Japan to issue coins marking 100th anniversary of Showa Era
The Finance Ministry said Tuesday it will issue commemorative ¥1,000 coins marking the 100th anniversary of the 1926 sta...
Japanet expands its VC fund after bets on Anthropic and xAI pay off
Japanese home shopping company Japanet is expanding its venture capital fund with San Jose-based Pegasus Tech Ventures, ...
Musk’s SpaceX tries to woo Wall Street with analyst meetings this week, sources say
NEW YORK - SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for one of the most anticipated initial public offerings in history as it h...
The forces of scarcity hitting Asia may soon spread across the world
HO CHI MINH CITY - When the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran on Feb. 28, Asia expected to see serious, gradual...
So what is the real oil price right now?
For all my reporting life, I’ve dreaded one question: What is the price of oil — the real one? Invariably asked during a...
UniCredit pursues Commerzbank, eyeing Europe’s biggest banking takeover
The handshake on March 26 was cordial. After more than a year of increasingly rancorous back and forth, Andrea Orcel, th...
Sanrio launches gaming brand, tapping fast-growing global market
Hello Kitty creator Sanrio is launching a new gaming brand as it looks to monetize its portfolio of popular characters a...
China flashes new tech swagger to world markets convulsed by war
At the world’s largest trade show, it’s not just the clientele that had a different look this year.Despite the near abse...
Amazon to invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic
Amazon is investing an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, and may inject $20 billion more over time, a deal that deepen...
Tokyo condo prices hit record high in fiscal 2025
The average unit price of new condominiums put up for sale in Tokyo's 23 special wards in fiscal 2025 hit a record high ...
Apple's Tim Cook to step down as CEO in September
San Francisco - Apple on Monday announced that Tim Cook will step down as the tech giant's chief executive officer in Se...