Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are actively competing to acquire the Japanese home appliance division of Hitachi. For Samsung, this marks a return to the Japanese home appliance...
Fujifilm Holdings posted an operating profit of JPY75.2 billion (approx. US$510 million) for the April–June 2025 quarter, a 21% year-over-year increase and the second straight...
Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's leading semiconductor equipment maker, announced on August 7 2025 that it has fired an employee at its Taiwan subsidiary over alleged involvement in...
Japanese manufacturer Rohm experienced a significant drop in operating profit during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. However, the company has decided to accelerate the launch...
Tokyo Electron has declined to comment on whether it is under investigation after Taiwanese prosecutors searched its local office in connection with a suspected leak of TSMC's 2nm...
The United States has restarted global negotiations on reciprocal tariffs, offering key concessions to major auto-exporting nations—including the European Union, Japan, and...
Japanese optical giant Canon, which had not built a new semiconductor lithography equipment production plant since 2004 due to a declining market, announced on July 30, 2025, the...
Nintendo announced that it would raise the price of the first-generation Switch console in the US beginning August 3, 2025, citing 'market conditions' as the reason in a statement...
Japanese utility firm Kyushu Electric Power has entered a strategic partnership with Taiwan-based ProLogium to jointly develop superfluid inorganic all-solid-state lithium battery...
Murata released its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, reporting consolidated operating profit of JPY61.6 billion (US$414.5 million), down 7.2% year-over-year; net...
Japanese chip equipment maker Screen Holdings reported a 12.2% year-over-year decline in operating profit for the second quarter of 2025, reaching JPY24.3 billion (US$163 million),...
Japan's major automakers extended factory suspensions into July 31, 2025, following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the morning of July 30, 2025, which triggered...
Japanese chip testing equipment maker Advantest has raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecasts for fiscal 2025, citing stronger-than-expected demand driven by generative...
After extensive negotiations, US-Japan trade talks have concluded with a significant development in tariffs on Japanese automobiles. The overall tariff rate on Japanese cars will...
