Ayai Tomisawa

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  • TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 27: (—EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘TAKASHI AOYAMA /GETTY IMAGES / POOL’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) FLiberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council Chair Itsunori Onodera speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Exit polling suggested that the incumbent LDP would not be able to form a single-party majority government in a snap election called by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images/pool/Anadolu via Getty Images)Finance

    Japan doesn’t plan to use US Treasuries as tariff talk leverage

    By Ayai Tomisawa and Bloomberg
  • TOKYO, JAPAN &#8211; 2021/05/09: A policeman walks past the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium as protesters gather ahead of the demonstration against the Tokyo Olympics.<br /> With less than 3 months remaining until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics concern continues to linger in Japan over the feasibility of hosting such a huge event during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Cezary Kowalski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    U.S. track & field team cancels Olympics training in Japan over safety concerns

    By Ayai Tomisawa and Bloomberg
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a news conference following a meeting with Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, not pictured, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Widodo's ambitious plan to build a new capital gathered momentum with Son and Tony Blair, U.K.'s former prime minster, holding discussions on the contours of the $34 billion project. Photographer Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    SoftBank survived WeWork, but the coronavirus credit rout is turning investors against Masayoshi Son’s empire

    By Ayai Tomisawa, Pavel Alpeyev, and others