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  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    News in-depthJapanese economy
    Corporate Japan wary of the sliding yen

    Higher energy and materials costs outweigh benefit of weak currency even for big exporters

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

    Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Global Economy
    Japan’s chip industry faces old challenge: scaling up production

    A boutique investment bank is working to set up a chip foundry to fill the gap

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessAntoni Slodkowski
    Kishida seeks to awaken ‘animal spirits’ in Japan’s start-up scene

    Backing of payments venture is latest sign of more interventionist stance to encourage risk-taking

  • 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

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    LexNomura Holdings Inc
    Nomura: pushing into bitcoin futures as price slump shakes confidence Premium content

    Investment bank’s decision could provide a new revenue stream but comes amid a plunge in crypto

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    InterviewNuclear energy
    Ukraine war is ‘best opportunity’ for nuclear comeback since Fukushima, industry says

    Domestically generated power is geopolitically safer than gas imports, according to Japan’s largest reactor maker

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba reveals takeover interest as battle heats up

    Japanese conglomerate has been under pressure from activist shareholders to sell itself

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    SoftBank Group Corp
    The art of ‘mamori’: why Masayoshi Son’s defence might not work this time

    Tech stock rout has investors wondering how SoftBank can manage its heavy debt load

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    LexSoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank: more buybacks and less investing the answer for Son Premium content

    Where the Japanese technology investment group’s founder sees value, investors perceive risk

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Softbank Vision Fund
    SoftBank suffers historic loss with $27bn blow to Vision Fund

    Masayoshi Son says the conglomerate is on the ‘defensive’ and is more cautious about investments in China

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Elliott Management Corp
    Elliott to close Tokyo office and shift Asia investing to London

    Move by US hedge fund, which has built stakes in prominent Japanese targets, follows departure from Hong Kong last year

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    KKR approaches Blackstone for joint Toshiba bid

    Move by private equity pair paves way for showdown with Bain in acquisition of Japanese group

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota warns of ‘unprecedented’ rise in raw material prices

    World’s largest carmaker forecasts 20% drop in annual operating profit

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Nintendo Co Ltd
    Nintendo announces unexpected 10-for-1 stock split

    Gaming group responds to investor pressure as it warns component shortages will hit console sales

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessLeo Lewis
    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

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Shipping
    Shipping heavyweight Japan tables carbon tax proposal for the industry

    Plan would raise more than $50bn a year on sector’s almost 1bn tonnes of emissions

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Yen weakness is an opportunity, not a threat, for Japan

    For the central bank to raise interest rates would be a mistake

  • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    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
    Hitachi Ltd
    KKR to take Hitachi Transport private in $5bn deal

    Sale to US private equity group is part of Hitachi’s drive to focus on digital services

  • 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

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    ‘Squid Game’ and K-pop fuel South Korean marketing push in Japan

    Companies step up campaigns riffing on hit cultural exports

  • 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
    LexYen
    Japan stocks: weak yen no longer boosts economy via manufacturing Premium content

    Greater use of offshore production sites limits the benefits of a weaker currency

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