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DeepSeek's first financing deal in June raised $7 billion for the Chinese artificial intelligence lab.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 27, 2026
DeepSeek said to have told backers of funding pause after viral posts
The suspension stemmed in part from its founder¡¯s frustration over online reports about his comments on U.S.-Chinese AI competition to investors, sources say.
A stock board in Tokyo earlier this month. Corporate governance reforms aimed at improving shareholder returns are helping to transform Japan into a hive of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2025
Record $350 billion deals boom fuels upbeat M&A outlook in Japan
Corporate governance reforms aimed at improving shareholder returns are helping to transform Japan into a hive of activity.
Puma shares have dropped 62% in Frankfurt this year, giving the company a market value of $2.9 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2025
China¡¯s Anta Sports is said to explore potential bid for Puma
The Hong Kong-listed company may team up with a private equity firm if it decides to move forward with an offer, sources say.
Several people from Nomura Holdings in charge of Asia excluding Japan are leaving the company, according to an internal memo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2024
Nomura reshuffles Asia investment banking team and cuts jobs in slump
A management change coincides with a new round of job cuts involving about 10 bankers this week, sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2020
China¡¯s Animal Crossing gamers use code words and middlemen to enter virtual world
Users look to skirt limits imposed by local regulators on a game that has become both a breakout worldwide hit and political flash point.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2018
China¡¯s caffeine war: Fast-growing Luckin brews up a threat to Starbucks
Qian Zhiya may be Starbucks¡¯ worst nightmare.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 18, 2018
China¡¯s version of ¡®Saturday Night Live¡¯ pulled amid crackdown on content
China¡¯s version of U.S. satire show ¡°Saturday Night Live¡± has temporarily been pulled from a domestic video site amid a crackdown on content ranging from online blogs to livestreams.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 24, 2018
In cartoon arms race against Japan, Chinese tech giants splash out
Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours immersed in Japanese cartoons like ¡°Dragon Ball¡± and ¡°Naruto.¡±
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018
China¡¯s winter resorts face tougher terrain despite Olympics excitement
At its peak a decade ago, the Muchengjian mine churned out mountains of coal on the western outskirts of Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2017
Tea and Tiananmen: Inside China¡¯s new censorship machine
In a glass tower in a trendy part of China¡¯s eastern city of Tianjin, hundreds of young men and women sit in front of computer screens, scouring the internet for videos and messages that run counter to Communist Party doctrine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2017
In China¡¯s hotels, small VPN gaps in ¡®Great Firewall¡¯ are closing
In China, the plush international hotel lobby has been one of the few places to find gaps in the ¡°Great Firewall,¡± a sophisticated system that denies online users access to blocked content such as foreign news portals and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter .
Japan to impose tougher requirements for permanent residency, reports say
The government is planning to create stricter requirements for foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in Japan.
U.S. holds fire against Iran as reports emerge of stockpile concerns
Munitions sit on trolleys as military personnel work on a B?1B bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts United States Air Force personnel, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, on Saturday.
How foreign workers became an essential part of Japan¡¯s ubiquitous konbini
Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo¡¯s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan's three largest convenience store chains.
Japan¡¯s average life expectancy rises in 2025
Compared with other countries, Japan ranked seventh in male life expectancy, following Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and others, while taking the top spot in female life expectancy.
Japan¡¯s wedding gifts are leaving couples deflated
A traditional Shinto wedding takes place at the Meiji shrine in Tokyo. Japan¡¯s wedding gift custom has stayed fixed at outdated prices even as inflation sharply raises the real cost of such ceremonies.
Japanese author Keigo Higashino, known for penning intricate mystery novels, dies at 68
A display featuring Keigo Higashino¡¯s work, with a range of his titles translated into multiple languages, at Books Kinokuniya Tokyo in the capital¡¯s Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday
Tough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in Japan
The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in the capital's Shinagawa Ward in March. Japan's revised guidelines for permanent residency are set to be introduced as early as Oct. 1 and applied to applications filed from April 2027.
The tiny Okayama village providing Japan with a blueprint for forest management
In 2008, Nishiawakura announced a 100-year plan to promote forest health through measures including structured thinning of its artificially planted <i>sugi</i> and <i>hinoki</i> trees. Since then, it has earned nationwide recognition for its innovative forest health management initiatives.
How foreign workers became an essential part of Japan¡¯s ubiquitous konbini
Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo¡¯s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan&#039;s three largest convenience store chains.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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