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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves to voters during an election campaign rally in the city of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Stock investors are betting on her big win in Sunday’s Lower House election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2026
Bets on big Takaichi win set Japanese stocks on path to rally
Japanese stocks have already outperformed many of their developed-market peers, as investors gauge how far the prime minister can test her spending agenda.
An electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2026
South Korea’s fight for FX stability undermined by its Wall Street mania
The record appetite of Korean retail investors for U.S. stocks is fueling dollar demand as the won languishes at 17-year lows.
Merchandise are pictured for sale at a Nintendo store in central Tokyo on Aug. 1. Shares in Japanese gaming giant Nintendo plunged 11% on Wednesday, as it was hit by investor concern over software sales and the impact of a memory chip shortage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2026
Nintendo shares dive 11% on software sales and chip crunch
The selloff came a day after the “Super Mario” maker said net profit jumped more than 50% year-on-year in April-December.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds an international news conference in Budapest on Jan. 5.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2026
Hungary trade takes off as polls point to Orban’s election loss
The BUX stock index has jumped 16% in January, its best month in five years, with the forint trading near a two-year high against the euro.
Market information displayed inside the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A former Mita Securities executive and four other individuals have been arrested on suspicion of insider trading linked to a tender offer.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2026
Former Mita Securities executive and others held for alleged insider trading
The executive and four other individuals were arrested on suspicion of insider trading linked to a tender offer.
Nomura Holdings stock slid as much as 5.3% on Monday morning in Tokyo, the biggest intraday decrease in more than nine months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2026
Nomura shares drop after profit falls more than estimated
The stock slid as much as 5.3% on Monday morning in Tokyo before paring the decline to about 3.3%.
A man walks past an advertisement in Hong Kong in 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 2, 2026
China AI deals push Hong Kong listings to busiest start of the year
Initial public offerings fetched about $5 billion last month, the highest total for any January on record.
Toyota Motor's all-new RAV4 SUVs are displayed during its world premiere event in Tokyo in May 2025
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2026
How activist investors turned a Toyota buyout into a battleground
The transaction has become a test case for dealmaking in Japan, which prizes stakeholder harmony over shareholder returns.
If Elliott Investment Management succeeds in blocking Toyota's take-private deal, it would mark one of the biggest wins for shareholder activism in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2026
Elliott seen having a shot at foiling controversial Toyota deal
Should Elliott prevail, it would go down as one of the biggest victories for shareholder activism in Japan.
Capcom's Resident Evil franchise was a particular highlight over the December period, with several games doing better than anticipated.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 28, 2026
Capcom jumps most in 18 months on surprise ‘Resident Evil’ boost
The Resident Evil franchise was a particular highlight over the December period, with several games doing better than anticipated.
A screen displays share prices inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2026
Fidelity fund beating 96% of peers likes Japan’s AI-linked firms
Surging share prices of memory chipmakers have opened the way for less pricey stocks of smaller firms like Fujibo who have businesses that are essential for AI.
A man uses a phone in front of an electronic board displaying Japan's 10-year government bonds level outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 24, 2026
Sudden chaos in Japan’s bond market puts stock bulls on notice
A bond slump that sent yields soaring to records on her election pitch to cut taxes on food has rippled through markets in Tokyo.
Shareholder activism in Japan has intensified in recent years as the government and Tokyo Stock Exchange have aggressively pushed corporate governance reforms.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 23, 2026
Activist says Japanese founding families failing to boost shares
The shares of Tsutsumi Jewelry and staffing services provider Pasona Group are being allowed to stagnate to the detriment of minority investors, the investor argued in letters.
Toto shares surged as much as 11% Thursday, its steepest rise since February 2021.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 22, 2026
Toilet maker Toto’s shares get unlikely boost from AI rush
Known for its heated toilet seats, Toto has for decades been part of the semiconductor and display supply chain via its advanced ceramic parts and films.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is offering help in fundraising and initial public offering preparations with partners in Asia.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 22, 2026
TSE pitches itself as cross-border listing venue for Asian startups’ IPOs
The exchange is offering help in fundraising and IPO preparations with partners including banks, auditors and venture capital funds in Asia.
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 21, 2026
Markets slump as Greenland and Japan fears shake up torpid trading
The U.S. president’s threat to slap new tariffs on European allies — combined with a plunge in Japanese debt — boosted measures of price swings from historically low levels.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. U.S. assets held within the European Union amount to over $10 trillion, according to U.S. Treasury data, with more in the United Kingdom and Norway.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
‘Weaponizing’ $10 trillion of U.S. assets is a tough ask for Europe
Such a move would likely hurt European investors too.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks in a news conference Monday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 19, 2026
Takaichi might surprise markets bracing for a big spender
Some stock and bond investors are anticipating Takaichi to act as an unrestrained fiscal dove after the election.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s plans to push for stronger growth in the startup market section resulted in fewer small-sized initial public offerings.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 19, 2026
Flipping Japan IPOs loses luster as small share sales disappear
IPO buyers received a median return of 26.3% in 2025 if they sold at the opening price, the lowest profit since 2012.
The Toyota group plans to take Toyota Industries private, a deal opposed by U.S. activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2026
Elliott opposes group buyout of Toyota Industries
The U.S. activist fund argues Toyota Industries, which it has a 5% stake in, could achieve greater value on its own.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
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
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
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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