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Bank of Japan board member Toyoaki Nakamura's cautious stance on raising interest rates indicates that the idea of a December hike may not have unanimous support.
BUSINESS / Economy
BOJ’s leading dove calls for careful approach to tweaking easing
By Toru Fujioka
The board member's remarks indicate that the idea of hiking interest rates this month may not have unanimous support.
PayPay Bank is competing for funds as rates rise.
BUSINESS / Companies
PayPay Bank paying big to attract deposits, with offer of 2% on dollars and yen
By Kathleen Benoza
The offer is many times the rates advertised by competing banks and applies to yen deposits of up to ?5 million, with no limit for dollar deposits.
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
By Elizabeth Beattie
Tokyo stocks opened flat and the yen was little changed from a day earlier, when the South Korean president declared martial law in a late-night address.
BUSINESS
BOJ rate hike bets retreat as traders count down to key meeting
By Mia Glass
BUSINESS
UA Zensen unveils plan to demand 6% pay hike in 2025 Shunto
BUSINESS
JR East to raise standard fares for first time since privatization
BUSINESS
Panasonic plant in U.K. to go fully renewable

Companies

Major electronics firms plan to pay new graduate hires starting salaries that vary depending on skills and experiences.
Companies
Japanese electronics firms rethink uniform starting salaries
Panasonic Connect plans to pay an additional 10% to 20% on top of this year's starting salaries to spring 2025 recruits with past startup experiences or tech skills.
Companies
Nippon Steel committed to U.S. Steel takeover, executive says
By Yuka Obayashi, Katya Golubkova and Ritsuko Shimizu
Companies
Netflix Japan subscribers top 10 million
By Sam Nussey
Companies
Mitsubishi loses $90 million in suspected China metal fraud
By Alfred Cang and Koh Yoshida
Companies
Intel’s CEO departure opens door to new deal discussions
By Ryan Gould and Ian King
Companies
Rakuten targets its lowest-cost junk bond sale since 2021
By Ayai Tomisawa
Companies
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
By Kathleen Benoza

Economy

The Bank of Japan regularly sells government bonds with repurchase agreements to boost liquidity.
Economy
BOJ sells 10-year cash bonds to ease shortage tied to futures
By Masaki Kondo and Hidenori Yamanaka
The BOJ owned ?8.03?trillion of the bonds due in March 2032 as of Nov. 29, down from ?8.23?trillion on Nov. 20.
Economy
JCM to demand pay-scale hike of ?12,000 or more in 2025
Economy
Japan needs a wake-up call on debt, government advisor warns
By Erica Yokoyama and Takashi Umekawa
Economy
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since 星空无限传媒 bubble burst
By Toru Fujioka
Economy
8.4% of Japanese companies led by women in 2024
By Elizabeth Beattie
Economy
Japanese firms boost capex in sign of confidence holding up
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Economy
BOJ's Ueda says rate hike timing 'approaching,' Nikkei reports
By Leika Kihara and Roushni Nair

Markets

Bitcoin has risen to $100,000 for the first time amid optimism in the market that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will provide support to the digital-asset industry.
Markets
Bitcoin hits $100,000 in highly anticipated crypto milestone
By Michael P. Regan and Emily Nicole
A price of $100,000 pushes the market value of Bitcoin to just shy of $2 trillion, making it a larger investment asset than all but a handful of public companies.
Markets
Why the euro is closing in on parity with the U.S. dollar again
By Alice Atkins
Markets
Yen carry trade that rattled markets shows signs of a comeback
By Mia Glass and Masaki Kondo
Markets
Nomura’s Japan corporate bond market rank slips after probe
By Takahiko Hyuga
Markets
Rush to ‘value up’ may be Asia stocks best defense against Trump
By Chiranjivi Chakraborty and Eduard Gismatullin
Markets
Japan companies boosting benefits for long-term shareholders
Markets
Yen breaches key ?150 level as Tokyo inflation fuels BOJ bets
By Mia Glass and Toru Fujioka

Tech

Facebook parent company Meta is asking developers to submit proposals to deliver 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear energy, starting in the early 2030s.
Tech
Meta seeks new nuclear reactors to run U.S. data centers
By Will Wade
The Facebook parent is asking developers to submit proposals to deliver 1?to 4 gigawatts of reactor capacity, starting in the early 2030s.
Tech
Japanese firms begin adopting generative AI for information searches
Tech
U.S. tightens curbs on China’s access to AI memory and chip tools
Tech
PlayStation at 30: How Sony's gray box conquered gaming
By Kilian Fichou, Joseph BOYLE and Mathias Cena
Tech
Father of PlayStation says 'everyone told us we would fail'
By Mathias Cena
Tech
The EV transition is leaving the U.K. auto industry behind
By Jamie Nimmo
Tech
Latest U.S. strike on China's chips hits semiconductor toolmakers
By Karen Freifeld — David Shepardson
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South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since 星空无限传媒 bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Tokyo government to introduce four-day workweek to empower women
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says she will continue to review work styles flexibly to ensure that women do not have to sacrifice their careers due to life events.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Tamaki suspended for three months as DPP leader following affair
Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Lightning strikes twice for Shun Ikeda at All Japan Championships
Shun Ikeda holds the trophy after winning his second consecutive amateur yokozuna title on Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
By Tomoko Otake

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