Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ever wonder why one of the world’s largest economies, with one of the world’s largest pools of funds, is but a ...

There’s no doubt that many people think Japan is a technologically advanced wonderland that has robots awaiting at every turn. Most people have their images crushed when they step outside any of the ...

Israeli security company Midbar Tech is releasing 1 million copy-protected CDs in Japan as part of an aggressive push by record labels to curtail digital piracy. Midbar said Monday that Avex will be ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese credit derivative volumes are growing rapidly on the back of worries about the credit risk involved in ...

Devoted CD buyers aren’t a dying species. At least not in Japan. While nearly every other country seems to be gradually giving up on CDs, the Japanese remain devoted to the compact disc. The Japanese ...

Japan has had an enduring love affair with CDs, and labels love the profits ensured by the country’s “saihan” system. But streaming is finally taking off. By Steve McClure TOKYO — Near the iconic ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In many ways, Japan is high-tech’s poster boy. The country is awash in cutting-edge technology, from sophisticated wearables to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hedge funds and foreign investors are building up protection on Japanese government bonds in the credit default swaps market, underscoring persistent worries about Japan's poor ...

TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Japan's first credit default swap (CDS) auction went smoothly on Thursday, with dealers setting a value for consumer lender Aiful Corp's <8515.T> debt, raising hopes that ...