The Bank of Japan may have been saddled with as much as 600 billion yen ($4.4 billion) in unrealized losses on its Japanese government bond holdings earlier this month, as a widening gap between domestic and overseas monetary policy pushed yields higher and prices lower. (Nikkei)
A Japanese high court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job harassment and unlawful dismissal after he took parental leave while working at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley. (Japan Today)
Japan's net external assets hit a record 411 trillion yen ($3.24 trillion) in 2021, to retain its position as the top creditor for 31 years in a row, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Friday. (CNA)
Kankoh-maru is a single-stage reusable orbital passenger aircraft is a proposed vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL), single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), reusable launch system that has been studied by the Japanese Rocket Society since 1993. (Hazegrayart)
On May 6, Japan's Mitsubishi Electric admitted that it committed transformer test data fraud. (CGTN)
Japan's financial regulator will introduce new capital requirements for large banks, known as Basel III, two years later than originally planned, Nikkei has learned. (Nikkei)
The Japanese Ministry of Defense officially received the first new Taigei-class submarine at a Kobe shipyard on Wednesday, completing the 22-sub fleet sought by the government. (Nikkei)
The yen’s plunge to a five-year low shows no signs of easing as surging commodity prices have worsened the outlook for Japan’s trade balance and put pressure on the currency’s haven credentials. (Japan Times)
Despite Shell exiting a landmark LNG plant that has served as a symbol of cooperation between Tokyo and Moscow, Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. are sticking with the Sakhalin-2 project, the source of nearly 10% of Japan's liquefied natural gas imports. (Nikkei)
Banks across Japan, the U.S. and Europe face potentially big losses from their Russian operations, as sanctions and an exodus of global companies dim the prospects of recouping a combined $150 billion in debt owed by the country and businesses. (Nikkei)
Toyota Motor is one of the latest multinational corporations planning to suspend operations in Russia as tough sanctions are being imposed on the country due to the conflict in Ukraine. (NHK)
From plastic to steel, some of Japan's top makers of industrial materials have ramped up efforts to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions as their customers seek to cut CO2 across their entire supply chains. (Nikkei)
About a year ago Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s company, decided to invest 5% in Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo, all commercial agents, which put Japan in the crosshairs of mutual fund managers. (hellosolar.info)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it successfully launched an H-2A rocket carrying a British communications satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, with the satellite entering its planned orbit about 26 minutes after liftoff. (Kyodo)
Japan’s new-look professional rugby competition will launch next month with bold ambitions to win not only a domestic but a global audience, to attract the world’s best players and to expand the sport's foothold in Asia. (Japan Today)
A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch a replacement satellite for Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, which provides regional navigation services over the Asia-Pacific Region. (Raw Space)
Nissan has announced that it plans to launch an all-new, all-electric minivehicle in Japan (aka kei car) in early FY21 (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023). (insideevs.com)
A Japanese government-backed lender says it is going to reduce to zero its outstanding loans for overseas coal-fired power plants. (NHK)
Largest US cryptocurrency exchange enters a crowded field in Japan with offering exclusive to MUFG account holders (businesslive.co.za)
Mitsubishi Electric President and CEO Sugiyama Takeshi says he will step down over a data fabrication scandal. (NHK)
A court in Seoul has dismissed a lawsuit filed against 16 Japanese companies to compensate Koreans who were forced to work in factories during World War II, citing a possible violation of the 1965 treaty between the two nations. (RT)
Japan's top three banks are pushing to get greener. They're tightening lending to coal-fired energy plants, as the world turns to cleaner fuels. (NHK)
Japan's Nissan Motor says it will sell all of its roughly 1.5-percent stake in Germany's Daimler through a placement to institutional investors. Nissan's French partner Renault made a similar announcement in March. (NHK)
Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., shares his strategy to return the company to profitability. (Bloomberg Markets and Finance)
Japan should consider requiring solar panels on homes and office buildings as part of its plans to achieve its new, higher target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told Nikkei on Friday. (Nikkei)