Mitsuru Obe

Tōkyō

Staff Writer and Journalist at Nikkei Asia

@NikkeiAsia desk editor; former @WSJ 日本経済新聞

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Japan Inc.'s climate ambitions leave small suppliers asking for help

1 week ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

FUKUYAMA, Japan -- Terada Iron Works, a small company of 60 employees perched on the coast of the picturesque Seto Inland Sea, is a living history of Japan Inc.'s environmental transformation. Starting out as a maker of water towers for steam locomotives in the western Japanese city of Fukuyama in Hiroshima prefecture, the company later served oil refineries by making distillation towers. When air pollution became a social problem in the 1970s, the company started making desulfurization units.
A ‘Made in USA’ win and the race for Nvidia graphics cards

1 week ago | ft.com | Lauly Li |Cheng Ting-Fang |Eleanor Olcott |Mitsuru Obe |Shaun Turton

Hello everyone! This is Lauly, sending my greetings from summery Taipei. It’s been a very fruitful few weeks for me.
Drone wars put Japan's Kawasaki Motors, Subaru in spotlight

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

CHIBA, Japan -- In the DSEI Japan defense equipment show last month, motorcycle maker Kawasaki Motors and carmaker Subaru occupied prominent positions near the entrance, showcasing their key exhibits: drones. Kawasaki, in collaboration with French startup VoltAero, is developing twin- and single-engine drones that can fly up to 2,700 kilometers at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour with a maximum payload of 500 kilograms.
Drone wars put Japan's Kawasaki Motors, Subaru under spotlight

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

CHIBA, Japan -- In the DSEI Japan defense equipment show last month, motorcycle maker Kawasaki Motors and carmaker Subaru occupied prominent positions near the entrance, showcasing their key exhibits -- drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Kawasaki, in collaboration with French startup VoltAero, is developing twin- and single-engine drones that can fly up to 2,700 kilometers at speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour with a maximum payload of 500 kilograms.
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy eyes trainer jet for possible export

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

CHIBA -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is working on a next-generation military trainer jet with an eye on overseas sales as other nations begin to take an interest in Japan's efforts to increase defense exports and create a sustainable defense industry. The T-X concept jet was unveiled during DSEI Japan, a three-day defense equipment trade show that started on Wednesday. The two-seater, twin-engine subsonic trainer is being pitched as a successor to the current T-4 jet.
Rothschild to expand its thriving Japanese M&A franchise

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

TOKYO -- Rothschild & Co. is expanding in Japan as it seeks to capture a bigger slice of the country's booming mergers and acquisitions business and capitalize on growing foreign interest in the market. "We have between 15 and 20 bankers on the ground and we're very committed to continuing to grow in Japan," said Alexandre de Rothschild, executive chairman of the Franco-British financial services group and the seventh-generation leader of the powerful financial family.
Mitsubishi Heavy vows to retake GE's No. 1 turbine maker title

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

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Mitsubishi Heavy scales 10tn yen market cap on gas power demand

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

TOKYO -- Shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries hit an all time high and eclipsed the 10-trillion-yen ($69 billion) mark on Friday, riding on surging demand for gas turbines. The demand has been so strong that the Japanese company could not keep up and had to turn down some requests, said CEO Eisaku Ito. As a result, it lost its title as the No.1 supplier of large gas turbines to GE in 2024 after two years on top.
Japan satellite operators amp up investment as commercial demand rises

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Groundwork has been underway at SkyPerfect JSAT's satellite control center in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to make more room for satellite ground stations, as part of a plan by Asia's largest satellite operator to nearly triple capital investment in the current fiscal year.
America's oldest bank looks to Japan amid global uncertainty

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Mitsuru Obe

TOKYO -- Bank of New York Mellon is bolstering its Japan operations, seeing opportunities to make money as the country emerges from deflation and its people become more open to investing in the stock market. BNY, a processing bank, provides infrastructure for global banks, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurers. It clears and settles all the transactions, and stores and keeps records of the assets investors own.