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A screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays news about Anthropic's initial public offering filing.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2026
Anthropic’s IPO sets up defining moment for Wall Street and AI boom
As a public company, Anthropic’s stock is likely to become the ultimate barometer for the AI boom.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance plans to acquire 5% of Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2026
Meiji Yasuda to buy Man Group stake in asset management push
The Japanese insurer plans to acquire 5% of Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, has reportedly picked regions in Malaysia for data centers and other projects.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2026
SoftBank’s Son plans $50 billion Malaysia tech outlay, PM Anwar Ibrahim says
A push in Malaysia would expand SoftBank’s reach in Southeast Asia, a region that is emerging as a key hub for AI infrastructure such as data centers.
A group of tech giants collectively valued at more than $10 trillion are scheduled to report earnings, including major AI spenders.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2026
AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings
Based on the violent market reaction to Meta’s rising capital expenditures last week, the response to any disappointment likely won’t be forgiving.
Japan Post Insurance says it intends to increase purchases of yen-denominated bonds, and other Japanese life insurers are signaling similar moves.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 22, 2026
Japan life insurers’ bond-buying plans set to support JGBs
Insurers have been net buyers of superlong government bonds for four months, a trend strategists say could provide an anchor in upcoming auctions.
The Kurosawa Building in Tokyo's Ginza district housing Tiffany’s largest boutique in Asia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2026
Tiffany Ginza building asking price cut by a third as real estate market cools
The owner of the building has struggled to find buyers with an asking price of ?120 billion, and is now open to offers as low as ?80 billion.
Japan will invest up to $21 billion to build two chip factories in New York state, under a deal announced last week by GlobalFoundries.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2026
Under pledge to U.S., 91AV原创 chip investment divided between home and abroad
The $550 billion commitment to the Trump administration, in return for lower tariffs, won’t do much to resurrect 91AV原创 chip industry, experts say.
The latest example of the English-language outreach came when growth strategy minister Minoru Kiuchi gave a speech in English at a London Stock Exchange Group event in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2026
Japan aims to soothe world traders’ fiscal anxiety with outreach in English
Foreign investors held 13% of Japanese Government Bonds at the end of June, up from about 8% in 2012.
Rakuten’s large yen-denominated bond sale on Friday highlights the growing role of the retail market as a funding source for large corporate borrowers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2026
Rakuten sells record ?400 billion of bonds on retail demand
The 5.5-year bonds carry a 4.37% coupon and were priced at a spread of 200 basis points over the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond.
GlobalFoundries plans to build two new chip plants with the backing of as much as $21 billion from Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2026
Japan to invest up to $21 billion in two U.S. chip factories to be run by GlobalFoundries
The move is part of a deal for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S. struck by President Donald Trump’s administration last year.
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son's bets have a mixed track record — his investment in Chinese tech giant Alibaba was a major success, but he also directed $16 billion to Adam Neumann's WeWork, which ultimately went bankrupt.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2026
SoftBank junk bond sale raises stakes for CEO Son’s all-in AI bet
Son’s bets have a mixed track record.
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during an event in Tokyo in July.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
SoftBank seeks $100 billion from Gulf states for AI, FT says
Founder Masayoshi Son has held early talks with potential investors including those in the United Arab Emirates, the newspaper said.
Rakuten Medical CEO Minami Maeda in an interview in Yokohama in August
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Rakuten Medical eyes U.S. market for its novel idea to conquer cancer
The biotech startup’s treatment uses light to destroy target cells, offering patients a way to heal with minimal damage to healthy tissue.
The number of initial public offerings in Japan this year fell to 32 through the end of September, the lowest nine-month tally since 2012.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Japan deal drought cuts IPO fundraising to lowest in 14 years
The development, amid regulatory changes and a dearth of AI-related companies, contrasts with a dealmaking boom across Asia.
AustralianSuper, Australia's largest pension fund, has about 22 billion Australian dollars ($15.3 billion) invested in private equity globally, equivalent to roughly 5% of total assets.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2026
Australia’s largest pension fund eyes India and Japan for private equity
Asia currently accounts for about 10% of AustralianSuper’s total private equity portfolio.
Tashkent City Park last June
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2026
With Uzbekistan open for business, investors watch reform staying power
Almost a decade of economic reform has helped its growth outpace that of most ex-Soviet peers.
Tech executives gather to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 3, 2026
AI’s race to transform the world before the money runs out
Assumptions about future profits are driving the AI rush, but economists say there is little evidence to suggest the technology is sure to deliver.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a midterm campaign rally at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2026
Trump threatens South Korea over Alaska LNG project dispute
Seoul has said it only agreed to the $54 billion plan if it proves economically viable.
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.
Kikkoman will start shipping products in October that are made at its third U.S. plant, in Jefferson, Wisconsin. In the fiscal year that ended in March 2026, overseas operations accounted for 78% of Kikkoman's sales and 90% of its business profit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2026
Japanese food-makers ramp up U.S. investment as demand grows
Japanese direct investment in U.S. food manufacturing stood at $8.19 billion as of the end of 2025, about 2.5 times the level seen a decade ago.

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