Japan's scandal-hit agriculture minister quits in blow to PM Takaichi
TOKYO -- Japan's agriculture minister resigned on Wednesday just a month after taking office, following mounting pressure over a series of political s
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Japan's Recruit to sell Study Sapuri app, shrinking education business
TOKYO -- Japanese staffing services group Recruit Holdings plans to sell its online learning service, Study Sapuri, Nikkei has learned on Wednesday. T
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readBritain's elite schools bet on Japan's regions as Asia education hub
HACHIMANTAI, Japan -- Prestigious British schools are expanding one after another into Japan, aiming to use the country as an educational hub to attra
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Omron to buy US-based OnLogic for $675m in physical AI push
KYOTO, Japan -- Japanese electronics maker Omron announced Tuesday that it will acquire U.S. computer maker OnLogic as early as January for about $675
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's foreign worker system strains as officials eye quota shifts
TOKYO -- Japan plans to change some classifications under its "specified skilled worker" program, which lets foreign nationals come to the country and
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Nakatsugawa aims to attract more visitors to 'Samurai Road'
GIFU, Japan -- Nakatsugawa, in central Japan's Gifu prefecture, has been drawing renewed attention as a tourist destination as the city is slated to h
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Kobe Steel eyes India M&A to lift compressor production: executive
TOKYO -- Japan's Kobe Steel is considering mergers and acquisitions overseas, including in India, to increase production of gas compressors as it grap
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's DOGE to 'step up' spending review, eyeing EV subsidies, health checks
TOKYO -- Japan's government will quicken the pace of its initiative modeled on the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's EV subsidies benefit Tesla more than Honda, Nissan
TOKYO -- Japan is on track to exhaust about 90% of its fiscal 2026 budget for electric vehicle purchase subsidies through September, bringing the prog
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Terumo takes $610m hit after losing US customer for plasma device
TOKYO -- Terumo and U.S.-based customer CSL Plasma have ended a supply agreement, the Japanese medical device manufacturer said Thursday, leaving the
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's tourist spending windfall shrinks as Chinese visitors plunge
TOKYO -- Japan's influx of foreign tourism spending has slowed due to a sharp decline in Chinese visitors, official data released Thursday shows, sapp
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readPrudential Japan's hypercompetitive culture bred misconduct, report says
TOKYO -- Prudential Life Insurance released a report Thursday detailing how performance-based compensation fueled years of misconduct at the Japan-bas
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Mitsubishi Materials taps Vietnam for tungsten as China alternative
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Materials is sourcing recycled tungsten from Vietnam for carbide tools, turning to a costlier source for the industrial metal to s
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's TOPIX stock index revamp: 5 things to know
TOKYO -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange's corporate governance drive marked a milestone on Wednesday, with its parent, the Japan Exchange Group, announcing
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Marubeni, Sumitomo Forestry help combat Indonesian forest fires
JAKARTA -- Japanese companies involved in forestry-related business in Indonesia are scrambling to help the country deal with severe forest fires exac
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readSuzuki's mini EV bet exposes Japan's battery vulnerability to China
TOKYO -- Suzuki Motor is making a major bet to defend its home market from Chinese electric-vehicle rivals with the launch of the cheapest Japanese EV
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's TEPCO to tap AI to speed nuclear restarts
TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings has developed an artificial intelligence system to help with applications for restarting nuclear power plan
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's Nikkei average briefly regains 70,000 mark as AI optimism returns
TOKYO -- Japanese stocks jumped on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average crossing the 70,000 threshold during intraday trading for the first
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