Natsuko Katsuki

Natsuko Katsuki is an editor for Bloomberg News in Tokyo covering Japanese company news.

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Operations At Toto Ltd. And President Madoka Kitamura Interview As The Company Takes Aim At Bath Tubs

Toto Halts Bathroom Orders After Iran War Upends Supply Chain

April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

Toto Halts Bathroom Orders After Iran War Upends Supply Chain

Operations At Toto Ltd. And President Madoka Kitamura Interview As The Company Takes Aim At Bath Tubs

December 9, 2025

December 9, 2025

Osaka Tourism Endures Heavy Hit as China-Japan Tension Simmers

World Expo 2025 Opens To The Public In Osaka

November 21, 2025

November 21, 2025

Japan’s Moonshot Chip Push Rapidus Plots Path to IPO Around 2031

Prototype 2nm gate-all-around wafer by Rapidus Corp.

November 11, 2025

November 11, 2025

Accounting Scandal Threatens Legacy of Billionaire Nidec Founder

Once thriving under the hard-driving leadership of Japanese business icon Shigenobu Nagamori, the top motor maker is now in crisis.

Nidec Corp. CEO Shigenobu Nagamori Attends Earnings Announcement

October 20, 2025

October 20, 2025

Deals for Startups Reach Record in Japan Before Listing Curbs

Japanese Stocks Drop Back Into Bear Zone

September 10, 2025

September 10, 2025

Japan’s Condo Associations Start Buying Bonds to Fund Repairs

Residential Property in Harumi As Tokyo Condominiums Prices Soar

August 28, 2025

August 28, 2025

Buffett Lifts Stakes in Japan Trading Houses, Buoys Shares

Views Of Mitsubishi Corp. Headquarters As Company Offers To Buy Norway's Cermaq For $1.4 Billion

August 1, 2025

August 1, 2025

Japan’s Popular Chiikawa Understands Our Modern Anxieties

MINISO Goods Economy

May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025

Buffett’s Successor Abel Met With Japan’s Trading Houses

Greg Abel, center.

May 7, 2025

May 7, 2025

Japan’s New Generation of Risk-Taking Investors Is Finally Here

Nomura Securities Branches Ahead of Earnings

October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024

Daiichi Sankyo Eyes Newer Cancer Drugs to Stave off Rivals

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Chairman George Nakayama Interview

August 28, 2024

August 28, 2024

Gender Pay Gap Fails to Narrow After Japan Forces Disclosure

Morning Commuters in Tokyo Ahead of Jobless Data Release

August 21, 2024

August 21, 2024

JT Group to Buy US Cigarette Maker Vector for $2.4 Billion

JT Group to Buy Cigarette Maker Vector of US for $2.4 Billion

August 1, 2024

August 1, 2024

Japan’s Trading Houses See Rate Hike Positive for Business

July 24, 2024

July 24, 2024

Japanese Pension Funds Tiptoe Into Moonshot Tech Investments

World's Biggest City Throws 'Final Festival' Before Its Decline

July 23, 2024

July 23, 2024

Toyota Buying Back $5.2 Billion in Shares From Banks, Insurers

Japan Auto Dealerships Ahead of Full-year Earnings

June 30, 2024

June 30, 2024

Sumitomo Looks to Tap US Shale Boom Despite Exiting Production

Sumitomo Corp. CEO Shingo Ueno Interview

June 25, 2024

June 25, 2024

Takeda To Keep Pushing for China Biotech Partnerships, CEO Says

Takeda Pharmaceutical CEO Christophe Weber Interview

June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024

Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banks to Divest $8.5 Billion in Toyota Shareholdings

Toyota Motor Dealers Ahead of Earnings

May 14, 2024

May 14, 2024

Fortress’s Japan Hotel Unit Doubles Pay to Fight Labor Shortage

Fortress’s Japan Hotel Unit Doubles Pay to Fight Labor Shortage