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Toyota has benefited from the enduring popularity in the U.S. of gas-electric hybrids as well as the weak yen.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 4, 2026

Toyota unveils ?1 trillion share buyback and raises profit outlook

By Nicholas Takahashi

Resilient hybrid demand and a weak yen have helped make up for rising costs, tariffs and supply disruptions.

MUFG has posted strong quarterly earnings after lending income rose due to higher domestic interest rates and robust loan demand.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 4, 2026

MUFG profit beats estimates capping bumper quarter for Japan’s banks

By Taiga Uranaka and Hideki Suzuki

Net income climbed 48% from a year earlier to ?809.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, exceeding analysts’ ?633.4 billion average estimate.

NTT Data intends to add roughly 750 megawatts of capacity over the next seven years to meet soaring demand from companies seeking to catch up in artificial intelligence.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 4, 2026

NTT Data said to eye ?1.5 trillion outlay for Japan data centers

By Min Jeong Lee

The company intends to add roughly 750 megawatts of capacity over the next seven years to meet soaring demand from companies seeking to catch up in artificial intelligence.

Roads damaged by last week's massive quake are left untouched in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday. Plant suspensions at automakers in Kyushu continue as parts supply remains disrupted.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 3, 2026

Automakers extend plant suspensions after Kumamoto quake

The Kyushu region accounts for nearly 15% of domestic auto production, according to the government’s Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.

At Aoki Holdings’ Kaikatsu Club internet cafe in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district, rows of locked private booths line both sides of a corridor.

BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Hiroshima

Aug 3, 2026

Diversification helped Aoki overtake Aoyama as Japan’s top suit retailer

In the year that ended in March, Aoki’s entertainment businesses contributed roughly 40% of total sales, making the segment a second pillar of the Yokohama-based company.

A Fanuc robotic arm moves bins of products at Amazon fulfillment center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fanuc shares plunged in Tokyo on Monday on fears about soaring prices of materials.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 3, 2026

Fanuc shares dive most in 40 years after procurement fears hit

By Kentaro Tsutsumi

The robotic-arm supplier raised its full-year operating profit forecast by about 3%, after reporting a 37% surge in orders in the June quarter.

Blue Owl's Tokyo office has hired ex-Barclays executive Takeo Ikemori as co-head of its Japan business.

BUSINESS / Companies

Aug 3, 2026

Blue Owl hires ex-Barclays banker as Japan business co-head

By Takashi Nakamichi

Takeo Ikemori, hired as head of Japan institutional capital, will share the role of Japan representative with Yoichi Nakamura, who is head of private wealth in the country.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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