Japan
TechJapan’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 BloombergApril 15, 2024
PoliticsSecretive government committee could get more investigation power as authorities scrutinize TikTok and U.S. Steel deal
By Fatima Hussein, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressApril 11, 2024
LeadershipJapan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts his U.S. visit after Biden criticizes a Japanese steelmaker’s bid for U.S. Steel
By Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressApril 10, 2024
TechA German Rust Belt? As Chinese EVs like BYD swarm Europe’s key markets, historic examples of deindustrialization pose a warning to the continent’s carmakers
By Ryan HoggApril 10, 2024
Tech‘Social order could collapse, resulting in wars’: 2 of Japan’s top firms fear unchecked AI, warning humans are ‘easily fooled’
By Chris MorrisApril 8, 2024
NewslettersAflac CEO Dan Amos on aging, succession planning, and running a family-founded company for 34 years
By Maria Aspan and Ian MountApril 1, 2024
LeadershipIs Japan finally out of its 30-year slump? Economists are optimistic that Japan is back—and they say they have the data to prove it
By Lionel LimApril 1, 2024
TechNippon Steel touts tech it can bring to U.S. Steel, vows to push ahead with $14.1 billion acquisition: ‘We have over 2,000 patents’
By Shoko Oda, Grace Huang and BloombergMarch 31, 2024
LeadershipRecruit Holdings—Japan’s $75B parent of Indeed and Glassdoor—is led by a man who wants to be ‘the most powerless CEO in the world’
By Reed Stevenson, Haslinda Amin and BloombergMarch 30, 2024
RetailJapan’s population is getting so old that a diaper manufacturer is only making products for adults, not babies
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 28, 2024
FinanceLarry Fink says Gen Z, millennials distrust boomers on the economy—they’re totally right on one key issue
By Dylan SloanMarch 26, 2024
MagazineAflac’s CEO gave us that obnoxious, genius duck and changed the insurance industry. Now, he’s facing his aging customers’ mortality—and eventually his own
By Maria AspanMarch 26, 2024
TechThis little-known Japanese company is a key player in the leading-edge chip industry—and that’s setting it up for success amid the AI boom
By Lionel LimMarch 21, 2024
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