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Fujifilm’s single-use film camera QuickSnap, known in Japan as Utsurun Desu, marks its 40th anniversary since its launch. The camera is gaining popularity among young people and visitors from overseas at the camera goods section of Ginza's Loft in Tokyo on July 3.

BUSINESS / Companies

Fujifilm’s QuickSnap celebrates 40 years amid renewed interest in analog

First launched on July 1, 1986, Fujifilm has sold more than 1.7 billion units of the camera to date, with plans to release its first new models in 20 years.

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has cited proposals to promote investment in Japanese government bonds, including possibly making them eligible for the nation’s tax-free Nippon Individual Savings Account program and easing inheritance tax rules.

BUSINESS / Economy

Japan finance chief floats JGBs in tax-free accounts and GPIF portfolio review

By Erica Yokoyama

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s remarks were seen as part of stepped-up efforts to attract cash to domestic markets as the yen weakens.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will reimpose a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and charge a fee for all other cargo moving through the waterway.

BUSINESS / Markets

Oil surges as Trump says U.S. wants 20% charge for Hormuz flows

The announcement fueled bullish momentum after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend.

BUSINESS

SocGen sees $76 billion of JGB buying if GPIF rebalances assets

By John Cheng

BUSINESS

Japan National Council chief modifies draft of new benefit program

BUSINESS

A pension shift in Japan may hurt some foreign money managers

By Selena Li

BUSINESS

OpenAI, Meta and SpaceXAI compete for more cost-efficient AI models

If competition for refrigeration equipment contracts was restricted through bid-rigging, the alleged conduct may have increased costs for both the convenience store chain operator and its franchisees.

Companies

Three firms raided over suspected Seven-Eleven refrigeration bid-rigging

The three companies are suspected of having prearranged winners in bids for refrigeration equipment contracts held every few years by Seven-Eleven Japan.

Companies

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son sees fusion power as key to AI’s future

By Min Jeong Lee and Dan Murtaugh

Companies

Cash is king again at Tokyo’s bars after credit processor fails

By Eddy Duan

Companies

Shein executive chairman to pass the baton as IPO nears completion, sources say

Companies

SkyDrive displays high-speed flying car ahead of 2028 launch

Companies

Akzo Nobel rejects $8.6 billion Nippon Paint offer for paint business

By Kiel Porter and Charlotte Hughes-Morgan

Companies

MUFG becomes Japan’s most valuable firm for first time

Japan’s corporate goods prices rose 7.1% in June from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan reported Friday.

Economy

Japan’s producer prices rise at fastest pace since early 2023

By Molly Smith

The measure of input prices for Japanese firms rose 7.1% in June from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan reported.

Economy

Shoppers splurge on specs in Japan as deflation-era mindset fades away

By Reed Stevenson

Economy

Government tweaks phrasing on BOJ in draft policy plan

By Toru Fujioka and Takashi Umekawa

Economy

Japan’s bank lending rises fastest since COVID-19, backing BOJ’s path

By Toru Fujioka

Economy

Japan is not pushing for low interest rates, economic policy minister says

By Yoshiaki Nohara and Akemi Terukina

Economy

Japan’s nominal wage rises top 3% again in longest streak since 1992

By Erica Yokoyama and Keiko Ujikane

Economy

Corporate Japan’s rare-earth warnings get louder as China keeps spigot closed

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Hina Suzuki

The administration has walked back a line in a draft document that suggested efforts might be made to influence monetary policy.

Markets

Rush to reassure on BOJ independence after bonds and yen signal concern

By Kazuaki Nagata

A line from a draft policy document caused a shock and led to a quick edit and series of clarifying statements.

Markets

Japan’s top pension fund likely to brush off political pressure

By Hideyuki Sano and Nao Sano

Markets

Yen gains after finance minister urges pension funds to invest more at home

By Erica Yokoyama

Markets

Yields hit three-decade highs as BOJ behind-the-curve narrative debated

By Kazuaki Nagata

Markets

China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival

Markets

Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment

By Kazuaki Nagata

Markets

South Korea opens 24-hour won trading at a fraught moment

By Hooyeon Kim and Heesu Lee

Online platforms are failing to use available technologies that can identify well-known coercion ?scripts used by sexual extortion offenders, Australia's internet regulator said in a transparency report.

Tech

Australia finds serious gaps in Big Tech’s response to online child sexual abuse

By Renju Jose

Online platforms are failing to use available tech that can identify well-known coercion ?scripts used for sexual extortion, the nation’s internet regulator said.

Tech

Huawei’s $11 billion clean energy empire is opening new markets

Tech

Europe’s digital euro: What it is and how it would work

By Valentina Za

Tech / FOCUS

SK Hynix debut is a bet that AI breaks boom-and-bust chip cycle

By Maggie Eastland, Ed Ludlow, Yoolim Lee and Dina Bass

Tech

Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft in pivotal case

Tech

Beijing to let Chinese AI companies buy Nvidia H200 chips

Tech

Goldman becomes Taiwan’s top foreign broker on AI quant push

By Betty Hou

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