Why Expats in Japan Need a Licensed Financial Advisor
For expats in Japan, working with a licensed financial advisor is essential to ensure regulatory protection, compliant advice, and long-term financial security.
Investment Banking: Surge in 2026?
Japan’s investment banking sector is accelerating into 2026 as global and domestic firms expand M&A, advisory services and cross-border dealmaking amid structural market reforms.
World’s Happiest Workplaces: Global and Japan Winners
WorkL’s World’s Happiest Workplaces 2026 reveals the global leaders in employee wellbeing. How do these results compare with Japan’s own workplace satisfaction benchmarks? From Accenture and Disney to Dentsu and Salesforce Japan, we explore how global and local standards of happiness at work align.
Japanese SME Finance Trends 2026: Building Resilience
As Japan heads into 2026, SMEs are reshaping their financial strategies by embracing fintech treasury tools, automation, and smarter pricing models to build resilience amid currency volatility, labor shortages, and rising costs.
Japan’s Talent Tunnel: Navigating the Labor Shortage Crisis
Japan’s labor shortage is not just a demographic crisis but a strategic turning point—one that can be transformed into an opportunity through workforce reform, flexible employment models and responsible AI integration.
Latest UK-Japan Business News
A year-in-review of key developments shaping UK-Japan relations, from economic security and clean energy investment to AI, automotive innovation and advanced robotics collaboration.
ANA, JAL Win Multiple Skytrax Awards
ANA and JAL secured multiple honors in the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards, reinforcing Japan’s strong reputation for world-class aviation service.
Invest Smart in Japan: NISA Essentials for Residents
Discover how Japan’s revamped NISA lets residents invest smarter with lifelong tax-free benefits.
Japan Super Store Opens in Prime London Spot
Bilateral ties have never been stronger, claim UK-Japan observers this year. First came the new British Shop grocery store in Shibuya, then 40 elite sumo stars competed at the Royal Albert Hall to help promote Japanese culture abroad, and now Japan fans in the UK are queuing for their favourite flavours, reads, fashion and lifestyle…
Attracting Top Talent to Japan: Insights and Expert Strategies
Japan’s talent war goes global. The article explores how companies can strengthen recruitment through bilingual sourcing, culture-savvy branding and smarter hiring.
Tokyo-Yokohama: World’s Second Most Innovative Cluster in 2025
The Tokyo-Yokohama cluster beat San Jose-San Francisco to rank second behind Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou in the 18th Global Innovation Index (GII), which measures innovation performance of 140 economies and reveals the top 100 innovation clusters. Just outside the top ten is Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto and Nagoya at 28th, while Japan ranked 12th in the GII’s 100 Most Innovative Economies, just…
The New Last Mile of Leadership: Harnessing What AI Can’t Reach
True leadership begins where AI ends. Human intuition, empathy and judgment define the success of today’s most effective leaders.