Category: BUSINESS

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the previous year, as its sales more than doubled following the launch of its hit Switch 2 console in June. ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae held the first meeting at Japan's economic strategy headquarters on Tuesday. She told her cabinet ministers to develop policies in 17 industrial fields to drive growth. ( read original story ...)

Disney+ will become the exclusive home for TVING’s hit Korean dramas in Japan as both platforms look to gain ground in Asia’s most valuable streaming market. ( read original story ...)

US-based artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has opened a Tokyo office to expand its business in the Asia-Pacific. ( read original story ...)

Japan is an ocean, 6,397 nautical miles, and a world away from the Detroit. From kei cars to pickup trucks, how the world's third-biggest car market looks different. ( read original story ...)

The record annual results for Japan's booming anime industry were achieved even before the recent historic success of 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.' ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan is considering exporting US-built Murano and Pathfinder SUVs to Japan from its Mississippi plant. This move would help utilize underused factory capacity at the Canton, Mississippi facility. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Seven & i is working on several initiatives that include potential M&A deals and partnerships aimed at leading to substantial growth, Chief Financial Officer Yoshimichi Maruyama said on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

JERA, Japan's biggest utility, on Friday posted a 12% increase in net profit for the three-month period ended in September to 156.2 billion yen ($1 billion), backed by improving overseas and renewable ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese travel agency, Nippon Travel Agency Co. , announced this week that it plans to launch a high-speed, space-travel service that could connect Tokyo to U.S. cities in just 60 minutes. ( read original story ...)

Japan's new Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she wouldn't endorse her past remarks that Japan's economic fundamentals suggested the yen's real value is closer to 120-130 per dollar.The yen was ... ( read original story ...)

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday pledged to strengthen ties between the neighbors, whose relations have long been strained by their bitter ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese automakers are considering importing some of their U.S.-built cars to Japan - a costly and impractical move that comes as Tokyo tries to placate President Donald Trump over its vast trade ... ( read original story ...)

Trump met with Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and addressed American military personnel on a U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, before speaking to business leaders. ( read original story ...)

Toyota said it would sell some of its U.S.-made cars in Japan, one of a number of announcements by companies responding to U.S. pressure over trade imbalances. ( read original story ...)