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    Panasonic CEO issues ultimatum to managers: Deliver results, or be replaced

    By Reed Stevenson, Yuki Furukawa, and others
  • Rapidus Corp.’s semiconductor foundry construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Japan is pouring billions of dollars into a long-shot bet to revive its chip-making prowess and insulate its economy from growing US-China tensions. Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Japan’s chip companies are fighting with ski resorts for construction workers as they try to build a new plant in chilly Hokkaido

    By Takashi Mochizuki, Yuki Furukawa, and others
  • The logo of Japanese industrial group Toshiba is seen on top of a building at its headquarters in Tokyo on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Toshiba is going private in a $13.5bn private equity buyout, ending a 74-year run as a listed company

    By Yuki Furukawa, Taro Fuse, and others
  • Ken Kutaragi, chief executive officer of Ascent Robotics Inc., poses for a photograph at the company’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Kutaragi, the legendary inventor of the PlayStation gaming console, wants to make affordable robots that can safely move around and do physical work alongside humans in factories and logistics centers, and aims to have a working prototype in about a year. Photographer: Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    The inventor of Sony’s PlayStation has no time for the metaverse or VR headsets

    By Takashi Mochizuki, Yuki Furukawa, and others
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    Toshiba buyout by CVC would be the largest private equity-led acquisition in years

    By Yuki Furukawa, Manuel Baigorri, and others
  • SoftBank Masayoshi Son Presents Third-Quarter ResultsInternational

    He turned down Softbank money at 23. Now he’s set to become a billionaire

    By Yoojung Lee, Min Jeong Lee, and others