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Shiseido’s stumble shows how quickly beauty brands can lose ground as social trends, faster product cycles and South Korean and Chinese rivals reshape the global cosmetics market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2026
Shiseido faces tough turnaround after costly cosmetics stumbles
Shiseido’s stumble shows how quickly beauty brands can lose ground as social trends, faster product cycles and Korean and Chinese rivals reshape the global cosmetics market.
The Nasdaq MarketSite during Aktis Oncology's initial public offering (IPO) in New York on Jan. 9.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 19, 2026
‘No reasons to own’: Software stocks sink on fear of new AI tool
The new year was supposed to bring opportunities for beaten-down software stocks. Instead, the group is off to its worst start in years.
A stock board shows major gains by the Nikkei 225, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 17, 2026
‘Takaichi trade’ faces risks from inflation, yen slump and yield jump
While Japan’s equity benchmarks are repeating a familiar pattern of rallying ahead of Lower House elections, further gains may depend on details of Takaichi’s spending plans.
The Toyota group has raised its buyout offer for Toyota Industries by 15%.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2026
Toyota Industries shares exceed new bid as traders push for more
The sweetened bid is unlikely to placate investors who say the new price still undervalues the company with the shares already outpacing the revised offer.
The possibility of an election being called has led to a surge of optimism in the equity markets and concern about debt.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 14, 2026
Nikkei 225 breaks 54,000 as ‘Takaichi trade’ dominates for another day
Ten-year yields are at 27-year highs while the currency trades at levels that triggered intervention in the past.
A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying numbers of the Nikkei 225 stock index in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 13, 2026
‘Takaichi trade’ is back following reports that election will be called
Yen neared ¥159 to the dollar and 10-year Japanese government bonds fell.
One-ounce gold bullion bars lie ready for stamping during production at ABC Refinery in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 13, 2025.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 13, 2026
Trump’s Greenland threat triggers search for shelter beyond gold and defense
Investors fear a geopolitical rift that could end NATO, shatter the global order and damage the dollar.
Facing the dual pressures of short-term investor scrutiny and government-forced price cuts, Japanese drugmakers are opting to delist in order to seek greater management flexibility to cut costs, reshape portfolios and invest for the long term.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 8, 2026
Buyout wave seen among Japan drugmakers after Hisamitsu deal
Drugmakers are opting to delist in order to seek greater management flexibility amid dual pressures of short-term investor scrutiny and government-forced price cuts.
The F-35 fighter jet during a rollout ceremony at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics facility in Fort Worth, Texas, in December last year. The warplane, one ‌of the most expensive U.S. defense programs, has been plagued by rising costs and delays.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 8, 2026
Trump vows to block defense company payouts until arms production speeds up
The rare presidential strike at Wall Street norms sent defense stocks lower and signaled changes for America’s military-industrial complex.
Known for its Salonpas pain-relief patches, Hisamitsu joins a growing list of Japanese companies exiting the public market to shield themselves from regulatory and investor pressure to lift valuations and implement more oversight.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 7, 2026
Hisamitsu shares jump most since 1978 on $2.9 billion buyout
The proposed offer of ¥6,082 per share represents a roughly 35% premium to Hisamitsu’s unaffected closing price on Monday.
A Samsung Electronics sign at the IFA Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances trade fair in Berlin on Sept. 5, 2024. Investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2026
Is the AI boom a bubble waiting to pop? Here’s what history says.
Investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst.
The sun rises after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its president, in Caracas on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2026
Investors face more geopolitical whiplash from Trump’s Venezuela gamble
Market reaction was fairly muted with stocks rising, oil prices volatile and gold prices getting a lift as investors mostly shrugged off the Venezuela impact on Monday.
Japan’s retail investors continue to have a good appetite for foreign assets, despite the rally in Japanese equities last year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2026
Japan retail investors ignore domestic bull market to opt for U.S.
Individuals unloaded a net $24.3 billion of Japanese stocks and related investment trusts through November, the most in more than a decade.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the opening bell in New York on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 3, 2026
Wall Street carries big expectations after best run since 2009
As markets move deeper into 2026, the concern is not that last year’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat.
After breaking 50,000 in 2025, the Nikkei 2025 is not seen hitting 60,000 in 2026.
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Dec 31, 2025
No 60,000 Nikkei 225 likely in 2026, unless the AI bubble remains extra bubbly
Analysts are looking for the benchmark index to reach the mid-50,000 range.
Stocks plummeted in April as tariffs put into place by U.S. President Donald Trump started kicking in.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 30, 2025
For Japanese markets in 2025, it was politics, politics, more politics and AI
Japan’s benchmark stock index had a rough start to the year but made a strong comeback.
Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings counts Apple and Microsoft among its clients and is now worth about $36 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2025
AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Kioxia’s shares have risen around 540% year-to-date, outperforming all other members of the MSCI World Index and making it the top stock in Japan’s Topix benchmark for 2025.
The annual number of companies delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to hit a record high in 2025.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 30, 2025
Companies delisted from TSE to hit record high in 2025
This year’s total is expected to reach 125, the highest figure since the 2013 stock market integration between the TSE and the then-Osaka Securities Exchange.
Foreign investors have bought ¥5.4 trillion ($34.6 billion) of Japanese stocks this year, the largest net inflow since 2013.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2025
New Japanese hedge fund RFM attracts $800 million in first year
Foreign investors have bought $34.6 billion of Japanese stocks this year, the largest net inflow since 2013.
The Indonesia Stock Exchange building in Sudirman Central Business District in Jakarta. Markets in Indonesia and Thailand have led the way in luring investors back after they sold regional equities in 10 of the previous 11 months.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2025
Return of global funds puts Southeast Asia in spotlight for 2026
Drawn by cheap valuations and the need to diversify portfolios, foreign funds have poured $337 million into Southeast Asia’s emerging markets in December.
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.
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.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
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.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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