Japan

Bank of Japan lifts rates to highest level since 1995 (www.rt.com)
13 hours ago Japan

SoftBank announces an OpenAI-powered “patching service” to secure Japan's top 3,000 companies behind crucial infrastructure from cyberattacks (apnews.com)
21 hours ago Japan

Taxi-hailing app Go's shares grew 21% in its Tokyo debut, after raising $553M in Japan's largest IPO this year, giving the company a market value of ~$1.16B (www.bloomberg.com)
1 day ago Japan IPO Tokyo

After years of uncertainty, including delayed listings, memory chipmaker Kioxia's shares soared 56x in 18 months, making it Japan's most valuable company (asia.nikkei.com)
2 days ago Japan

Memory chipmaker Kioxia replaces Toyota as Japan's most valuable company; Kioxia's shares surged 7.6% on Friday, lifting its market value to ~$274B (www.bloomberg.com)
4 days ago Japan Toyota

Japanese energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
5 days ago Japan Energy

Kepple: seed-stage startup funding in Japan fell 42% YoY in 2025 to a 10-year low of $124M, as the Tokyo Stock Exchange moves to reduce small listings (asia.nikkei.com)
11 days ago Japan Startup Tokyo

SoftBank's PayPay, Japan's dominant payments app, says it will take a 70.2% stake in T&D Financial Life Insurance for $840M, expected to close in October 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)
11 days ago Japan Insurance

Public First: just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 large countries, including the UK, Japan, and Canada (www.ft.com)
12 days ago Japan U.S. Canada

Moment marauding bear chases down and mauls terrified man before smashing through a glass door during rampage that left four injured in Japan (www.dailymail.co.uk)
14 days ago Japan

Suddenly, we hear of Australian–Japanese ‘strategic depth'. Here's what it may mean (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
15 days ago Australia Japan

SoftBank becomes Japan's biggest company by market value after hitting an all-time high, overtaking Toyota, which has been the country's largest for 20+ years (www.ft.com)
15 days ago Japan Toyota

Sources: Taiwan suspects three people smuggled at least one Nvidia chip shipment to China after first exporting them to Japan; Taiwan detained them last week (www.bloomberg.com)
20 days ago China Japan Taiwan Nvidia

Japanese training at Darwin offers more combined-force value than Townsville (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
22 days ago Japan

Temple that has housed Japan's 'eternal flame' for 1,200 years is destroyed by fire (www.dailymail.co.uk)
26 days ago Japan

More risk and cost: de-scoped Collins LOTE strengthens case for looking to Japan (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
28 days ago Japan

Japan's quiet test of China diplomacy (www.lowyinstitute.org)
28 days ago China Japan

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-5-16 Japan Robot

Japan, Germany and Zombie Firms: The Quiet Suicide of Socialized Corporations (www.gatestoneinstitute.org)
2026-5-16 Germany Japan

Japanese auto giant takes historic hit amid EV pullback (www.rt.com)
2026-5-16 Japan

Alphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-15 Japan AI Alphabet

SoftBank partners with South Korea's Cosmos Lab and DeltaX to mass produce next-gen data center batteries in Japan at the scale of one GWh per year in FY 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-11 Japan Korea

Nintendo says it will increase the price of the Switch 2 globally on September 1, from $450 to $500 in the US, and the price of the original Switch in Japan (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-9 Japan Nintendo

Japan and Australia are perfect partners in the world of AI (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-7 Australia Japan AI

Japan and Australia need each other more than ever (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-6 Australia Japan

Australia's partnership with Japan helps deter China from starting a war (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-6 China Australia Japan

“Why would Japan meet with a small country like Australia?” (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-5-5 Australia Japan

Sources: SoftBank plans to make lithium- and cobalt-free data center batteries in Japan as soon as FY2027, as Japan tries to cut its reliance on Chinese metals (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-5-4 China Japan

Hedging our bets: a Japanese option for managing risk in the AUKUS Optimal Pathway (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-5-4 Japan

JLL: Japan's $23B data center market is set to grow ~50% by 2030, with 90% of sites concentrated in densely populated regions, prompting pushback from residents (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-5-4 Japan

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