Leo Lewis

Thursday, 21 December, 2023

Wednesday, 20 December, 2023

Toshiba Corp

Japan’s crisis-plagued Toshiba delists and enters era of private ownership

Departure from Tokyo exchange after 74 years follows shareholder revolt and leveraged buyout

Wednesday, 20 December, 2023

News in-depthJapanese business & finance

Nippon Steel’s US bet could be ‘catalyst’ unleashing Japan M&A wave

$14.9bn takeover comes as country’s cash-rich corporations return to global markets

Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

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US Steel gets a new owner

Japanese company targets American market with its biggest-ever acquisition

Monday, 18 December, 2023

United States Steel Corp

Nippon Steel agrees to buy US Steel for $14.9bn

Japanese company targets American market with its biggest-ever acquisition

Sunday, 17 December, 2023

Bank of Japan

Bank of Japan expected to stick with negative interest rates

BoJ likely to signal its monetary plans at policy meeting on Tuesday but to hold off on action

Thursday, 14 December, 2023

The Big Read

Can Japan’s legendary savers spark a stock market boom?

Japanese households hold a remarkable proportion of their financial assets in cash but a new investment scheme may loosen their purse strings

Wednesday, 13 December, 2023

Sport

Shohei Ohtani, baseball’s $700mn salaryman

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ deal does not just make the athlete an economic force but shows him to be a betting man

Friday, 8 December, 2023

Bank of Japan

Shrinking economy in Japan casts doubt on BoJ rate raise bets

The central bank is confronting headwinds to scrap its policy of holding interest rates below zero

Thursday, 7 December, 2023

Yen

Yen leaps to 3-month high as traders bet on Bank of Japan rate increase

Central bank governor Kazuo Ueda fuels speculation of end to negative rates with comments to parliament

Thursday, 7 December, 2023

Japan

Death, the taxi and the Tokyo pigeon killer

To many, the legal pursuit of an avicidal driver will look like a sign of gross fiscal indiscipline

Tuesday, 5 December, 2023

News in-depthToyota Motor Corp

Toyota’s $2bn Denso share sale spurs hopes of governance revolution for Japan

Influential carmaker may prod other companies to rethink their numerous cross-shareholdings

Monday, 4 December, 2023

Property sector

Japanese housebuilders hunt US M&A deals

Three of the country’s biggest developers eye growth outside shrinking domestic market

Thursday, 30 November, 2023

Japanese society

How Godzilla became Japan’s most put-upon worker

The latest in the monster series can be seen as an allegory that lets the country move on from past traumas

Monday, 27 November, 2023

Accounting & Consulting services

Deloitte and KPMG ask staff to use burner phones for Hong Kong trips

Policies come as Beijing increases control over international financial hub

Monday, 27 November, 2023

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp

Japanese bank chief Jun Ohta dies aged 65

SMFG executive spearheaded expansion into US and south-east Asia

Thursday, 23 November, 2023

Shinsei Bank Ltd

Japan’s clash of titans could be the boldest trade of the year

The confrontation between Kitao and Murakami shows how much the country has changed

Sunday, 19 November, 2023

Japanese business & finance

Start-ups challenge culture of the Japanese salaryman

Younger workers have new expectations of risk, reward and responsibility

Sunday, 19 November, 2023

Singapore

Singapore family office applicants face 18-month wait amid tighter scrutiny

Asian financial hub investigating whether $2bn money laundering ring used the vehicle

Sunday, 19 November, 2023

Japanese business & finance

Japan embraces management buyouts as pressures mount at listed groups

Highest number of takeover proposals since 2010 fuels predictions MBOs could become biggest driver of deals

Friday, 17 November, 2023

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs Japan president departs in shake-up

Move accelerates end to career of one of the biggest figures in Tokyo’s financial industry

Thursday, 16 November, 2023

Japan

What is the point of an expo in today’s world?

The chaotic build-up to Japan’s event suggests it is a relic of a past global order

Wednesday, 15 November, 2023

Nintendo Co Ltd

‘Zelda’ film tests Nintendo’s ability to tap intellectual property trove

Investors say Japanese video game publisher is not taking full advantage of its franchises and characters

Thursday, 9 November, 2023

Japanese business & finance

Can Japan ever pass the ‘Buffett horizon’?

The country should pause to consider what would happen if the talismanic investor decided to walk away

Sunday, 5 November, 2023

News in-depthJapanese business & finance

Hiromi Yamaji: The banker turned stock exchange boss rattling Japan’s listed companies

The country’s regulator is exerting ‘unprecedented’ influence to unlock value

Leo Lewis

Asia business editor

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