Japan is preparing to arrange 1 trillion yen ($6.35bn) in private-sector investment in Bangladesh over the next five years, marking an effort to expand commercial engagement with one of South Asia’s largest
Oracle has emerged as the leading contender to provide Japan with top-secret cloud computing services, according to a Financial Times report citing multiple people familiar with discussions, as the United States intensifies
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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD believes it can overtake Toyota as the world’s largest carmaker by vehicle sales without entering the U.S. market, according to comments by the company’s top international executive
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Strengthening deterrence and deepening relations between Taiwan and Japan are essential to maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait, former Japanese national security adviser Shigeru Kitamura said on Thursday, as he highlighted the
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Tokyo-based agritech startup Plantx has opened a pilot facility featuring fully sealed vertical-farming systems, introducing what the company describes as the world’s first cultivation platform of its kind as Japan continues to
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Japan has successfully completed a major test of technology that could one day help protect Earth from potentially dangerous asteroids, marking another significant step in the growing international effort to develop planetary
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Harumichi Maruya stops his car on a quiet roadside surrounded by forested hills and lakes on the western edge of Tokyo. He steps out, takes a deep breath and looks around at
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The Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday as traders continued pushing the currency lower amid the absence of fresh intervention signals from Japanese authorities, though the possibility of a surprise yen-buying move
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The push comes after a series of incidents involving alleged industrial espionage, technology smuggling and illicit activities that have highlighted vulnerabilities in Japan’s economic system. Cases involving suspected theft of industrial secrets,
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China has expanded export restrictions on Japanese entities, adding 20 companies and organizations to its dual-use export control list as Beijing intensifies measures against firms it says are linked to Japan’s military
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Japan is preparing to deepen economic ties with India through a high-level visit to Assam by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, accompanied by executives from more than 50 Japanese companies and organizations seeking
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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates to their highest level in 31 years on Tuesday, marking another major step in its effort to normalise monetary policy as inflation pressures increase
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sharp and emotionally charged attack on Japan’s expanding military posture during his summit with former US President Donald Trump in Beijing, according to details first reported
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A senior official from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Japan is being used as a transshipment point by drug-trafficking organizations seeking to evade detection, arguing that commercial shipments entering the United
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Japan’s automotive industry is undergoing a strategic reset as leading manufacturers scale back ambitious electric vehicle plans in response to the rapid rise of Chinese competitors such as BYD. Honda Motor has
More Japan’s three largest banks are set to gain access to Claude Mythos, the powerful artificial intelligence model developed by U.S. startup Anthropic, in a move that could significantly reshape the cybersecurity landscape
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