Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Japan's five trading houses is growing, and Itochu's chairman is signaling the door is open for more.

With a fractured opposition making a stable majority impossible, Tokyo's ruling party is quietly reviving its old tie-up - and that changes every boardroom's political risk calculus.

Japan's tech giant is signaling a strategic shift toward high-growth sectors, with an eye on manufacturer deals. Here's what it means for the competitive landscape.

The national health insurance nod could accelerate adoption of regenerative therapies for heart disease, opening a new era for cell-based medicine.

Rising bond yields threaten to raise borrowing costs for Japanese firms and constrain the fiscal ambitions of Sanae Takaichi, a key proponent of stimulus.

Tokyo's bid to lure SK Hynix's memory chip fab faces a South Korean policy wall, complicating the global race to secure advanced semiconductor capacity.

The Japanese maker is courting India's young, price-sensitive consumers as the market expands.

The world's top carmaker is putting China before Japan for its next-generation EV build, a move that accelerates the global spread of Tesla's cost-cutting die-casting playbook.

BYD's move to adapt its compact EV platform for Europe signals a push into the affordable city-car segment, challenging legacy automakers and reshaping the region's EV landscape.

The Japanese machinery giant is expanding its South Carolina maintenance center to service the giant trucks feeding surging copper demand from AI and data centers.

The sogo shosha are moving beyond steel and grain into fan merchandise - a strategic bet on consumer culture that could reshape how these conglomerates grow.

The Alphabet-owned robotaxi leader is expanding into Europe, a move that tests cross-border autonomous deployment and pressures rivals to keep pace.