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View Point

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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