“In Japan, people from the Kansai region around Osaka are seen as friendly, progressive…and very commercial”, says Toyonori Takahashi. And as the Group Kansai Representative for ORIX Group and an Osaka native himself, he should know.

The Kansai region of Western Japan is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and commercial culture. It is, then, apt that Osaka, Kansai’s biggest city, will be the home of the country’s first integrated resort (IR), which is a group of faci…

Data centers; gigafactories; semiconductor fabs. The boom in giant infrastructure projects, alongside continued construction of new logistics centers, warehouses and factories means private companies have a rapidly rising demand for power,…

Osaka’s city center is going big and going green. This September marked the opening of the first phase of GRAND GREEN OSAKA, a massive urban redevelopment project centered on the Umekita district just north of Japan Railway’s ‘Osaka Statio…

A decade ago, private credit barely registered in the public consciousness. Today, the term is on everyone’s lips and every financial institution worth its salt wants to get involved.

The trajectory is clear: after adding 3 Gigawatts of capacity to its global renewable energy portfolio over the past five years, ORIX Group is planning to add another 6GW in the next six years– taking the total to 10GW by 2030.

The tourists are back! Overseas visitors are flocking to Japan once more, with their pursuit of a unique cultural experience made more affordable than ever by a weak yen. This is providing a welcome tailwind to Kansai Airports, the joint v…

Shibuya Foods, Co., Ltd., is a confectionary manufacturer from Kochi Prefecture, and holds a 50% market share of these delectable treats. Since its establishment in 1959, Shibuya Foods has been delighting Japanese consumers with its delici…

ORIX has emerged as a key player in the area of business succession in Japan, where it works with private Japanese companies to identify paths to the future as they transition from their original founder-owner to a future-proof management …

If there is one business in ORIX Group’s wide portfolio that appears designed to match the group’s new Purpose statement of “Finding Paths. Making Impact.” it is the Environment and Energy segment, which spans renewables, electric power re…

Growth has never been the issue for ORIX Life Insurance Corporation. Over 30 years ago, in line with ORIX Group's strategic commitment to expand its presence in the retail finance sector, ORIX Life began selling life insurance policies thr…

ORIX Bank Corporation has always been an innovator. In the late 1990s, ORIX Bank pursued a unique business approach, breaking free from the limitations of conventional banking models. It became the first bank in Japan to offer time deposit…

For an asset manager with a long history and established traditions, Robeco has a very modern mission: not only to produce above-market financial returns but also to help tackle global issues.

Here are three interesting facts about Japan: First, it has one of the largest number of publicly listed companies in the world; at over 3,700 in 2020 only India, the US, China and Canada have more, according to World Bank figures. Second,…