Corporates
Kyoto's Gion Festival drew record crowds on July 17 despite temperatures reaching 38°C—the second-highest ever recorded during the event. Real-time…
Corporates
Ibaraki Prefecture will pay cash to informants whose tips lead to arrests of employers hiring illegal foreign workers, a move…
Policy and Regulation
Japan logged a record 9,237 voyeurism arrests in 2025. The harder shift: police data shows cases involving child offenders rose…
Money and Wealth
Bain Capital closed its sixth Asia fund at $10.5 billion, exceeding a $7 billion target, as buyout interest shifts toward…
Japan is pressing listed companies to deploy an estimated $1.8 trillion in idle cash, using governance pressure and disclosure rather…
Bain Capital has closed a $10.5 billion Asia fund, its largest yet, redirecting capital toward Japan and India as appetite…
Private equity capital in Asia is concentrating in India and Japan, two markets offering scale, stability, and clearer exit routes…
Warburg Pincus has agreed to buy J.S.B for about $1.2 billion, joining a crowded race to take undervalued Japanese listed…
