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Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7 billion price.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros. to keep Paramount at bay
The new all-cash bid — at $27.75 a share — has unanimous support from the Warner Bros. board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing.
TBS Holdings will acquire a $150 million stake in Legendary Entertainment, according to a statement from the companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2026
‘Dune’ studio sells stake to Japan’s TBS at $4 billion valuation
Legendary aims to capitalize on the growing market for Japanese stories as Netflix and other global services make it easier for stories in any language to reach audiences abroad.
The U.K. will begin banning ads for products high in fat, salt or sugar.
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2026
U.K. starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
In the U.K., 22% of children starting primary schooling in England are overweight or obese, rising to more than a third by the time they progress to secondary school.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, on Dec. 8
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 31, 2025
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount offer next week
The storied Hollywood studio is set to turn down the amended $108.4 billion hostile bid despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. The Warner Bros. board has criticized Paramount Discovery’s backers, software billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David, saying they “consistently misled” it during talks for a potential takeover.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Warner Bros. slams Ellisons and urges shareholders to reject their bid
The Warner Bros. board said the Paramount backers “consistently misled” them, and suggested their flawed vision for the combined assets would weaken Hollywood.
<i>Rikishi</i> train at the Otake stable in April 2017. While the sport of sumo hasn't changed, the ways in which fans engage with it has, and Otake <i>beya</i> recently joined the growing list of stables with their own YouTube channels.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 17, 2025
YouTube proves vital for sumo in era of changing accessibility
At a time when first-person access to “genuine” sumo is increasingly difficult to find, many stables are looking to fill the gap with online platforms.
Netflix Japan’s newest reality-dating experiment “Badly in Love” follows self-identified delinquents as they try to find romance.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 16, 2025
‘Badly in Love’: Netflix Japan’s most chaotic dating show may be its most honest
Netflix Japan’s “Badly in Love” turns delinquent bravado into surprisingly earnest, character-driven reality television.
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 13, 2025
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
The new sci-fi show was created with involvement of scientists and space experts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
Paramount Pictures' studio in Hollywood.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid
Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.
Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2025
Netflix is looking to borrow heavily again to fund Warner Bros. deal
The streaming company is looking to add tens of billions of dollars of debt to finance its planned acquisition of most of Warner Bros. Discovery.
NHK Executive Vice President Tatsuhiko Inoue will be promoted to the position of president next month, the public broadcaster's board of governors said Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2025
NHK to promote Tatsuhiko Inoue to president next month
Inoue will be the first person to be promoted to the position from within NHK in about 18 years.
Paramount made a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. with the aim to marry two legacy Hollywood studios to counter the influence of Netflix, Disney and Amazon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2025
Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at side
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix.
Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2025
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The company faces a lengthy Justice Department review of a deal that would reshape the entertainment industry.
Netflix began flirting with the idea of acquiring Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets after the company announced plans in June to split into two publicly traded companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2025
How Netflix won Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood’s biggest prize
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
With its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix becomes the owner of the HBO network, along with its library of hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "The White Lotus."
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2025
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in historic $72 billion deal
The acquisition marks a dramatic strategic shift for Netflix, which has never made a deal of this scope.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on Nov. 26. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. film studio, officially put itself up for sale in October after receiving multiple unsolicited offers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Netflix makes cash offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Report
A deal would bulk up the streaming giant’s already considerable content production capabilities and likely face close scrutiny by antitrust authorities.
NHK’s crackdown is part of an effort to reduce the number of users who are currently watching NHK channels and accessing news on its website without paying its mandatory subscription fee.
JAPAN / Media
Nov 25, 2025
NHK moves to crack down on free riders
The public broadcaster is requiring users to log in to its news website to access all of its content and has set up a new team to collect reception fees.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani singles against the Blue Jays during Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto on Nov. 1.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 20, 2025
MLB reveals new 3-year deal with ESPN, NBC and Netflix
ESPN had been scheduled to pay an estimated $1.65 billion over the next three seasons, according to The Athletic, before it opted out of that deal in February.
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
SPORTS
Nov 13, 2025
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Japan, where viewing habits have been slow to change, is now fully in the streaming era, though not everyone is ready to come along for the ride.
A front page report from November 1950 indicated that the government was in talks with French and British companies about launching television for the first time ever in Japan.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Nov 1, 2025
Japan Times 1950: Negotiations under way to bring TV to Japan
In November 1950, British and French officials were offering their broadcasting technology to help Japan launch its first television channel, pending a permit from the government.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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