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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Nomura prepares to launch crypto subsidiary

    Japan’s largest investment bank is setting up unit with 100 staff by 2024

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Legal services
    Why foreign private equity is eyeing deals in Japan

    The country increasingly represents the safest choice for a regional hub

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    FT MagazineTechnology
    These electric chopsticks cut your salt intake. No, really

    Japanese people consume about twice the amount of salt recommended. Could a new gadget one day help?

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    News in-depthSMBC Nikko Securities, Inc
    ‘Apocalyptically bad’: how SMBC Nikko fell from grace

    Block trade scandal has scarred the Japanese brokerage’s reputation and prompted a client exodus

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessJapanese business & finance
    Kishida sales pitch for corporate Japan faces toughest test at home

    While prime minister woos foreign investors, he will have to overcome resistance among domestic households to deploying excess cash

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Sony Corp
    The Netflix subscriber wobble raises new questions for Sony

    Consumer belt-tightening could favour the Japanese giant — though it may also prompt an uglier battle for market share

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Yen
    An ageing population grapples with the spectacle of the plunging yen

    Despite popular disquiet, a weak currency is good for corporate Japan

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Yen
    Yen slides to 20-year low as BoJ defies global shift to higher rates

    Currency’s fall through ¥130 against the dollar follows central bank vow to keep bond yields at zero

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Currencies
    Yen’s tumble stirs debate in Tokyo over merits of weak currency

    Fall of 11% in two months to a 20-year low prompts speculation central bank might be forced to intervene

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    Japan
    Cute-washing, sexism and Japan’s bid to attract women to fast food

    Inappropriate comments by marketing executive highlight the industry’s grubby ways of thinking about young women

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    Can the ministry that shaped Japan’s economy rediscover its influence?

    The department for economy, trade and industry, or Meti, is trying to steer ‘Japan Inc’ through geopolitical and energy shocks

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Yen
    Yen’s slide to 20-year low puts pressure on loose monetary policy

    Currency’s abrupt fall past ¥128 against the US dollar is ‘undesirable’, says Japan’s finance minister

  • Saturday, 16 April, 2022
    Japanese business & finance
    Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ harnesses nostalgia for traditional business methods

    Japan’s government hints at changes to quarterly reporting rules that conjure up a supposed lost era

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    FT Magazine
    The pervasive succession crisis threatening Japan’s economy

    The world’s third-largest economy was built on craftsmanship and family enterprise. A shortage of heirs jeopardises that legacy

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    CLSA Ltd
    CLSA proposes moving flagship investor forum from Hong Kong to Singapore

    Venue change discussion highlights disruption caused by China’s strict zero-Covid strategy

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Japanese business & finance
    The tortuous route of Toshiba’s path to auction

    A private equity deal for the conglomerate would be a historic departure for Japan and global funds

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba shares rise as conglomerate opens door to landmark take-private deal

    Japanese industrial group will set up special committee to assess offers from PE firms and other investors

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Japan launches university fund to spur innovation

    The move recognises the urgency of supporting new ideas to solve the country’s problems and boost competitiveness

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba’s second-biggest shareholder pushes for sale to private equity

    3D Investment Partners says conglomerate has become ‘a corporate governance embarrassment’

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Greensill Capital accused of fraud as battle to recoup losses intensifies

    Tokio Marine says insurance policies ‘fraudulently obtained’ while Credit Suisse says litigation could last five years

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc
    Overhauled Tokyo Stock Exchange makes debut

    Investors express disappointment in first reforms of market in six decades

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    Nuclear energy
    Japan dodges the nuclear question as it struggles to keep the lights on

    This month’s power blackout scare could influence public and political opinion on restarting the reactors

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba shares surge after biggest shareholder backs Bain buyout plan

    Effissimo supports US firm’s effort to take 140-year-old Japanese conglomerate private

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Japanese economy
    BoJ to boost bond buying even as yen suffers worst month since 2016

    Policymakers caught between desire to keep policy loose and avoid deep declines in currency

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Japanese economy
    Yen hits 7-year low after Bank of Japan sticks to stimulus

    Currency drops to ¥125 per dollar as other central banks push ahead with interest rate rises

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