Japan’s economy is doing well. Unemployment is at multi-decade lows. Capital expenditure is up, as is return on equity. And wages are finally rising. For the longer-term, Japan also looks strong. Contrary to the popular myth that the country suffered multiple lost decades after the bursting of the bubble economy in about 1990, Japan has outperformed many other rich countries ...

Sky Plc’s takeover by Comcast Corp. is set to be one of the biggest acquisitions of a UK company by an overseas buyer. Expect more to follow. No one is bidding for a British target solely because sterling is 12 percent cheaper than just before the Brexit referendum — but the pound’s weakness is only making targets more digestible. The ...

A textile-yarn company in western Indian soon will have more machines than workers. A manufacturer in southern India sold almost double the number of its automated goods last year. India’s biggest carmaker has one robot for every four plant employees. Automation will double over the next three years in Indian factories, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson. Companies ...