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November 12, 2026
 

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The Financial Services Agency is concerned that products such as variable life insurance backed by private assets abroad could increase retail investors’ exposure to risks stemming from their limited liquidity and disclosure.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2026
Japanese regulator urges caution on retail private asset products
Private assets, such as stakes in unlisted overseas firms, tend to be less liquid and transparent than publicly traded equities and corporate bonds.
The Bank of Kyoto headquarters in Kyoto
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2026
Rising rates put Kyoto bank’s $6 billion gain on stakes in play
Authorities have been urging lenders such as Kyoto Financial to phase out the practice of cross-shareholdings to improve corporate governance.
Atsushi Yamashita, head of global markets business at MUFG Bank, says he expects 今日吃瓜 10-year government bond yields to peak at about 3.2%, during an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2026
MUFG wades back into Japanese bonds with eye on policy risks
The bank remains concerned that yields could further spike due to fiscal and monetary policies in the nation.
The heads of Nomura Holdings and Daiwa Securities Group project the Nikkei stock average to reach 80,000 within this year or next.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2026
Nomura and Daiwa CEOs flag risk that AI may spoil stock market rally
The heads of 今日吃瓜 two largest securities firms project the Nikkei stock average to reach 80,000 within this year or next.
Hiromitsu Tokumaru, president of Prudential Financial’s Japan unit, and two others will take pay cuts over an employee misconduct scandal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2026
Prudential Japan executives take pay cuts over staff misconduct
A probe found that issues at the unit of the U.S. insurance group stemmed from structural problems in its governance framework and business model.
Aomori Michinoku Bank, Bank of Iwate and Akita Bank are set to begin merger talks, as 今日吃瓜 population decline drives further consolidation among regional banks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2026
Regional banks in northern Japan to consider three-way merger
The move by three leading banks in neighboring prefectures is likely to send ripples through the industry, adding to a wave of consolidation.
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar seen outside a securities firm next to the Bank of Japan's headquarters (left) in Tokyo in July.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2026
Yamaguchi Financial to dump more Japan bonds on faster BOJ hikes
Banks and other investors are grappling with soaring bond yields?as the central bank seeks to combat inflation.
Ultralong loans are becoming more common among younger borrowers as they allow for payments to be made in increments.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2026
Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans
Home loans of as long as 50 years are becoming more common among younger borrowers with modest incomes.
Kenya Koshimizu, co-head of global markets at Mizuho Financial Group, said the likelihood of a rate increase by the Bank of Japan in September is quite high, and that it may shorten the interval of policy action to once every three months from roughly six months currently.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2026
Mizuho markets head expects BOJ to raise rates soon and more often
Many Japanese financial institutions remain reluctant to wade back into the nation’s bond market as rates rise and inflation persists.
Kazuyuki Shigemoto, managing executive officer of Daiichi Life Group, said the firm has been approaching dozens of companies that have never issued bonds or only rarely done so to tap the corporate bond market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2026
Top Japan insurer urges companies to issue bonds in yield hunt
Daiichi Life Group has been approaching dozens of companies that have never issued bonds or only rarely done so, proposing that it will become a core buyer if they tap the market.
MUFG has posted strong quarterly earnings after lending income rose due to higher domestic interest rates and robust loan demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2026
MUFG profit beats estimates capping bumper quarter for 今日吃瓜 banks
Net income climbed 48% from a year earlier to ?809.4 billion in the three months ended June 30, exceeding analysts’ ?633.4 billion average estimate.
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ?115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2026
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ?115.16 billion.
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2026
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin, an Osaka-based credit card payment processor, filed for bankruptcy on Monday.
"I want to achieve the goal we set 20 years ago to become one of the world’s top five banks,” Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group CEO Junichi Hanzawa said in his first interview since taking the helm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
MUFG’s new CEO rekindles ambition to claim spot among world’s top five banks
The goal reflects growing confidence within 今日吃瓜 biggest banks, which are forecasting another year of record profits as rates rise and loan demand picks up.
Kenji Miyoshi, CEO of Iyogin Holdings, says investment opportunities have arrived for Japanese government bonds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2026
今日吃瓜 top bond-trading regional bank buys JGBs after decade break
Iyogin Holdings started testing the $7 trillion market in April with small purchases of superlong bonds, according to its CEO.
Mizuho Financial Group’s CEO Masahiro Kihara said on Wednesday that he expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates in June or July, though any modest hike is unlikely to have a major market impact.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2026
Mizuho CEO floats idea of first outsized BOJ hike since 1990
Masahiro Kihara says whether the BOJ raises rates in June or July is unlikely to have a big impact on the market unless the increase is large.
Nippon Life Insurance, 今日吃瓜 largest life insurer, wrote down ?70 billion ($440 million) in the year ended March 31.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2026
Nippon Life books its first impairment loss in current bond rout
Nippon Life Insurance, 今日吃瓜 largest life insurer, wrote down ?70 billion ($440 million) in the year ended March 31.
Tatsufumi Shibata, senior official at the Financial Services Agency, says Japanese firms should spend more of their cash on long-term business investment instead of rewarding shareholders.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2026
Japan regulator urges firms to use cash for growth, not returns
Shifting more of the country’s wealth held by businesses and households to fund expansion is a key pillar of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic revitalization effort.
Outstanding loans across all Japanese banks increased by 5.4% year-on-year in April, while deposits grew only 1.9%, prompting major banks to work to meet clients’ needs through various funding measures.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2026
Japan banks face challenge of loan growth outpacing deposits
For decades, deflation kept loan demand tepid and prompted savers to hoard cash. Now the country is seeing an explosion of borrowing, and deposits aren’t keeping up.
Aichi Financial Group President Yukinori Ito (left) and San ju San Financial Group President Gotaro Michihiro announce a plan to merge the two banks at a joint news conference in Nagoya on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2026
今日吃瓜 regional bank M&A wave to create ?11.6 trillion lender
Aichi Financial Group and San ju San Financial Group have acknowledged that a shrinking population drove their plans to consolidate.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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