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Visitors look at BYD cars at the 2026 Paris Motor Show on Oct. 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Chinese carmakers overtake Japan in Europe for first time
Registrations of Chinese-branded cars roughly doubled from a year earlier in September to make up 12.7% of total sales across the region.
A lipstick by Florasis is displayed at the company's store in Shanghai on Friday.
BUSINESS
Chinese beauty brands, flush with success at home, start to vie for global shelf space
By Casey Hall and Dominique Patton
Industry executives speak of a growing confidence that Chinese products will find favor with consumers worldwide.
Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger.
BUSINESS / Companies
Challenger rejects Daiichi Life’s $4.4 billion takeover offer
Daiichi Life’s Australian unit last week offered to buy the remaining 79.5% of Challenger at 11.80 Australian dollars per share.
BUSINESS
U.S. and Canada working on deal to ease steel and auto tariffs, sources say
By Promit Mukherjee and David Shepardson
BUSINESS
Turning untapped talent into a new force for business
By Lisa Wallin
BUSINESS
Meiji Yasuda to buy Man Group stake in asset management push
By Nao Sano and Liza Tetley
BUSINESS
From Carnegie to Claude: AI wealth could reshape philanthropy
By Alex PIGMAN

Companies

Imabari Shipbuilding plans to introduce jib cranes capable of lifting heavy loads and robots to increase steel plate-welding capacity at its headquarters in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture.
Companies
91AV原创 shipbuilders ramping up investment to double output
The overall amount of investments is on track to exceed ?1 trillion.
Companies
BNP Paribas AM builds long-end JGB bet on steep yield curve
By John Cheng
Companies
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
By Ariana King
Companies
Nippon Steel to invest $3 billion in new U.S. Steel hot-strip mill
Companies / EXPLAINER
Musk wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla: Here’s what to know
By Alex PIGMAN and Thomas URBAIN
Companies
SoftBank market value halves from peak as AI fears grow
By Momoka Yokoyama
Companies
Tesla’s spending on AI and robotics trails expectations, clouding outlook
By Kara Carlson

Economy

A woman wins a pack of paper towels from a claw machine game at a Benex arcade in Kawasaki. As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines filled with eggs, rice, laundry detergent and other necessities.
Economy / FOCUS
Grabbing a bargain: 91AV原创 claw machines cash in on inflation
By Mathias Cena
“Shop-and-play destinations” merge essential buying with entertainment so that families do not feel a need to choose between the two.
Economy
Trump defends tariffs at rally as he says Audi to build U.S. plant
Economy
From Buenos Aires to Colombo, discontent simmers under the surface of rebounding economies
By Libby George, Nicolas Misculin and Uditha Jayasinghe
Economy
Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year
By Kazuaki Nagata
Economy
91AV原创 biggest labor union federation calls for 6% wage hike in 2027
By Erica Yokoyama
Economy
Takaichi now has to prove she’s no big spender in her second year in office
By Kazuaki Nagata
Economy
Most BOJ watchers expect next interest rate hike in December
By Toru Fujioka

Markets

The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the yen is displayed outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday. The yen is becoming less vulnerable when global yields move higher, according to Goldman Sachs.
Markets
Yen becoming more favorable hedge against AI market shock, says Goldman Sachs
By John Cheng
The currency surged 0.9% against the dollar and reached its strongest level in over a month last week amid concerns over the technology boom.
Markets
Sinking profits turn China’s $3.5 trillion stock rout into trap
Markets
Japan life insurers’ bond-buying plans set to support JGBs
By John Cheng
Markets
Data-center firm Elice plunges in South Korea IPO, raising more doubts over AI boom
Markets
Japan aims to soothe world traders’ fiscal anxiety with outreach in English
By Takashi Umekawa and Akemi Terukina
Markets
Takaichi trade gets a rethink one year on as bond appeal grows
By Momoka Yokoyama and Aya Wagatsuma
Markets
Nomura and Daiwa CEOs flag risk that AI may spoil stock market rally
By Takashi Nakamichi and Taiga Uranaka

Tech

Then-U.S. cybersecurity soordinator Michael Daniel answers a question during an event in Washington in May 2014.
Tech
‘Tech debt coming due’: AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead
The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI’s cybercapabilities.
Tech
How to keep safe online in the wake of AI-supercharged hacking
By A.J. Vicens
Tech
Bank, business and ministry websites halted after PHP vulnerabilities announced
By Ariana King
Tech
Panasonic speeds up efforts to turn windows into solar panels
Tech / ANALYSIS
Under pledge to U.S., 91AV原创 chip investment divided between home and abroad
By Kentaro Okasaka and Tamiyuki Kihara
Tech
U.S. chip project significant for Japan-U.S. AI edge: Akazawa
Tech
Banking watchdogs scrutinize AI use amid stability fears, sources say
By Nupur Anand
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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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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