Explaining Japan’s economy to Western audiences is hard. One big reason for this is that explaining something as large and complex as a $5 trillion economy is an inherently difficult task — there are a lot of conflicting trends, regional differences and other wrinkles. A second reason is that Japan tends to be somewhat out of sync with the US ...

Big tech continues to dominate the news and has become a major driver of US stock markets. But the sector’s dominant narrative has changed in the last few months. Amazement at the power of disruptive innovation to change not just what we do but also how we do it is now accompanied, if not tempered, by concerns about misuse and ...

What could be a more perfect match than a cash-rich company with waning returns and a consummate dealmaker with an insatiable desire for investments? That may be the best lens through which to consider the news that Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to buy 25 percent of Swiss Re AG, in a deal that would value the ...