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The Japanese yen surged about 1.8% in the span of a half hour during the afternoon of the Asia session and topped 155.04 per dollar, renewing speculation that the country is intervening in the market. The currency later pared some of the advance. David Savage reports on Bloomberg Television.

Tobias Harris, Founder and Principal Japan Foresight, discusses Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi's visit to Australia as Tokyo looks to strengthen ties with a key regional partner and build on an updated Indo Pacific strategy outlined during her recent trip to Vietnam. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud Watts on Bloomberg: The Asia Trade.

Japan’s Japan Exchange Group is targeting a 2027 launch for cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds, contingent on regulatory and tax reforms.

Peter Guenthardt, Head of APAC Global Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America, discusses the outlook for deals in Asia in light of the Iran war. He also shares the company's hiring plans in the region. He speaks exclusively with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of the "BofA Breakthrough Technology Dialogue" conference on Insight with Haslinda Amin.

President Donald Trump is asked by a reporter why the US didn't tell Japan ahead of time about its strike on Iran. "Who knows better about surprise than Japan?" he said, turning to the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with a chuckle. She was visiting the White House.

The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged at 0.75% due to uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict. Bloomberg's Shery Ahn has more.

Nidec CEO Mitsuya Kishida addresses the fallout of an accounting scandal in a press conference in Tokyo on March 3.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi denied any involvement with a Solana-based memecoin bearing her name, triggering a 58% price crash and prompting a regulatory investigation.

After decades of economic conservatism and cash hoarding, Japanese corporations are putting reform into practice. Spin-offs are accelerating, capital structures are shifting, and private capital is stepping in to finance transformation. From Panasonic Automotive's carve-out under Apollo to Sony's pivot from electronics to entertainment, Japan's corporate leaders are embracing a new model for long-term competitiveness.

For more than 30 years, Japan's economy was defined by deflation, negative interest rates, and economic stagnation. Now inflation has returned, corporate governance reforms are gaining traction, and investors are taking a fresh look at Japanese markets. We speak with Apollo CEO Marc Rowan, Japan Exchange Group CEO Hiromi Yamaji, and Mireya Solís of the Brookings Institution to examine whether Japan is finally breaking free from the so-called 'lost decades,' and what could derail the comeback.