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Government backing and sustained AI investment are fueling momentum in Â鶹´«Ã½ chip revival, with companies like Advantest and Tokyo Electron raising their full-year operating profit forecast.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 14, 2025
Japanese chip sector¡¯s earnings show AI appetite and auto slump
Government backing and sustained AI investment are reinforcing optimism across the nation¡¯s tech sector.
Shionogi CEO Isao Teshirogi says the firm's Dovato HIV treatment has top market share in Europe and is expected to continue expanding.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025
Shionogi lifts profit outlook on HIV royalties and overseas growth
The company raised its full-year operating profit by 5.7% to ?185 billion, beating analyst estimates.
A worker inspects a tire on a production line of a Toyo Tire plant in Sendai.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2025
Toyo Tire on track to beat profit guidance, CEO says
Takashi Shimizu, the tiremaker¡¯s CEO, plans to start buying back shares amid resilient U.S. demand.
Mitsui E&S expects profit momentum to exceed its full-year guidance, driven by strong engine demand and a successful shift of its crane business toward the U.S. market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2025
Mitsui E&S bullish about full-year profits on engines and U.S. crane demand
The ship equipment maker expects profit momentum to surpass its guidance, Chief Financial Officer Taketsune Matsumura said.
Bridgestone CEO Shuichi Ishibashi says truck tire demand for new vehicles in the U.S. has fallen sharply since early August.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2025
Bridgestone CEO sees U.S. slowdown, cyberattack and tariffs hurting business
The challenges in North America are testing Bridgestone¡¯s?ability to defend margins and sustain growth, a familiar refrain for Â鶹´«Ã½ export-driven manufacturers.
Astroscale Holdings forecasts defense-related revenue from the U.K., U.S. and Japan to grow this fiscal year, alongside government missions with the U.K., Japan and the European Space Agency.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 16, 2025
Astroscale anticipates more satellite orders from U.K. and Japan
New space-defense guidelines from the countries could generate ¡°up to double-digit satellite orders,¡± signaling a stronger pipeline, Astroscale¡¯s chief financial officer said.
As U.S. tariffs caused global uncertainty, Japanese carmakers in particular have been losing momentum as the industry faced pressure from levies.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 24, 2025
Firms in Japan likely to log lower profits amid tariff and political uncertainty
While tariffs caused global uncertainty, Japanese carmakers in particular have been losing momentum as the industry faced pressure from the levies.
Astroscale Holdings executives attend the company¡¯s listing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in June 2024.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2025
Space-debris firm that saw shares surge 62% on IPO loses half its value
Excitement over Astroscale Holdings was riding high, but it¡¯s now the worst performer among Tokyo¡¯s 10 biggest listings in the past year.
Nippon Yusen, Japan's biggest shipper, believes there will probably not be another decline in bookings impacted by U.S. tariffs this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 30, 2025
Top Japan shipper sees orders recovering as trade tensions ease
Nippon Yusen saw a robust recovery in container shipping orders following an easing in tensions between the United States and some of its trading partners this month.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines President and CEO Takeshi Hashimoto speaks during an interview in Tokyo in April.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2025
Japanese gas tanker giant sees difficulty buying Chinese vessels
Washington has issued a flurry of measures since President Donald Trump took office aimed at curbing China¡¯s maritime dominance and reviving its own flagging shipbuilding industry.
A branch of SMBC Nikko Securities, a unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, in Tokyo
BUSINESS
May 12, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ megabanks to remain buoyed by BOJ¡¯s long game to hike rates
The central bank stood pat earlier this month after a cycle of rate hikes since March 2024 and halving its economic growth outlook to 0.5% for this fiscal year.
Jera, the world's biggest liquefied natural gas buyer, sees U.S. President Donald Trump's pet project in Alaska one of the promising procurement sources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ top gas buyer mulls procuring LNG from Alaska export project
¡°We see Alaska as one of the promising procurement sources,¡± Naohiro Maekawa, an executive officer at Jera, said at a news conference on Monday.
Fast Retailing¡¯s November-ending quarter may have seen operating profit growth soften as warmer autumn-winter temperatures dented sales, even with the backdrop for consumer spending in Japan looking promising.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 3, 2025
Uniqlo and 7-Eleven face sales headwinds despite brighter consumer spending
Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing and Seven & i Holdings are among the first to kick off this earnings season in Asia.
Seiji Izumisawa, the CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, said at a briefing that while currency fluctuations and inflation make the future unpredictable, strong order intakes are encouraging.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024
Mitsubishi Heavy net income falls, but orders still solid
Shares in the company fell 2.5% Tuesday after it reported that net income for the June-September period failed to meet analysts¡¯ average estimate.
A Ferrari seized by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau which will be put up for auction
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2024
Tokyo¡¯s tax agency will auction off $390,000 Ferrari it seized
Other high-end items up for auction include luxury real estate and a rare bottle of Suntory Holdings¡¯ cult-favorite whisky Hibiki 30.
The yen's rebound is clouding an outlook for Japanese firms' earnings that have enjoyed a boost from the weak yen.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2024
Yen¡¯s rebound threatens earnings growth in Japan
Weak demand in China and the risk of a slowing U.S. economy are fueling worries about how sustainable their earnings growth will be.
Japanese companies that have more female directors tend to outperform their peers in terms of stock market performance.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2023
Japan firms with more female directors beating peers
The positive impact from having more women in leadership roles hasn¡¯t necessarily enhanced compensation for women in line with their contributions.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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