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Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024
The country increasingly represents the safest choice for a regional hub
Japanese people consume about twice the amount of salt recommended. Could a new gadget one day help?
Block trade scandal has scarred the Japanese brokerage’s reputation and prompted a client exodus
While prime minister woos foreign investors, he will have to overcome resistance among domestic households to deploying excess cash
Consumer belt-tightening could favour the Japanese giant — though it may also prompt an uglier battle for market share
Despite popular disquiet, a weak currency is good for corporate Japan
Currency’s fall through ¥130 against the dollar follows central bank vow to keep bond yields at zero
Fall of 11% in two months to a 20-year low prompts speculation central bank might be forced to intervene
Inappropriate comments by marketing executive highlight the industry’s grubby ways of thinking about young women
The department for economy, trade and industry, or Meti, is trying to steer ‘Japan Inc’ through geopolitical and energy shocks
Currency’s abrupt fall past ¥128 against the US dollar is ‘undesirable’, says Japan’s finance minister
Japan’s government hints at changes to quarterly reporting rules that conjure up a supposed lost era
The world’s third-largest economy was built on craftsmanship and family enterprise. A shortage of heirs jeopardises that legacy
Venue change discussion highlights disruption caused by China’s strict zero-Covid strategy
A private equity deal for the conglomerate would be a historic departure for Japan and global funds
Japanese industrial group will set up special committee to assess offers from PE firms and other investors
The move recognises the urgency of supporting new ideas to solve the country’s problems and boost competitiveness
3D Investment Partners says conglomerate has become ‘a corporate governance embarrassment’
Tokio Marine says insurance policies ‘fraudulently obtained’ while Credit Suisse says litigation could last five years
Investors express disappointment in first reforms of market in six decades
This month’s power blackout scare could influence public and political opinion on restarting the reactors
Effissimo supports US firm’s effort to take 140-year-old Japanese conglomerate private
Policymakers caught between desire to keep policy loose and avoid deep declines in currency
Currency drops to ¥125 per dollar as other central banks push ahead with interest rate rises
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