TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hinted at a timeline for amending the Japanese constitution at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's annual convention on Sunday, an unusual move for a sitting leader.

SHANGHAI -- Shanghai plans to boost support for foreign investment and business activity, naming Toyota Motor and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) as part of the city's efforts, a sign that the municipal government does not intend to exclude Japanese companies despite bilateral tensions.

TOKYO -- Japanese infrastructure developer Infroneer Holdings has decided to purchase the domestic waterworks operator Swing, Nikkei has learned, in a deal estimated to surpass 90 billion yen ($564 million).

TOKYO -- Airfares on nonstop routes between Japan and Europe have surged following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, with the prices of some All Nippon Airways flights to London jumping 90%.

TOKYO -- New contracts for Japanese shipbuilders of vessels for export fell for a fourth straight year in fiscal 2025 amid a crushing labor shortage, impeding the government's plan to double shipbuilding capacity by 2035.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Monday suspended the acceptance of new foreign workers in the restaurant industry under a program for bringing in skilled labor, a blow to a sector beset by from chronic labor shortages.

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, as escalating tensions in the Middle East raised fresh concerns over energy supplies to the Southeast Asian country.

TOKYO -- Barclays will be closely monitoring the private credit market, whose heavy exposure to the software sector has raised concern, Group CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan told Nikkei in a recent interview where he also warned of inflation and an economic slowdown due to supply chain disruptions from the Iran war.

TOKYO -- Japanese financial group SBI Holdings is partnering with American company Across Ventures to form a roughly $100 million fund that will back fledgling venture capital firms active in the U.S. technology sector, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- China on Monday said all sides in the Iran conflict should stay "calm" and "exercise restraint," hours before a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports was due to take effect, potentially raising the stakes for Beijing.