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SoftBank Overtakes Toyota as Japan’s Most Valuable Firm and Masayoshi Son is Not Done Yet

SoftBank Overtakes Toyota as Japan’s Most Valuable Firm and Masayoshi Son is Not Done Yet

SoftBank overtakes Toyota as Japan’s most valuable listed company after an AI-driven 14% single-day surge pushed its market cap above ¥48 trillion, ending Toyota’s 22-year reign at the top of Japan’s corporate pile.
7-Eleven Japan Founder Toshifumi Suzuki Dies at 93 | The Man Who Revolutionised Retail

7-Eleven Japan Founder Toshifumi Suzuki Dies at 93 | The Man Who Revolutionised Retail

Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan’s convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18. He was 93.
Nikkei 225 Tops 62,000 — Japan Hits Historic Market High

Nikkei 225 Tops 62,000 — Japan Hits Historic Market High

Japan’s Nikkei 225 tops 62,000 in a historic single-day surge fuelled by AI optimism, SoftBank’s 18% leap, and growing hopes of a US–Iran peace deal, defying geopolitical noise that would have rattled markets just months ago.