Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ever wonder why one of the world’s largest economies, with one of the world’s largest pools of funds, is but a ...

Devoted CD buyers aren’t a dying species. At least not in Japan. While nearly every other country seems to be gradually giving up on CDs, the Japanese remain devoted to the compact disc. The Japanese ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s credit default swaps, which have traditionally experienced tighter spreads than their US and European ...

There’s no doubt that many people think Japan is a technologically advanced wonderland that has robots awaiting at every turn. Most people have their images crushed when they step outside any of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 10 years old. It’s a well known fact that ...

TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Japan's first credit default swap (CDS) auction went smoothly on Thursday, with dealers setting a value for consumer lender Aiful Corp's <8515.T> debt, raising hopes that ...

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) (SMEJ) and leading Japanese independent label Avex are dropping CD copy protection technology from their releases. By Billboard Staff Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) ...

Israeli security company Midbar Tech is releasing 1 million copy-protected CDs in Japan as part of an aggressive push by record labels to curtail digital piracy. Midbar said Monday that Avex will be ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hedge funds and foreign investors are building up protection on Japanese government bonds in the credit default swaps market, underscoring persistent worries about Japan's poor ...

TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Japanese music enthusiasts, loyal to CDs long after the rest of the world went online, have begun reaching for the eject button and switching to streaming services as artists ...