Foreign business owners are scrambling to raise capital to stay in Japan(tokyopaladin.substack.com)

88 points by zdw 4 months ago | 83 comments

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

Japan implements language proficiency requirements for certain visa applicants(japantimes.co.jp)

121 points by mikhael 6 months ago | 87 comments

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 1 month ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.

Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds(bbc.co.uk)

25 points by dijksterhuis 5 months ago | 15 comments

China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

116 points by mushstory 14 days ago | 98 comments

Yomiuri Shimbun news article reporting that China surpassed the U.S. as the world's top R&D spender in 2024, citing Japanese science ministry data.