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Blockchain's revival is being driven by financial institutions that are tokenizing assets, launching stablecoins and pursuing 24/7 markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2026
Bankers are doing grown-up stuff with crypto now
Turning cash into code will reduce the number of steps in market transactions and trades, allowing for instant settlement and programmable rules on where money goes and when.
MUFG has posted strong quarterly earnings after lending income rose due to higher domestic interest rates and robust loan demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2026
MUFG profit beats estimates capping bumper quarter for Â鶹´«Ã½ banks
Net income climbed 48% from a year earlier to ?809.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, exceeding analysts¡¯ ?633.4 billion average estimate.
Blue Owl's Tokyo office has hired ex-Barclays executive Takeo Ikemori as co-head of its Japan business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2026
Blue Owl hires ex-Barclays banker as Japan business co-head
Takeo Ikemori, hired as head of Japan institutional capital, will share the role of Japan representative with Yoichi Nakamura, who is head of private wealth in the country.
Jordan Rochester, known as "Mr. Brexit," has left Mizuho Bank after serving as head of fixed income strategy in London for nearly two years to pursue a position in Dubai.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
¡®Mr. Brexit¡¯ financial commentator leaves Mizuho for position in Dubai
Jordan Rochester joined Mizuho in 2024 as part of the bank¡¯s push to expand its currency and rates business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
JPMorgan and other U.S. banks are likely to provide some financing for Japan's $550 billion investment pledge made to U.S. President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
JPMorgan among banks to help finance Â鶹´«Ã½ $550 billion U.S. investment plan: sources
Japanese banks have been reluctant to participate, as their funding base is in yen,?and obtaining U.S. dollars for ?big long-term infrastructure projects can be costly for them.
Corporate bond issuance reached a record ?16.7 trillion in the financial year through March, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2026
Climbing interest rates reshape Â鶹´«Ã½ corporate bond market
While higher rates have raised borrowing costs for issuers, they have also incentivized investors toward fixed-income securities, setting in motion a new cycle of capital flows.
Carsten Stoehr, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's Asia-Pacific deputy head, has been leading more complex financing deals to increase profitability at the bank.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
Credit Suisse veteran shakes up SMBC in new era for Japan banks
Â鶹´«Ã½ second-largest lender is branching out into new products and moving toward riskier, higher-yielding structured credit deals.
Japan's central bank is likely to consider raising its economic growth forecast at its July meeting while leaving the policy rate unchanged after last month hiking it to the highest level since 1995, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2026
BOJ likely to raise growth forecast and stand pat, sources say
The officials will make final decisions on policy and the economic outlook after assessing all available data and information up to the last minute, the sources said.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking has hired Kunal Maini, a veteran of BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley, as international head of macro rates to strengthen its global sales and trading business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2026
SMBC bolsters global sales and trading push with macro hire
New hire Kunal Maini was most recently the head of Americas fixed income, currencies and commodities trading at BNP Paribas.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2026
BOJ¡¯s 2016 negative rate shock shows split board hitting limit
The surprise decision upended stocks and sent the yen higher against the dollar ¡ª an unusual market reaction to additional monetary stimulus.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's market capitalization reached ?42 trillion, surpassing that of Toyota.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2026
MUFG becomes Â鶹´«Ã½ most valuable firm for first time
The development comes amid an improved business environment resulting from the Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½ interest rate hikes.
Mizuho Financial Group is seeking an equity capital market license and plans to bolster its stock underwriting team in Seoul to capitalize on South Korea¡¯s booming semiconductor market, said Joris Dierckx, head of banking for Asia-Pacific.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2026
Mizuho targets South Korea and India hires to join top dealmaking ranks
The bank aims to become Asia¡¯s top investment bank in as soon as five years, mainly by strengthening its equity underwriting and M&A advisory operations.
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2026
Japanese payment processor¡¯s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin, an Osaka-based credit card payment processor, filed for bankruptcy on Monday.
Bank loans in Japan rose 6.3% in June from a year earlier, the strongest growth since August 2020, according to a Bank of Japan report released Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 8, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ bank lending rises fastest since COVID-19, backing BOJ¡¯s path
The figures reinforce the central bank¡¯s assessment that financial conditions remain accommodative even after Gov. Kazuo Ueda¡¯s board raised its benchmark interest rate last month.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank will subscribe to new capital and have a director on New Zealand-based infrastructure investor Morrison¡¯s board, the two firms said in a statement Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2026
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust inks $2 billion partnership with Morrison
The new strategic partnership aims to provide Japanese customers access to fresh investment opportunities.
"I want to achieve the goal we set 20 years ago to become one of the world¡¯s top five banks,¡± Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group CEO Junichi Hanzawa said in his first interview since taking the helm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
MUFG¡¯s new CEO rekindles ambition to claim spot among world¡¯s top five banks
The goal reflects growing confidence within Â鶹´«Ã½ biggest banks, which are forecasting another year of record profits as rates rise and loan demand picks up.
Over the past three years, Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as the top destination for Taiwanese offshore wealth.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2026
¡®In case of emergency¡¯: Taiwan¡¯s rising rich flock to Singapore
The city-state has overtaken Hong Kong as the top destination for Taiwanese offshore wealth over the past three years.
Japan spent ?11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2026
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
The yen has tumbled past a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar, prompting the Japanese government to vow ¡°appropriate action at any time.¡±
Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group propelled foreign-currency bond sales by Japanese companies to a record.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2026
Mizuho and SMFG fuel record Japanese corporate bond sales overseas
The surge in issuance in overseas currencies is in part being fueled by the depreciating yen, which slid to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986 this week.
MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and other lenders have agreed to extend the maturity of about ?75 billion ($463 million) in loans to Godiva Japan by nine months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2026
Godiva¡¯s Japan lenders agree on 9-month loan extension
The chocolate maker posted a net loss of about ?30 billion for the year ended December 2025.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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.
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.
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.
¡®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.
¡®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.
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.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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