Japan
MagazineAflac’s CEO gave us that obnoxious, genius duck and changed the insurance industry. Now, he’s facing his aging customers’ mortality—and eventually his own
By Maria AspanMarch 26, 2024
TechThis little-known Japanese company is a key player in the leading-edge chip industry—and that’s setting it up for success amid the AI boom
By Lionel LimMarch 21, 2024
FinanceJapan’s central bank just hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, scrapping the world’s last negative rate
By Toru Fujioka, Sumio Ito and BloombergMarch 19, 2024
RetailChina is eating Japan’s lunch when it comes to EVs so two of its biggest automakers have joined forces to avoid being ‘wiped out’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 15, 2024
LeadershipAkira Toriyama’s death is being felt around the world as global leaders and millions of fans remember one of Japan’s most influential icons
By Nicholas GordonMarch 8, 2024
LeadershipAkira Toriyama, whose Dragon Ball manga series sold over 260 million copies worldwide, dies aged 68
By Ryotaro Nakamaru and BloombergMarch 8, 2024
LeadershipBrazil’s vice president shares an X post featuring Goku and Pikachu to thank Toyota for its $2.2 billion hybrid car investment
By Lionel LimMarch 6, 2024
FinanceJapan’s Nikkei index continues its record-breaking bull run by breaking 40,000 for the first time in its history
By Lionel LimMarch 3, 2024
TechJapan lost its early lead in chips to companies in Korea and Taiwan. Now a new TSMC project could lead the way to ‘a renaissance of semiconductors’
By Lionel LimMarch 2, 2024
FinanceWarren Buffett credits Japan’s trading houses for their ‘superior’ shareholder-friendly policies, days after the country’s stock market broke a 35-year-old record
By Aya Wagatsuma and BloombergFebruary 26, 2024
TechJapan kicks in another $4.8 billion for TSMC plant, calls cutting-edge chips ‘extremely essential for the future of industries’
By Takashi Mochizuki and BloombergFebruary 24, 2024
FinanceWhy Japan’s stock market is breaking 35-year records even as its economy falls into recession: Welcome to the investing world of ‘not that bad’
By Nicholas GordonFebruary 23, 2024
Finance‘Space junk’ unicorn backed by Japanese billionaire wants to clear the skies for Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
By Min Jeong Lee and BloombergFebruary 21, 2024
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