Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is set to invest more than $4 billion for a roughly 20% stake in Indian non-bank financial company Shriram Finance, with the deal to be closed on Friday, ...
What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed
A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
Bank of Japan on cusp of raising rates to highest in 30 years
Since it last tightened in January, the Bank of Japan has kept its policy rate target at 0.5%. The long pause has been in large part due to uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, but also as policymakers ...
AirTrunk plans second data center in Osaka, Japan
APAC data center firm AirTrunk is expanding its footprint in Japan with a new campus in Osaka. The company this week announced plans to develop its second hyperscale data center in Osaka, OSK2. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s exports rise 6% in November as shipments to the US bounce back
Japan has reported its exports climbed 6% in November from a year earlier as shipments to the United States rose for the first time since March. ( read original story ...)
Japan: Truck catches fire on highway in Osaka, causing traffic delays
A truck caught fire on the Hanshin Expressway No.11 Ikeda Route in Osaka, causing a temporary highway closure and traffic delays. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@excellentneeko via ... ( read original story ...)
Shinsei Bank latest iteration rises 9% in Tokyo debut
TOKYO (Reuters) -- SBI Shinsei Bank shares rose 9% on Wednesday in their trading debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Prime market. The stock opened at 1,586 yen, compared with Shinsei Bank's initial ...
Japan’s NTT to deploy more than 1,000 autonomous buses and robot taxis
TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunications group NTT aims to deploy more than 1,000 self-driving buses and cars across the country by the 2030s, using its nationwide footprint to scale the technology and ...
Bank of Japan set to hike rates to 30-year high Friday. Why that’s bad for the US.
Investors should be watching the central bank’s Friday policy decision, which could unravel the so-called yen carry trade.
For the first time, Tokyo reaches second place in Global Power City Index
The executive director of the Mori Memorial Foundation, which releases the index, said other Japanese cities — such as Fukuoka and Osaka — were rapidly moving up the rankings, too. ( read original story ...)
Thousands flock to see the last 2 pandas in Japan before their return to China
Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to their homeland in China next month ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bids farewell to pandas as row with China deepens
Any move by China to leave Japan without pandas would extend and deepen a diplomatic row that erupted in November when Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speculated on potential Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
SBI Shinsei Bank soars 11% from IPO price in Tokyo trading debut
The lender’s listing has boosted the total volume in the country’s IPO market to a seven-year high Read more at The Business Times.
SBI Shinsei Bank to Debut After Second-Biggest Japan IPO of 2025
SBI Shinsei Bank Ltd. will start trading in Tokyo on Wednesday after raising ¥322 billion ($2.1 billion) in Japan’s second-biggest initial public offering of the year.
Japan plans new taxes on EVs and plug-ins from 2028, Nikkei reports
Japanese lawmakers were considering new taxes on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, which are likely to take effect from May 2028, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday. The report said that ...
Japan’s exports rise 6.1% in November, trade balance at surplus of $2bn
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese exports rose 6.1% year-on-year in November, up for a third straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday. The result compared with a 4.8% increase ...