Companies
Why KEPCO leads Japan on operational nuclear capacity post-Fukushima — and how the 2019 Fukui cash-gifts scandal forced governance reform at Japan's #2 power utility.
Why TEPCO's 2016 holdco restructure, the 30-40 year Fukushima decommissioning, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa restart push and the NDF's majority stake make it Japan's most contested infrastructure case.
The third of Japan's big-three property companies — and the most balance-sheet-aggressive. How Sumitomo Realty's Shinjuku tower portfolio, City Tower condominium engine and renovation arm define a distinctive position in Tokyo's property oligopoly.
How a Sapporo-founded furniture and home-goods retailer built the SPA manufacturing-retailer model, recorded ~36 consecutive years of profit growth — Japan's stock-market record — and quietly expanded across Asia.
Inside Don Quijote — late-night, compressed-display, tax-free-tourist anchor — and how its DON DON DONKI Asia format became the rare Japanese retail concept that actually travels.
Inside the 2009-2018 Mori Seiki + Gildemeister merger — the unusual Japan-Germany corporate marriage that worked, and what its CNC dominance means for foreign aerospace, automotive and medical-device manufacturers.
From Mobage to Yokohama BayStars to Pococha live streaming to MaaS — how a 1999 auction site pivoted twice without a crisis, and is now pivoting again under returned founder-CEO Tomoko Namba.
The messaging-and-portal giant SoftBank co-controls with Naver, anchoring Japan's digital infrastructure across LINE, Yahoo! JAPAN, ZOZO, ASKUL and PayPay — and the 2024 administrative guidance.
The 2010 four-way merger, the MS Amlin Lloyd's syndicate, the Aioi-Toyota telematics tie — and why MS&AD has the most complicated structure of the three Japanese non-life champions.
Why Japan's #2 non-life insurer's controversial Bigmotor episode exposed Japan's insurance-distribution conflicts, and how SOMPO Care plus SOMPO International make it more than a domestic insurer.
Why Tokio Marine's HCC, Philadelphia Insurance, Delphi and Pure Group acquisitions made the US its largest profit centre — and what the post-Nichido oligopoly means for foreign reinsurers and brokers.
How Japan's #2 convenience-store chain became a wholly-owned Itochu Corporation subsidiary in 2020, and what the take-private rewrote about konbini-shosha integration, private label and Asia.
