ANA Holdings, which owns Japan’s leading airline ANA, announced on February 25 that it will procure a total of 77 aircraft from three companies: Boeing of the United States, Airbus of Europe, and Embraer of Brazil. The company has positioned international flights as a growth area, including the expansion of inbound demand, and the introduction […]
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, which has Mitsubishi UFJ Bank under its umbrella, is considering the establishment of a new bank specializing in Internet banking, where procedures such as account opening and remittance can be completed on a mobile device. The bank is expected to open in 2026 at the earliest. In Japan, the Bank of […]
Sumitomo Mitsui Card has released a report on credit card spending trends by foreigners visiting Japan. According to the report, the amount of credit card payments by foreigners visiting Japan from January to November 2024 increased significantly, up 50.4% from the same period in 2019 before the Covid-19 Disaster and up 55.3% from the same […]
In addition to metropolitan areas, the number of high-priced condominiums for sale in Japan’s regional cities, especially those with sales prices of 100 million yen or more, known as Oku-shon (million-unit condominium), is increasing. According to a survey by the Rifle Homes Research Institute, the number of million-apartment locations listed on the Rifle Homes housing […]
On February 13, 2025, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. released a survey of the wealthy in Japan. According to the survey, the number of “high-net-worth” households with net financial assets of 100 million JPY or more and “ultra-high-net-worth” households with net financial assets of 500 million JPY or more has reached an estimated 1.65 million in […]
Interbrand Japan, a subsidiary of Interbrand Inc. of the U.S., has released its 2025 ranking of the brand value of Japanese companies. The ranking is the result of converting corporate brand values into monetary values based on expected profits over the next five years or so. Toyota is at the top of the ranking, and […]