Japan
LeadershipAkira Toriyama’s death is being felt around the world as global leaders and millions of fans remember one of Japan’s most influential icons
By Nicholas GordonMarch 8, 2024
LeadershipAkira Toriyama, whose Dragon Ball manga series sold over 260 million copies worldwide, dies aged 68
By Ryotaro Nakamaru and BloombergMarch 8, 2024
LeadershipBrazil’s vice president shares an X post featuring Goku and Pikachu to thank Toyota for its $2.2 billion hybrid car investment
By Lionel LimMarch 6, 2024
FinanceJapan’s Nikkei index continues its record-breaking bull run by breaking 40,000 for the first time in its history
By Lionel LimMarch 3, 2024
TechJapan lost its early lead in chips to companies in Korea and Taiwan. Now a new TSMC project could lead the way to ‘a renaissance of semiconductors’
By Lionel LimMarch 2, 2024
FinanceWarren Buffett credits Japan’s trading houses for their ‘superior’ shareholder-friendly policies, days after the country’s stock market broke a 35-year-old record
By Aya Wagatsuma and BloombergFebruary 26, 2024
TechJapan kicks in another $4.8 billion for TSMC plant, calls cutting-edge chips ‘extremely essential for the future of industries’
By Takashi Mochizuki and BloombergFebruary 24, 2024
FinanceWhy Japan’s stock market is breaking 35-year records even as its economy falls into recession: Welcome to the investing world of ‘not that bad’
By Nicholas GordonFebruary 23, 2024
Finance‘Space junk’ unicorn backed by Japanese billionaire wants to clear the skies for Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
By Min Jeong Lee and BloombergFebruary 21, 2024
TechJapan is still selling chipmaking tools to Chinese buyers, and it led to an almost 30% jump in exports to China last month
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2024
TechElon Musk said it was ‘time to move on’ from hybrids years ago—but a windfall from them will help Japanese carmakers challenge Tesla in EVs
By Steve MollmanFebruary 16, 2024
TechThe world’s top carmaker got mocked for rejecting EV hype—not anymore. ‘I want to congratulate Toyota’
By Steve MollmanFebruary 8, 2024
FinanceSoftbank posts a $6.4 billion quarterly profit, its first in over a year, thanks to Arm, DoorDash and a surprise T-Mobile windfall
By Min Jeong Lee, Takahiko Hyuga and BloombergFebruary 8, 2024
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