Japan
FinanceShohei Ohtani’s record $700m contract with the LA Dodgers is boosting his sponsors’ stock prices and expected to have a $437m impact in just one year
By Aya Wagatsuma and BloombergDecember 11, 2023
LifestyleWith ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ anime legend Hayao Miyazaki finally tops the North American box office
By Jack Coyle and The Associated PressDecember 10, 2023
By Lionel LimDecember 5, 2023
LeadershipNetflix’s biggest rival in Japan was created by a secretive billionaire whose father nearly destroyed the company in a telecom scandal
By Min Jeong Lee, Yoojung Lee, Yasutaka Tamura and BloombergNovember 28, 2023
AsiaJapan’s new tallest skyscraper is also fat—sprawling enough to fit the mixed-use demands of post-COVID city life
By Nicholas GordonNovember 23, 2023
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2023
FinanceWarren Buffett’s trusted lieutenant Charlie Munger ecstatic over $6 billion investment in Japan: ‘Like having God opening a chest and just pouring money into it’
By Paolo ConfinoNovember 1, 2023
LeadershipThe mayor of Tokyo’s nightlife district begs partiers to stay away: ‘Please, do not come to the Shibuya station area for Halloween’
By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated PressOctober 5, 2023
By Kanis Leung and The Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023
AsiaRahm Emanuel, the ambassador to Japan, just accused China of ‘economic coercion’ in a spat over a seafood imports ban
By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated PressSeptember 22, 2023
FinanceToshiba is going private in a $13.5bn private equity buyout, ending a 74-year run as a listed company
By Yuki Furukawa, Taro Fuse and BloombergSeptember 21, 2023
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2023
FinanceJust as China faces a Japan-style ‘lost decade,’ Japan thinks it’s near a ‘turning point’ in decades-long deflation battle
By Will DanielAugust 29, 2023
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