% to 3486.44, marking a slump of over 10% from its record high reached on Feb. 27. The Nikkei 225 fell 3.5% to 51,515.49.
A gasoline tanker truck at an Idemitsu Kosan gas station in Tokyo on Monday. Curbs on production of petrochemical products by multiple Japanese firms point to a brewing crisis that could stunt pressure sectors from food to technology.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2026
Limited supplies of naphtha an underrecognized supply chain risk in Japan
Curbs on production by multiple Japanese petrochemical firms point to a brewing crisis that could stunt pressure sectors from food to technology.
Activist fund Palliser Capital has taken a stake in Japanese washlet maker Toto, and is urging the company to boost promotion of its little-known chip parts business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 17, 2026
Activist Palliser takes stake in toilet maker Toto in AI play
Toto’s advanced ceramics segment produces electrostatic chucks used in the manufacturing of NAND memory chips.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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