Capital spending by Japanese companies in the October-December quarter increased 6.5 percent from a year earlier, rising for the fourth consecutive quarter, driven by strong demand for real estate due to urban development projects, government data showed Tuesday.Investment by all nonfinancial sectors totaled 15.39 trillion yen ($97.9 billion), with the information and communications sector contributing to the rise amid the need to build data centers, the Finance Ministry said.In the fourth quarter of 2025, pretax profits grew 4.7 percent to 30.03 trillion yen, marking the fifth quarterly in…READ FULL ARTICLE
