Japan

FinanceU.S. Steel agrees to sell to Japan’s Nippon Steel for $55 per share in $14 billion all-cash mega-merger with all union contracts to be upheld
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2023

AsiaJapan’s chipmaking companies can’t quit the China chip market, despite Washington and Tokyo’s controls
By Lionel LimDecember 18, 2023

TechNissan to sell electric vehicles made in China globally in another sign of carmakers responding to Chinese automotive prowess
By Steve MollmanDecember 17, 2023

FinanceShohei Ohtani’s record $700m contract with the LA Dodgers is boosting his sponsors’ stock prices and expected to have a $437m impact in just one year
By Aya Wagatsuma and BloombergDecember 11, 2023

LifestyleWith ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ anime legend Hayao Miyazaki finally tops the North American box office
By Jack Coyle and The Associated PressDecember 10, 2023

By Lionel LimDecember 5, 2023

LeadershipNetflix’s biggest rival in Japan was created by a secretive billionaire whose father nearly destroyed the company in a telecom scandal
By Min Jeong Lee, Yoojung Lee, Yasutaka Tamura and BloombergNovember 28, 2023

AsiaJapan’s new tallest skyscraper is also fat—sprawling enough to fit the mixed-use demands of post-COVID city life
By Nicholas GordonNovember 23, 2023

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2023

FinanceWarren Buffett’s trusted lieutenant Charlie Munger ecstatic over $6 billion investment in Japan: ‘Like having God opening a chest and just pouring money into it’
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 1, 2023

LeadershipThe mayor of Tokyo’s nightlife district begs partiers to stay away: ‘Please, do not come to the Shibuya station area for Halloween’
By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated PressOctober 5, 2023

By Kanis Leung and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023

AsiaRahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, just accused China of ‘economic coercion’ in a spat over a seafood imports ban
By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated PressSeptember 22, 2023
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