The release of the latest image generator on OpenAI's ChatGPT has triggered a flood of online memes featuring images done in the style of Studio Ghibli. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/companies/chat-gpt-ghibli/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chatgpt #ai #ghibli #anime

The Fair Trade Commission has warned confectionery maker Chateraise, alleging that the company refused to receive products from suppliers in violation of the subcontract law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/companies/ftc-chateraise-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #chateraise #ftc

U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on auto imports will hurt carmakers around the world, but billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla looks to be least exposed to them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/28/companies/tesla-trump-tariff-winner/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tesla #elonmusk #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #carmakers

Following a series of scandals since December, Fuji TV “emperor” Hisashi Hieda has stepped down. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/companies/fuji-tv-hieda-resigns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fujitv #hisashihieda

Japan is considering “all possible options” in response to newly announced U.S. tariffs on auto and auto part imports, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/companies/auto-tariff-reax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #donaldtrump #canada #china #mexico #carmakers #trade #usjapanrelations

https://www.europesays.com/1946803/ UK not retaliating to Trump’s latest tariff threat, chancellor says – POLITICO #cars #Companies #DonaldTrump #Dumping/Duties #emissions #exports #GreatBritain #Inflation #manufacturing #Mobility #RachelReeves #tariffs #trade #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #US

China has told state-owned firms to pause any new collaboration with firms linked to the family of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing after he irked Beijing with his plan to sell two Panama ports to a global consortium. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/companies/china-li-ka-shing-panama-ports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #likashing #panama #us #china #trade #hongkong #shipping

OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group — with investors including Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital Management in talks to participate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/companies/open-ai-funding-softbank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #openai #softbank #investments #ai #chatgpt

“Australian #companies are jostling to fill this year’s hottest new #CSuite position – the CAIOS (chief artificial intelligence officerS), or head of #AI.”

When AI EFFs up in Australia, you can blame CAIOS …

<https://archive.md/OMqRQ> / <https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/the-hottest-new-c-suite-position-is-head-of-ai-20250218-p5ld0r> (paywall)

Citigroup is expanding its investment banking team in Japan as the Wall Street firm bets that the country’s deal fee pool will finally rebound after a two-decade slump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/27/companies/citigroup-dealmakers-hire-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #citigroup #banks #investments #mergers #acquisitions

Nissan’s incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa is open to pursing a partnership with Honda, even after talks for a historic tie-up between the firms abruptly fell apart last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/companies/nissan-ceo-partners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #ivanespinosa

Scopely’s $3.5 billion purchase of the hit game Pokemon Go this month is part of larger strategy to build a business through acquisitions as the video-game industry overall struggles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/companies/scopely-pokemon-go/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #scopely #pokemongo #videogames #acquisitions

Alimentation Couche-Tard says private equity firms are showing strong interest in some 2,000 North American convenience stores that could be divested if it succeeds in its bid to buy out Seven & I Holdings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/companies/couche-tard-us-stores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #alimentationcouchetard #seveniholdings #conveniencestores #us #acquisitions

About 30% of major Japanese companies have introduced or plan to introduce artificial intelligence in their employee recruitment activities, according to a survey by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/companies/recruiting-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #jobs #surveys

The veteran head of markets at one of Japan’s largest banks sees the potential for the central bank to raise benchmark interest rates to a three-decade high of 2% if economic trends persist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/25/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-boj-rate-prediction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #boj #inflation #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy

Katsunori Tanaka spent years at Goldman Sachs scrutinizing Japan’s biggest banks. Now he obsesses over much smaller regional lenders in the country at his ¥48 billion ($320 million) hedge fund Ariake Capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/25/companies/japan-hedge-fund-regional-bank-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hedgefunds #regionalbanks #banks #investments #japaneseeconomy #boj #inflation

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its co-chief executive officer Han Jong-hee has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 63. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/25/companies/samsung-ceo-han-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hanjonghee #samsung #southkorea

Elliott Investment Management has built a significant stake in Japanese real estate developer Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/24/companies/elliott-stake-in-sumitomo-realty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #investments #stocks #elliottinvestment #sumitomorealty #realestate

Shares of Zensho Holdings, which operates Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya, fell as much as 7.1%, the most since Feb. 13, after the firm said a customer had found a dead rodent in its miso soup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/24/companies/rodent-found-in-sukiya-miso-soup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sukiya #food