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Jody Ono is a specially appointed professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School in Tokyo where she runs leadership development programs. She is also a senior adviser on Japan to strategic intelligence firm G3. Ken Suzuki is a partner with executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles in Tokyo and heads its leadership consulting practice in Japan.
TOKYO -- Combined net profit at big Japanese companies is forecast to fall 4% this fiscal year, the first drop in five years, corporate earnings outlooks show, due in part to a slowdown in China and Europe and conservative yen exchange-rate assumptions.
TOKYO -- Japanese companies are racing to create momentum for fusion power, a nascent technology that is rapidly gaining attention in the U.S., the U.K. and China as a potential source of clean energy. The technology is expected to be on the agenda at this week's summit between the leaders of Japan and the U.S.
TOKYO -- A main factor in the yen's continued decline against the dollar and other currencies is a growing reluctance among Japanese businesses to repatriate overseas profits.
TOKYO -- Payouts to shareholders by listed companies in Japan are expected to reach an all-time high of about 25 trillion yen ($165 billion) for the fiscal year ending this month, amid growing earnings as well as pressure to use capital more effectively.
Some of Japan's biggest companies are expected to formally offer sizeable pay increases at annual talks with unions that wrap up on Wednesday, clearing the way for the central bank to end negative interest rates as early as next week.