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The streets of Ikuno Korea Town in the city of Osaka in December 2023

BUSINESS

Foreign business owners in Japan feeling the strain of tighter visa criteria

By Himari Semans

A survey by Tokyo Shoko Research has found that about 5% of foreign business owners are considering closing up shop while 45% expect impacts to operations.

The yen is trading at levels last seen in July 2024.

BUSINESS / Markets

Yen, Japanese government bonds and Tokyo stocks decline as oil prices spike

By Kazuaki Nagata

The Japanese currency is at its weakest since July 2024 and at levels that could trigger intervention.

Japan may see food and drink prices rise as early as this summer, as war-related disruptions to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz squeeze naphtha supply, driving up plastic packaging costs.

BUSINESS / Economy

Food prices in Japan set to rise as war drives up cost of plastic packaging

By Shoko Oda

Prolonged disruption to energy flows via the Strait of Hormuz has cut the availability of naphtha, a critical ingredient used in the production of plastic packaging.

BUSINESS

Air travel bookings for 91仓库 Golden Week holiday robust

BUSINESS

Japan’s record sales of euro bonds show historic funding shift

By Atsuko Fukase and Finbarr Flynn

BUSINESS

Jerome Powell: Fed chair who stood up to Trump set to finish tenure on top

By Beiyi Seow

BUSINESS

Takaichi vows support for wage hikes at May Day event

Components for Murata's Echorb Wonder Stone device. The company is the world’s leading supplier of multilayer ceramic capacitors, essential components for every device that uses electricity because they regulate power flow.

Companies

Murata beats profit estimates as AI data-center demand strains production

By Takashi Mochizuki

The company says it is struggling to catch up with runaway demand for its multilayer ceramic capacitors, sought by U.S. hyperscalers for artificial intelligence data centers.

Companies

PAG beefs up Japan investment with $13 billion in targeted deals

By Lisa Du, Takako Taniguchi and Hideki Suzuki

Companies

Citi’s Japan banking head seeks expansion despite talent crunch

By Takashi Nakamichi

Companies

SoftBank to create and list AI firm Roze in U.S.

By Min Jeong Lee

Companies / FOCUS

Flying cars take off as support systems emerge, but hurdles remain

By toshifumi sekitsuka

Companies

MUFG to foray into real estate and expand forex derivatives in India

By Saikat Das and Siddhi Nayak

Companies

Japan’s Terra Drone expands investment in Ukraine drone sector

By Alastair Gale

Japan's industrial production dropped 0.5% in March from the previous month, as the war in Iran clouded prospects for global demand.

Economy

Japan’s factory output fell in March as Iran war clouded demand outlook

By Yoshiaki Nohara

The data reflects a period in flux, with business prospects for manufacturers starting to dim as the impact of the Middle East conflict rippled through the global economy.

Economy

Three dissents at BOJ policy board meeting suggest hawkishness ahead

By Kazuaki Nagata

Economy

Japan industry group warns of war’s impact on supply of thinners

By Yuki Furukawa

Economy

Key government panel calls for boost to long-term public works investment

Economy / FOCUS

Japanese developers worry over construction supply shortages amid Iran war

By Eric Johnston

Economy / ANALYSIS

Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis

By Weilun Soon

Economy / FOCUS

Justice Department’s partial reversal on Powell probe keeps Fed drama alive

Employees of the Basra Oil Company work at the Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field on the outskirts of the city of Basra, Iraq, on Thursday. Earlier this month, Baghdad said it had reached "understandings" with the United States and Iran to reduce the impact of the Hormuz blockade on Iraqi oil exports.

Markets

Trump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil prices soaring

"They are choking like a stuffed pig," the U.S. president told one outlet of the naval action on Iran. "And it is going to be worse for them."

Markets

Powell to remain at Fed amid legal 'battering' by Trump administration

Markets

UAE exit blindsides OPEC and threatens to shake its grip on oil

Markets

Most prediction market traders are losing money while bots rack up gains

By Carolyn Silverman — Nathaniel Popper — Marie Patino

Markets

South Korea passes U.K. to become world’s eighth-largest stock market

By Charlotte Yang

Markets

Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit

By Mei Mei Chu

Markets

‘He has the market in a chokehold’: Stocks swing as Trump posts.

By Alexandra Semenova

The Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 29, 2024. ?Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up marks an escalation in the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.

Tech

The split between China and Silicon Valley just got wider

By Meaghan Tobin and Erin Griffith

A decade ago, Silicon Valley investors raced to back Chinese startups. Today, few do.

Tech

U.S. orders chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's Hua Hong

By Karen Freifeld

Tech

China races to build record biobank to rival U.S. drugs research

By Karoline Kan and Amber Tong

Tech

U.S. ends investigation into claims WhatsApp chats aren’t private

By JAKE BLEIBERG

Tech

Google inks deal allowing Pentagon to use AI models for classified work

Tech

Xi tests China’s reach by blocking already-done Meta deal

Tech

Apple and Google crushed California bill helping smaller rivals

By Emily Birnbaum, Josh Sisco and Eliyahu Kamisher

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