Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp reported a six-month net profit of 356 billion yen ($2.4 billion) on Tuesday, down 42% from last year, due to a weaker Australian steelmaking coal business and ... ( read original story ...)
Top NC leaders travel to Taiwan, Japan to bolster business ties
Japan is already North Carolina’s top international business partner. State leaders believe there’s still more to be done to convince Asian companies to build factories in the Tar Heel state. ( read original story ...)
Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine
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 ...)
Japan PM Takaichi targets 17 industries to drive economy
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+ Inks Content Partnership With CJ ENM to Bring TVING Originals to Japan
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 ...)
AI startup Anthropic opens Tokyo office, plans R&D hub in Japan
US-based artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has opened a Tokyo office to expand its business in the Asia-Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Planet Japan: Highlights from the Tokyo auto show, and its different auto culture
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 ...)
TIFFCOM: Japan’s Anime Industry Expanded 15 Percent to $25 Billion in 2024
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 ...)
Could Nissan cars made in Mississippi be headed to Japan in rare deal? What to know
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 ...)
Strong quake shakes Hokkaido as authorities urge vigilance
The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.8, measured a lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the city of Nemuro. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven & i looking at M&A deals and partnerships to fuel growth
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 ...)
Japan’s JERA Q2 profit up 12% on stronger overseas business
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 ...)
Japan Travel Agency Reveals a Rocket That Could Connect Tokyo to U.S. Cities in 1 Hour
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 finance minister distances herself from past yen comments
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 and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty
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 ...)
Trump trade: Japanese automakers may import some of their own US-built cars
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 ...)