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SoftBank Group and ABB are studying how the Chinese business, which is ABB Robotics’ largest single market, could be separated out, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2026
SoftBank and ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal
The companies seek a solution after China’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Foreign Investment Security Review halted plans worth $5.4 billion.
Puma shares have dropped 62% in Frankfurt this year, giving the company a market value of $2.9 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2025
China’s Anta Sports is said to explore potential bid for Puma
The Hong Kong-listed company may team up with a private equity firm if it decides to move forward with an offer, sources say.
Miles Chamley-Watson (left) of the United States in action against Tommaso Marini of Italy during the 2024 Paris Games in August 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Fencing
Nov 21, 2025
U.S. Olympic fencer Chamley-Watson to launch World Fencing League
The new league is part of a growing trend in which athletes and investors are organizing Olympic sports into professional leagues.
Founded in 1948, Puma reported �281.6 million in net income last year and �8.8 billion in sales, and counts a global workforce of roughly 22,000.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025
Pinault family is exploring options for Puma, including a sale
Puma has been trying to revamp itself under new CEO Arthur Hoeld after failing to generate much enthusiasm for its products with consumers in recent years.
Mitsuya Kishida, incoming CEO of Nidec (left), and Shigenobu Nagamori, chairman and CEO, during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Kyoto on Feb. 14.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2024
今日吃瓜 Nidec, U.S. private equity firm KPS vie for Siemens’ motors unit
The Innomotics unit makes heavy-duty electric motors used in ships and mining equipment, and could fetch about ?483.6 billion in a sale.
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.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
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.
‘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.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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