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  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Financial services
    World’s biggest pension fund strikes blow against short-sellers

    Japanese giant GPIF halts stock lending from its equity portfolio

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    FT SeriesPower Dining
    Tokyo’s best restaurants for power dining

    Whether you want to impress or cut a deal discreetly, here are five of the city’s choicest locations

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Chinese bank accused of forcing HK staffer to quit over protests

    Ex-economist alleges Bank of Communications did not want a local representing it

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Tail RiskTokyo Stock Exchange Inc
    Shake-up in Japanese stocks poised to drown out fundamentals

    Tokyo Stock Exchange rejig risks speculative betting by investors over new categories

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    FT Series
    Power Dining

    FT Globetrotter’s guide to where movers and shakers in business and politics break bread and seal deals in six global financial centres

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Nomura Holdings Inc
    Incoming Nomura boss warns of ‘sense of crisis’

    Kentaro Okuda to replace banker who led Japan group’s lengthy turnround effort

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan hurt by nationalist forces, says outgoing chief

    In final interview, Hiroto Saikawa says a faction wanted to break Renault alliance

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Financial Services Agency Japan
    Japanese regulator unveils stock exchange shake-up

    FSA chief Toshihide Endo outlines plan to create Premium board to boost capital

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    AnalysisHong Kong
    Doubts grow over Hong Kong’s future as a financial centre

    ‘Business as usual’ mantra questioned as groups try to protect staff and Singapore and Tokyo circle 

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    How foreign activists got their hooks into Japan

    Governance reforms have encouraged a growing number of campaigns

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Norinchukin Bank
    Japanese whale of CLO market signals end to binge

    Norinchukin’s holdings of debt vehicles drop about $1bn between June and September

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s ‘anti-activism’ law is passed by parliament

    Bill aims to protect companies whose operations affect national security from foreign investors

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Tokyo woos hedge funds in crisis-hit Hong Kong

    Delegation from Japan battles Singapore in campaign to attract investment managers

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    SoftBank Group Corp
    MUFG likely to turn down SoftBank loan over WeWork

    Masayoshi Son seeks ¥300bn facility but faces resistance from Japan’s biggest bank

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Marie Kondo
    Kondo’s shop a reminder of Japan’s love of stuff

    Here is a nation in permanent logistical war with its own tide of clutter

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Special ReportHealth at Work
    Alarm bells for Japan

    Deaths from overwork reflect pernicious long-hours culture

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    World7 min
    Curbing death by overwork in Japan

    The FT’s Leo Lewis looks at how the country is attempting to address death from overwork

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Japanese economy
    BoJ’s stock-buying programme starts to sputter

    Scheme has sparked criticism that heavy central-bank purchases are warping the market

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Weekend long reads
    Betrayed by the Big Four: whistleblowers speak out

    An FT investigation reveals a culture of fear at the world’s leading accounting firms

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Blade Runner and the pitfalls of predicting future technologies

    Today’s Tokyo feels like a futuristic film set — but what happened to the flying cars?

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Sovereign bonds
    Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off

    Trend-following investors switched bets after price crossed key threshold

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba launches offers for three listed subsidiaries

    Lossmaking Japanese conglomerate seeks to improve governance amid activist pressure

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    Special ReportDiversity in Technology
    Why your grandma may struggle with a smartphone

    App developers take note: a papery-dry forefinger can tap but not swipe

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Tail RiskJapanese business & finance
    Could SBI save Japan’s struggling regional banks?

    Financial-services group has outlined plan to invest in network of regional lenders

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Markets InsightAsia-Pacific equities
    Why foreign companies are ditching their Japan listings

    Number of overseas businesses listed in Tokyo is down to just four, from more than 120

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