Tea Leaves
Small is beautiful but perilously fragile in Tokyo's dining scene
Tiny food outlets struggle to survive but form the backbone of a celebrated food culture
Japan
Japan-South Korea rift
Kishida to woo South Korea's Yoon with after-dinner taste of nostalgia
Omelet rice to follow sukiyaki at Tokyo summit as duo aim for warmer relations
Finance
BOJ buys over $500m in ETFs for second day after SVB failure
Central bank responds to plunge in financial shares in Tokyo
Obituaries
Ito-Yokado founder was cautious merchant who dared to save 7-Eleven
Masatoshi Ito turned family shop into retail group with $74bn in sales
Semiconductors
Mitsubishi Electric to quintuple silicon carbide power device output
Company to invest $700m in new Japanese plant
Supply Chain
Joint patents with China pose pitfalls in U.S.-led decoupling
American, Japanese filings on EV tech exposed to Beijing's leverage in trade battle
Markets
Japanese banks slide as SVB contagion fear rattles markets
Tokyo Stock Exchange's banks index falls 7.4% in early trade
N Korea at crossroads
North Korea fires ballistic missile, South Korea says
Launch comes as the United States and South Korea conduct major military drills
Companies
Nidec's hunt for Nagamori successor leads to 5 new vice presidents
Outside committee will pick one as the next president in April 2024
Opinion
Japanese people need to have their say about war and defense
Frank public discussion needed on who would fight, decide and pay
Finance
Japan Post Bank's new stock offering valued at over $9bn
Retail investors are driving force behind massive share sale
Transportation
Japan's ANA to lift revenue with new Tokyo-Europe routes
Some service to Asia to remain suspended through fiscal 2025 amid high fuel and labor costs
Obituaries
Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Nobel literature laureate, dies at 88
Novelist, peace activist also known as campaigner for pacifist constitution
Finance
Asian markets mixed after Fed responds to bank failure
U.S. central bank calms investors with guarantee of Silicon Valley Bank deposits
Society
Tokyo court grants retrial of 1966 quadruple murder case
Case of 87-year-old Iwao Hakamata reopened at top court's behest
Aerospace & Defense Industries
IHI teams up with Northrop to monitor suspicious satellites
Japan-U.S. contractor alliance targets Tokyo's expanding defense budget
Economy
Japan GDP suffers steepest decline in 5 months, 0.6%, JCER says
2nd straight monthly contraction led by weak corporate investments and exports
Obituaries
Seven & i honorary chairman and Ito-Yokado founder dies at 98
Masatoshi Ito was hailed as 'one of the world's outstanding business builders'
Coronavirus
Japan relaxes mask guidelines in COVID milestone
Masked faces still abound after government makes wearing them a personal choice
Sports
Japan's sandlot players snap up $350 bats for edge at the plate
Mizuno's top-end fiber composite stick doubles in price in two decades
