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Taiwan outpaces Asia-Pacific markets with over 30% jump in 2024; what next?

The standout growth in Taiwan's stock market was largely driven by the country's critical role in the global semiconductor supply chain, according to analysts

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Japan Airlines hit by cyberattack; domestic, international flights delayed

Japan Airlines has apologised for the inconvenience caused to passengers and assured that updates would follow as the situation evolves

Japan to unveil record $735 bn budget with ramped-up defence spending

The increase from the current fiscal year's initial annual budget of ¥112.6 trillion is around 2.6 per cent, largely in line with the government's forecast for overall inflation in this fiscal year

Zelenskyy thanks Japan for support, urges protection of Ukraine's infra

Zelenskyy thanked the Japanese Prime Minister for Japan's continued support for Ukraine, particularly in the form of humanitarian and financial aid

Japan's budget to hit record, but with reduced new bond issuance: Report

Tax revenue is projected to rise 8.8 trillion yen from this year's initial estimate to a record 78.4 trillion yen, thanks in part to a recovery in corporate profits, according to the draft

China, Japan agree to talks on security issues as they seek to mend ties

China and Japan agreed on Wednesday to set up talks on often contentious security issues as they seek to improve a relationship driven in recent years by a range of issues, from territorial disputes to the discharge of water from Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, on his first trip to China since assuming the post in October, sounded positive after meetings with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, saying the talks were very candid" and wide-ranging. I feel we were able to build a personal relationship that would lead to the future," he told reporters in the Chinese capital. Wang agreed to visit Japan next year for a high-level economic dialogue including cooperation on the environment, energy conservation and health and nursing care. Japan announced an easing of visa requirements for Chinese visitors, following China's recent decision to allow Japanese to enter without a visa. The two countries also have major ..

KKR and Bain each bid over $5 bn for Seven & i's York Holdings spin-off

KKR offered around 800 billion yen ($5.1 billion) for York Holdings, an entity due to be spun out of the Japanese retailer, two of the people said

Japan's foreign minister seeks to improve bilateral ties during China visit

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with top Chinese leaders Wednesday during his visit to Beijing, the first since the heads of the two countries met at a summit in Peru last month, in an effort to make positive inroads in the bilateral relationship. The two neighbours have had a tense relationship in recent years. At the top of Iwaya's agenda is China's ban on Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as well as China's increasingly assertive military activity in the East and South China Seas. Iwaya met with China's premier Li Qiang Wednesday as well as Wang Yi, his Chinese counterpart. "Currently the China-Japan relations are at a critical period of improvement and development, said Li, in his remarks. China is willing to work together with Japan to move towards the important direction proposed by the leaders of the two countries. "I want to build a relationship where the peo

US Steel takeover plan has support in steelmaking areas: Nippon Steel Prez

On Monday, a US foreign investment committee referred the decision whether to approve or block the $15 billion deal to US President Joe Biden, who has 15 days to decide

Honda-Nissan's $6.4 bn merger: Big synergies, but is time on their side?

Honda has focused more on hybrids and unlike Nissan offers the models in the United States, where demand for the cars has surged

CM Yogi opens address in Japanese as UP inks MoUs with Yamanashi Prefecture

After the signing of the MoUs, CM Yogi emphasised the growing economic cooperation between India and Japan, by delivering his opening remarks in Japanese

Taiwan major issue for world peace: Trump in meeting with Shinzo Abe's wife

Trump's comments on Taiwan's importance highlighted the significance of the potential Taiwan-China conflict and its broader implications for world peace

Bankruptcies, suicide rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt

While Japan is by no means alone in confronting a debt problem, salaries are the lowest of Group-of-Seven countries, and the central bank is raising borrowing costs while its peers cut them

Newspaper boss Watanabe who influenced Japan's postwar politics dies at 98

Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan's largest newspaper who had close ties with the country's powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. He was 98. Watanabe, the editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun for over 30 years, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday, the Yomiuri said. Watanabe joined the newspaper in 1950 and covered politics throughout his career, attending editorial meetings until last month. He was still checking copy in his hospital room days before his death, the newspaper said. Watanabe cultivated close ties with conservative leaders who governed the country across decades, like Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe, and to helped form Japan's conservative public opinion. Abe was also known as a loyal reader and once told reporters all his opinions could be found in the Yomiuri when he was asked a question about a proposed constitutional revision. Watanabe stirred controversy in 1994 when the Yomiuri published a draft revision t

Honda-Nissan merger negotiations likely to begin next week, says Nikkei

Representatives for Honda and Nissan in the US didn't immediately reply to a request for comment on the start-date for talks

Bain goes hostile as Fuji Soft battle with KKR intensifies: Report

The estimated $2 billion bid for just under half of the Japanese IT firm's shares likely portends a rare hostile tussle between the two global private equity giants

Japan's auto giants Honda, Nissan Motor to soon begin merger talks

The two companies are looking to operate under a single holding company and are expected to soon sign a memorandum of understanding for the new merged entity

Daikin partners with Taiwan's Rechi Precision for compressor JV in India

Daikin Industries, Osaka, a Japan-based global manufacturer of air conditioning and refrigeration systems, will set up a joint venture with Taiwan's Rechi Precision to manufacture compressors in India at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. Daikin through its local subsidiary, Daikin Airconditioning India and Rechi Precision, announced setting up a JV to "manufacture, design and sale rotary compressors for inverter & non-inverter ACs in India and some overseas markets, according to a joint statement. Though the company has not announced the investment, it said Daikin will be the majority partner in the JV. According to industry insiders, around Rs 1,000 crore will be invested in the JV in the next 5-6 years. "The joint venture is expected to become operational by the 4th quarter of FY24-25. The manufacturing facility shall be established at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh," it said. Established in 1989 in Taiwan, Rechi Precision is a global leader in the manufacturing of rotary compressors, motors

Japan, India startups to study laser satellites to combat space debris

Tokyo-based Orbital Lasers and Indian robotics company InspeCity said they would study business opportunities for in-space services