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Sakana AI might list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, or it may choose a dual listing on both.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sakana AI may go public in 2027
By Ariana King
Press reports say that the company is considering the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq or a dual listing on both.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a year-end deadline to explain how she intends to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year sales tax cut on food to a defense buildup and a sweeping investment plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Takaichi’s hunt for new cash to fund spending harbors risks
By Erica Yokoyama
The prime minister faces a year-end deadline to explain how to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year food tax cut to a defense buildup.
Racks of trays testing Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs), custom-made semiconductors that help develop and run AI software, in Mountain View, California, earlier this year
BUSINESS / Tech
Google escalates Nvidia rivalry with specialized versions of AI chips
By Dina Bass
This year’s introduction of two new tensor processing units marks an acceleration in product development for Google’s chip unit.
BUSINESS
SoftBank logs $7 billion loss after U.S. data center costs swell
By Min Jeong Lee
BUSINESS
Dutchman and Spaniard in two-horse race for ECB presidency
By Mark Schroers and Jorge Valero
BUSINESS
Japanese regulator urges caution on retail private asset products
By Taiga Uranaka
BUSINESS
NTT Docomo faces network glitches

Companies

The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
Companies
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
By Takashi Mochizuki
The government-backed startup has fallen behind schedule on its high-stakes pledge to mass produce cutting-edge chips by March 2028.
Companies
Honda to spend $3 billion on new hybrid car plant in Ohio
By Chester Dawson and Mark Niquette
Companies
Maglev construction at Nagoya Station won’t be completed until at least 2033
Companies
Airlines bet that more premium offerings will boost profits
By Elodie MAZEIN
Companies
Mitsui Chemicals to take over chip linchpin JSR for $12 billion
Companies
Anthropic mega IPO helps Mizuho make a run at Nomura’s turf
By Yasutaka Tamura
Companies
Berkshire plans first Japan bond offering since April

Economy

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated there’s a chance for another rate hike in December during a news conference after the October policy meeting.
Economy
BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
By Toru Fujioka
The Bank of 今日吃瓜 brief record of the latest policy meeting indicated many board members see a near-term interest rate hike as necessary.
Economy
Top yen forecaster predicts ?147 per dollar as rate gap narrows
By Eru Ishikawa
Economy
今日吃瓜 household spending slumps most since pandemic
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Economy
Philippine economic slump worsens on Iran war and bad weather
Economy
Japan picks 28 priority items for ?370 trillion in investments
Economy
BOJ’s Ueda says unclear how long 2% inflation rate will remain
Economy
U.S. urges China to meet rare earths and agriculture commitments ahead of Trump-Xi meetings

Markets

Japan bought a daily record of ?7.98 trillion on July 30 and another ?5.55 trillion and ?1.87 trillion in the following days in market intervention.
Markets
Japan says three-day yen intervention lifted currency in summer
The data showing three days of intervention came as a surprise, as traders had previously thought action came over two days
Markets
Blue tsunami wipes out $2.5 trillion from Nasdaq as investors fret about AI trade
By Niket Nishant and Caroline Valetkevitch
Markets
Nikkei 225 falls 6% following AI-related declines on Wall Street
By Kazuaki Nagata
Markets
Trump’s midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents
Markets
Japanese stocks sink as U.S. midterm results hit tech shares
Markets
Global markets were already fragile. Big AI bets could break them.
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Amanda Cooper
Markets
Japan ready to respond to disorderly movements in FX market, Katayama says
By Erica Yokoyama

Tech

A cargo ship approaches a container terminal at Lianyungang Port in Jiangsu province, China, on Oct.14.
Tech
China’s trade surplus soars past $1 trillion as AI boom powers exports
The surplus highlight Beijing’s growing reliance on overseas demand to support an economy hobbled by subdued consumption and a property slump.
Tech
Under fire over AI, effective altruism wants to tell its own story
By Thomas URBAIN
Tech
Anthropic IPO’s moment of truth nears as waiting period ends
Tech
Nvidia scandal creates risks for whole AI industry, not just CEO
By Ian King
Tech
Nvidia CEO’s affair engulfs AI giant in Chinese spying probe
By Ian King
Tech
How China’s clean-tech machine is reshaping the global climate fight
Tech
AI safety advocates make gains after $110 million midterm fight
By Emily Birnbaum
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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.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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