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Travel, Hospitality & Leisure
Seto Inland Sea cruise tours are targeting wealthy visitors, and Japan Airlines has revamped its domestic lounge at Haneda Airport. Hotel groups, ryokan owners, cruise operators...
Read storyTechnology & Digital Strategy
Semiconductor and AI shares have driven the market's recent strength, while data centre operators, telecoms firms and cloud providers look for capital and anchor customers to...
Read storyStartups & Venture Capital
The Nikkei closed above 70,000 on October 6 for the first time in three months on AI and semiconductor buying, and venture funds, corporate investors and university spinout...
Read storyReal 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...
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