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Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will invest 400 billion yen ($2.9 billion) in its real estate business over five years starting 2023, Nikkei has learned. Led by Daibiru Corp., its wholly owned subsidiary ... ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrecy has long been touted as the future of capital, but it looks like it's losing luster (and value). ( read original story ...)

Eight people had appealed in the court saying the ban on same-sex marriage infringed upon their human rights, demanding damages of 1 million yen ($7,200) each. The court said on Wednesday that Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

The new Tokyo metropolitan government intends to use the new subway line to spur the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront area following the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)

Jack Ma, the founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba who until the tech clampdown was China's richest person, has rarely been seen in public since criticising the attitude of Chinese regulators ... ( read original story ...)

Jack Ma is now in Tokyo and has been living there for the past six months after a crackdown by Chinese authorities on the tech sector. ( read original story ...)

The Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is reported to have been lying low in Tokyo amid Beijing’s crackdown on tech firms and business leaders.The founder of the Ali ... ( read original story ...)

Now offices for Hakuhodo Inc. and Tokyu Agency Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation and Same Two Inc. have been searched by prosecutors. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Jack Ma, the Alibaba founder and once the richest business leader in China, has been living in central Tokyo for almost six months, amid Beijing’s continuing crackdown on the country’s ... ( read original story ...)

Some books carry cautions lest they offend sensitive readers. Jake Adelstein’s came with an actual trigger warning. “Any publisher handling this book should have experience dealing with the yakuza,” ... ( read original story ...)

He has punctuated his stay in Japan with trips to the countryside and regular visits to the US and Israel, the report said. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output fell for a second consecutive month in October, as stalling global demand and lingering supply bottlenecks put a lid on Japanese manufacturers' production plans. The feeble ... ( read original story ...)

For us, Japanese equities represent a highly compelling long-term investment opportunity. There exists a powerful, structural earnings growth story in Japan, wh ... ( read original story ...)