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Japan¡¯s major trading houses face a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking coal prices as Chinese steel exports flood Asia, limiting profits for at least six months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2025
Japan¡¯s trading houses brace for more pain from China steel glut
Japan¡¯s major trading houses are facing a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking coal prices as Chinese steel exports flood into Asia and beyond.
A deal for TiAuto would give Marubeni a foothold in Africa¡¯s largest economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2025
Marubeni in talks to acquire Carlyle-backed TiAuto
The deal for the South African retailer of automotive tires and parts may be valued at about 2.6 billion rand ($149 million).
Marubeni Ennex tanks in Chiba Prefecture
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2025
Marubeni to lift Japan power business with new trading firm
The company¡¯s power retail arm and its U.K.-based energy trading unit SmartestEnergy will each hold a 50% stake in the newly-formed venture.
Marubeni will jointly hold Senoko with Singapore¡¯s Sembcorp Utilities.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2025
Marubeni boosts power role in Singapore by raising Senoko stake
Following the acquisition, Marubeni will jointly hold Senoko with Singapore¡¯s Sembcorp Utilities.
Masayuki Omoto, Marubeni president and CEO, in Tokyo on Tuesday. Omoto has affirmed the Japanese trading house¡¯s commitment to a long-term partnership with Berkshire Hathaway, echoing sentiments recently expressed by the U.S. investment firm.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2025
Marubeni aligned with Berkshire Hathaway on long-term value, says top exec
Berkshire has steadily increased its stakes in Japan¡¯s five largest trading houses, with Chairperson Warren Buffett signaling in February that he plans to boost holdings further.
The office building housing the headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 4, 2025
Buffett vows long-term investment in Japanese traders
At an annual shareholders meeting of Berkshire held in Omaha, Nebraska, the same day, Buffett gave high marks to the five traders again.
Warren Buffett's plans to increase holdings in Japanese trading houses are seen as a stamp of approval for the undervalued sector.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 25, 2025
Buffett¡¯s fervor for Japan trading firms sparks share rally
Buffett praised Japan¡¯s trading firms for increasing dividends when appropriate and for being less aggressive in their executive pay than U.S. counterparts.
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., says he is looking to increase ownership in Japan¡¯s five largest trading houses.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2025
Berkshire set to gradually raise stakes in Japan trading houses
The shares of the five ¡ª Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Itochu, Sumitomo and Marubeni ¡ª have benefited over the longer term from Buffett¡¯s interest.
Marubeni's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2024
Marubeni-backed salmon farm starts Japan sales as part of diversification push
Wild and sea-farmed salmon is one of the areas Marubeni and its rivals have been targeting in Japan.
Warren Buffett
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2024
Buffett ups his holdings of Japanese trading houses to about 9%
Berkshire first announced its stakes in the trading houses in 2020 with the intention of holding them long-term and increasing them to as much as 9.9%.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is one of the largest shareholders in all five of Japan's biggest trading companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2024
Buffett reversal risk pushes Japan firms to diversify investors
Berkshire is one of the largest shareholders in all five of Japan¡¯s biggest trading companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2023
The inside story of Buffett¡¯s big Japan bet, over glasses of Coke at Four Seasons
The billionaire investor¡¯s visit is seen as an important vote of confidence in Japan¡¯s big five traders as they pivot away from fossil fuels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2023
Marubeni looking to hire more midcareer workers
¡®We desperately want people with social experience,¡¯ President Masumi Kakinoki said, noting that the company will reduce hires of new graduates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2022
Japan to phase out Russian oil use but remain in Sakhalin energy projects
The ban ¡®in principle¡¯ on Russian oil imports is expected to come in stages, and is expected to have limited effect on Japan¡¯s supplies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2022
Marubeni expects up to $3.5 billion from Gavilon sale to Viterra
Marubeni will transfer shares of Gavilon to Viterra following a reorganization of Gavilon¡¯s structure, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2021
Warren Buffett has made $2 billion so far with bet on Japan¡¯s trading houses
The gain of more than 30% across the five firms has outpaced the benchmark Topix index¡¯s 21% rise, without accounting for dividend income.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / Longform
Feb 21, 2021
Can Japan embrace an alternative approach to plastic?
Japanese companies are rethinking how we make, use and dispose of products by creating substitutes to fossil fuel-based plastics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2021
Marubeni reportedly planning sale of North Sea oil and gas fields
A disposal would follow the retreat of other Japanese firms ¡ª and several international oil majors ¡ª from the aging basin to focus on larger operations elsewhere.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2020
Buffett-led share price boom short-lived for most Japan trading firms
The August announcement, among the largest investments ever made by Buffett in Japan, boosted investor interest in the trading companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes topping $6 billion in Japan¡¯s top five trading companies
Shares in the trading houses leaped on news of the foray, one of billionaire Warren Buffett¡¯s biggest in Asia¡¯s second-largest economy.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men¡¯s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ?11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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