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Major U.S. lenders, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., are restricting agentic AI access to prevent unauthorized transactions, protect customer accounts and reduce security risks.
COMMENTARY
Oct 28, 2026
AI agents are coming for your bank’s easy money
Banks can’t rest easy. While they were busy lobbying to protect deposits from crypto, AI got smarter.
A customer exits a Bank of America branch in New York on Tuesday. Bank of America’s main Manhattan office is located right near the heart of Times Square at One Bryant Park.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2026
Bank of America vice president killed in Manhattan stabbing
Erin Piacenti — who was a vice president of business selection and conflicts at the bank, according to a LinkedIn profile — died at the hospital from the stabbing injuries.
The Bank of America expects the yen to strengthen about 6% against the dollar by year-end following coordinated currency intervention by the U.S. and Japanese governments.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 6, 2026
Bank of America sees yen jumping 6% by end of 2026
Analysts at the bank see the Japanese currency advancing to ?149 per dollar on joint action between Tokyo and Washington, and the prospect of a rate hike in coming months.
French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside the Paris headquarters of Bank of America on Saturday.
WORLD
Mar 29, 2026
Two new arrests over bomb bid outside U.S. bank in Paris
According to a police source, the first suspect said he had been recruited through the Snapchat app to carry out a bombing in exchange for �600 ($692).
The yen-dollar exchange rate is displayed outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Oct. 27. The yen slid about 4% against the dollar in October.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 4, 2025
Goldman and BofA see no immediate intervention risk as yen nears 155
The yen weakened further after BOJ held rates steady last week, with little guidance offered on future hikes.
Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), attends the company’s listing ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 20, 2025
Chinese battery giant CATL soars more than 13% on Hong Kong debut
A global leader in the sector, CATL produces more than a third of all electric vehicle (EV) batteries sold worldwide.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 7, 2025
Bank of America CEO willing to hire in Japan amid revival
The bank, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has about 800 employees in Japan.
The consortium proposing to take Seven & I Holdings private has tapped Citigroup and Bank of America for financing, adding to a growing group of players in the potentially record-breaking management buyout bid, people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2025
Seven & I consortium to tap Bank of America and Citi for financing
The two U.S. banks’ role in the bid would be to refinance the debt of Seven & I’s U.S. unit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2022
Bank of America analysts see BOJ ending negative rates with October hike
The report is likely to fuel speculation over possible BOJ policy normalization even though Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has repeatedly rejected the idea, given ongoing weakness in inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2021
Bank of America’s top female banker in Japan emphasizes ESG
The executive is urging female colleagues to take on new challenges as she forges a path in sustainable finance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2018
More big-name firms embroiled in recent U.S. political debates, inviting Trump’s wrath
Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick is a rare example of a brand jumping into a divisive issue uninvited. Still, like it or not, American companies are increasingly being pulled into the country’s political and cultural wars.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2017
Bank of America exec spared fine after bank’s $415 million penalty
Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit paid $415 million last year to resolve allegations that it misused customers’ cash. On Friday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finally got around to settling a case against the former bank executive who it said was ultimately responsible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Obama woos veterans with mental health care, military home loans
President Barack Obama sought to make amends with veterans on Tuesday, announcing steps to expand their access to mental health care and an initiative with financial firms to lower home loan costs for military families.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2014
Bank of America settles mortgage probes with DOJ for $16.65 billion
Bank of America Corp. has reached a $16.65 billion settlement with U.S. regulators to settle charges that it misled investors into buying troubled mortgage-backed securities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 11, 2013
Dow reshuffles ranks for first time since ‘04
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Visa Inc. and Nike Inc. will be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Bank of America Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Alcoa Inc. in the biggest reshuffling since April 2004.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2013
BofA surge affirms Buffett bet as Moynihan’s gaffes fade
Brian Moynihan was impatient. It was August 2011, and the Bank of America Corp. chief executive officer was reviewing plans to impose a $5 monthly fee on debit-card users.
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.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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