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Election triumph for the DPJ, but Japan's democratic advantage doesn't impress
The election in Japan is not going to make China feel that democracy can solve its problems.
31 August 2009
Business Moves
Japanese electronics companies start frantic restructuring
Behemoths like NEC Electronics and Hitachi are trying to find new ways to survive, but cost cutting has its limits.
3 August 2009
Business Moves
Lehman effect boosts and reduces Nomura's Q1 profit
Ex-Lehman bankers boost global trading, but personnel expenses drag down investment banking as Nomura finally returns to the black.
30 July 2009
View Point
DPJ win could revitalise Japan
Populist policies could be just the thing to stimulate the economy, if the Democratic Party of Japan wins the August election.
24 July 2009
Equities
Mizuho strengthens capital, raises $5.50 billion
Yet another Japanese mega-bank succeeds in raising capital, despite a bumpy ride.
17 July 2009
M&A
Kirin confirms merger talks with Suntory
There are clear signs of change in Japan Inc as bitter rivals discuss a merger.
15 July 2009
View Point
Japan's real estate trusts rise from the abyss
After a long period of uninterrupted losses, Japan's real estate investment trusts are recovering – somewhat.
3 July 2009
View Point
Was former Prime Minister Koizumi the bad guy?
Recent catastrophic developments in Japan's economy cast doubts over his liberal policies.
30 June 2009
Business Moves
Citibank Japan reprimanded by regulators
The US bank is punished for inadequate internal controls in the third such disciplinary action since 2001.
29 June 2009
Equities
SMFG prices largest-ever Japan bank equity offering
The Japanese megabank raises $8.2 billion and boosts its capital ratios following the Nikko Cordial Securities acquisition and losses in the past financial year.
16 June 2009
Business Moves
How an entrepreneur struck gold in Japan's FX market
Jim Gow, founder and CEO of FXOnline, made $250 million selling his foreign exchange company in Japan.
9 June 2009
Business Moves
Japanese pop culture as a business
GIJane's Fong is out to export popular culture from Japan, but it has a difficult underside.
4 June 2009
Equities
Nomura Real Estate plans $667 million share sale
The Japanese real estate sector welcomes a rare deal amid the gloom.
3 June 2009
M&A
Daiwa SMBC bullish on Close Brothers acquisition
Daiwa SMBC's Yoshikazu Fukushima, co-head of global investment banking, explains the rationale behind last week's acquisition of Close Brothers Corporate Finance.
25 May 2009
M&A
Shinsei and Aozora ponder merger
Like the ugly sisters in the fairy tale, the two private equity-run Japanese banks can apparently rely only on each other.
5 May 2009
M&A
SMBC officially buys Nikko Citi units for $7.9 billion
Citi sells off its Japanese domestic securities arm to boost its capital, but keeps the global arm.
4 May 2009
People Moves
Brian O'Connor leaves Nomura
The former CAO/COO of Lehman Brothers Asia has left Nomura for a yet-to-be-disclosed new job in Singapore.
4 May 2009
M&A
SMFG set to buy part of Nikko Citi for $5.2 billion
As the long-awaited sale looks to happen, some observers are surprised by the absence of Mizuho.
30 April 2009
M&A
Kirin to pay $2.5 billion for Lion Nathan
Japan's second-largest beverage company is on the way to completing yet another earnings-accretive acquisition. But debt levels have soared, and targets are running out.
28 April 2009
Business Moves
Market unfazed by Nomura's $7.2 billion loss
Markets respond calmly to Nomura's historic loss for the latest fiscal year.
27 April 2009
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