Japan’s appeal to foreign workers falls on low wages and weak yen
Japan immigration Survey shows 83.7% interested in working outside country, with South Korea top choice A Vietnamese technical…
Japan’s MinebeaMitsumi to boost bearings output for AI data centers
Electronics $360m investment in Southeast Asia to raise capacity 30% as AI demand expands beyond chips MinebeaMitsumi will…
Rakuten-led group set for subsidies to build Japan’s answer to Starlink
Telecommunication Government readies $900m in support for homegrown satellite-to-mobile access A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites…
Japan’s top banks weigh how to raise dollars for promised US investments
Finance Private sector officials ask government, BOJ for help in securing foreign exchange Japan’s major banks are looking…
Why Japan’s Takaichi has stepped back from BOJ rate hike debate
Comment Prime minister faces pressure from markets, US on inflation and yen Comments from BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda…
Japan’s local banks flee China for Singapore, India as supply chains shift
Finance China branch numbers fall 20% in 5 years while big banks also see loan slump Bank of…
The shrinking, monochrome future of Japan’s war-ravaged food industry
Food & Beverage Potato chips face crunch, ketchup turns transparent as raw material costs rise Kagome is switching…
Japan’s Kioxia forecasts 48-fold quarterly profit jump on AI demand
Semiconductors Chip supplier says ‘strength of the flash memory market is expected to continue’ Kioxia has been increasing…
Japan cricket: ‘Don’t understand it, but it looks fun’
The qualifiers feature Japan and fellow cricket minnows Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the…
Japan’s startup ambitions collide with harassment concerns
Startups Survey finds 32% of entrepreneurs have suffered some form of harassment An event for female entrepreneurs in…
Japan’s naphtha supply can last beyond 2026, Takaichi says
Commodities Local refining, alternative imports boost inventories, but chemical shortages persist Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with…
7.4-magnitude quake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
The prime minister’s office said it had set up a crisis management team. Japan is one of the…