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The government is planning a new revision to corporate governance code, which might prompt companies to divert unused cash to higher-yielding returns, thus making Japanese stocks more attractive to investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 25, 2026
Drive to unlock $840 billion in cash lifts Japan stocks outlook
Despite significant improvement in corporate governance in recent years, mountains of unused cash have been piling up on Japanese company balance sheets.
Toyota CEO Koji Sato (left) and Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon in early February. In April, Kon will become CEO.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2026
Making CFOs CEOs a growing trend in Japan
The expertise of chief financial officers is needed as corporations are pushed to improve financial performance.
Akie Mimori, country manager, Straker Japan. Some international investors are seeking more detailed disclosure from Japanese companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 17, 2026
AI translation could help Japanese corporations close the disclosure gap
New Zealand’s Straker has a product that can quickly produce complete English-language financials ready for international investors.
The yen has strengthened decisively since the Liberal Democratic Party gained a supermajority in the Lower House.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 12, 2026
Yen strengthens decisively after strong showing by LDP boosts confidence
The Nikkei 225 stock average broke 58,000 and hit a new record on Thursday.
The Nikkei 225 stock index crossed 57,000 for the first time on Monday following Sunday's election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2026
Nikkei 225 rises 3.89% and hits record after Takaichi’s big win on Sunday
The benchmark index hit an all-time high of 57,337.07 in the morning and is now up more than 45% over the past year.
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.
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 Securities' trading room in Tokyo. Nomura Holdings took the top spot in advising on Japanese mergers and acquisitions in 2025.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2026
Nomura beats Goldman to top spot in record M&A year for Japan
The total value of mergers and acquisition transactions in Japan shot up 89% to a record ¥59.5 trillion in 2025.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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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