Competition from online lenders intensifies while higher interest rates fuel concerns about sector’s financial health
The enclave has suffered from cash shortages and looting
A SoftBank project is working on technology that takes the rage out of customer phone calls
Akio Toyoda wins support at annual meeting on back of strong financial performance at world’s best-selling carmaker
Where to experience the city’s new generation of top-end accommodation
A cocoon of unabashed opulence in a city where understatement tends to be the rule
An IPO of the national treasure has been an ambition for a decade but risks facing a shift in shareholder priorities
Technological strides have made automata soft and sensitive enough to pack bento boxes
US activist investor wants share price to reflect $180bn value of Japanese tech conglomerate’s investments
Lessons from our most (and least) productive peers
Transport ministry uncovers faulty data at several companies including world’s largest auto group Toyota
This year’s powerful stock market rally attracted investors’ attention, but does it have staying power?
Top-tier sponsorship of the games comes with financial and reputational risks
Japanese fast-fashion retailer has slowed store openings in world’s second-largest economy
Barrier to deter sightseers highlights friction generated by rising visitor numbers drawn by weak yen
Private equity funds see the country’s financial institutions and wealthy individuals as an untapped opportunity for capital
Lender to Japan’s agricultural sector caught out by higher interest rates
Non-real estate companies recorded big increase in property book values in 2023, according to Goldman Sachs
Private equity group’s move to take over Japanese operations of fried chicken chain is a tender offer
Advisers are braced for more domestic businesses to become targets for unsolicited takeovers
Demographics are squeezing Japan’s ability to continue to deliver high levels of service
Stance defies government hostility to plan that would break up national champion
Japanese company’s $14.9bn proposed purchase of US Steel sparked bipartisan political backlash
A wave of activism is coming from a quarter Japanese companies did not expect
Government interventions this week fail to ease concerns about plunging currency
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