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Real Estate & Development
Mitsui Fudosan intends to build a data center in an abandoned tunnel. Developers, REITs and institutional investors are seeking land, joint venture partners and long-term funding...
Read storyMedia, Marketing & PR
Broadcasters, streaming platforms, anime and game studios and creative agencies are looking for investors and distribution partners to scale across Asia, Europe and North America.
Read storyMarket Research & Analytics
Fast Retailing results are viewed as the key corporate readout for Japan this week, while Suzuki's low-priced mini EV is reshaping competition in the auto market. Retailers,...
Read storyM&A & Corporate Finance
Japan Exchange Group has announced the biggest-ever Topix reshuffle, with 683 companies earmarked for removal and 35 additions, taking effect from October 30. The operator of Don...
Read storyLegal, Regulatory & Compliance
Japan's four largest beer makers were searched on October 7 over suspected coordination of wholesale prices, a rare cartel investigation that could lead to criminal charges. Late...
Read storyInfrastructure & Energy
TEPCO plans to use AI to speed nuclear restarts. Utilities, offshore wind developers, hydrogen producers and grid operators are lining up financing for generation, storage and...
Read storyIndustrial & Supply Chain
Panasonic plans to make humanoid robots, leveraging its battery business, while Suzuki has launched a cheapest-in-class mini EV priced to undercut BYD in Japan. Component makers,...
Read storyHuman Capital & HR
Private-sector pay has reached a record 4.87 million yen, and real cash earnings rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier. Technology, robotics, semiconductor and manufacturing...
Read storyHealthcare & Medical Tourism
Shionogi has agreed to buy US-based IntraBio for $2 billion to expand its rare disease drug business. Pharmaceutical companies, hospital groups, medtech makers and health-tech...
Read storyGovernment & Public Policy
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her October 5 policy speech to reassure markets over her spending agenda, and a proposed food tax cut faces a fiscal test in the Diet. National...
Read storyFinancial & Wealth Management
The Bank of Japan is expected to declare as early as October 30 that underlying inflation has reached 2%, while the Nikkei closed at 70,036 on October 7 after rising above 70,000...
Read storyESG & Sustainability
Environmental regulators and green finance bodies are applying emissions trading and transition finance frameworks, while hydrogen, offshore wind, carbon capture and forestry...
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