Bourbon-maker Jim Beam plans to pause production at its main U.S. distillery for all of 2026 after slumping demand caused an oversupply of whiskey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/jim-beam-production-halt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #suntory #jimbeam #alcohol

Bourbon-maker Jim Beam plans to pause production at its main U.S. distillery for all of 2026 after slumping demand caused an oversupply of whiskey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/jim-beam-production-halt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #suntory #jimbeam #alcohol

Rakuten Group is expanding its AI team under the stewardship of a Google veteran and building models with a focus on cost efficiency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/rakuten-ai-boss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rakuten #ai #tingcai #artificialintelligence

Rakuten Group is expanding its AI team under the stewardship of a Google veteran and building models with a focus on cost efficiency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/rakuten-ai-boss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rakuten #ai #tingcai #artificialintelligence

Goldman Sachs is planning to expand its acquisitions and investments in Japan’s corporate deals market over the next decade by about $5.1 billion, with a focus on mid-sized firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/goldman-sachs-investment-japan-companies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #goldmansachs #investments #acquisitions #banks #corporategovernance

Goldman Sachs is planning to expand its acquisitions and investments in Japan’s corporate deals market over the next decade by about $5.1 billion, with a focus on mid-sized firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/goldman-sachs-investment-japan-companies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #goldmansachs #investments #acquisitions #banks #corporategovernance

Citigroup will further increase its investment banking team in Japan to capitalize on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions that it expects to reach new heights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/citigroup-investment-banking-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #citigroup #banks #investments #mergers #acquisitions #corporategovernance

Citigroup will further increase its investment banking team in Japan to capitalize on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions that it expects to reach new heights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/citigroup-investment-banking-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #citigroup #banks #investments #mergers #acquisitions #corporategovernance

Daiwa Securities Group is resuming an expansion of its mergers and acquisitions business to capitalize on a dealmaking boom at home and lift its standing abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/daiwa-securities-ma-hiring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiwasecurities #akihikoogino #mergers #acquisitions

Daiwa Securities Group is resuming an expansion of its mergers and acquisitions business to capitalize on a dealmaking boom at home and lift its standing abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/daiwa-securities-ma-hiring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiwasecurities #akihikoogino #mergers #acquisitions

The standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak period for Chinese airlines and make it harder for them to post their first annual profits in six years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/china-airlines-profit-return-dim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #airlines

The standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak period for Chinese airlines and make it harder for them to post their first annual profits in six years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/china-airlines-profit-return-dim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #airlines