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    David Keohane is Tokyo correspondent for the FT, covering corporate Japan. Previously he was the FT's financial news editor, Paris correspondent and a reporter for FT Alphaville in Mumbai and London.
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    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      Technology sector
      Video games become part of the furniture in Japan as suppliers read the room

      Tokyo Game Show features soft furnishings and whole apartments designed to improve gaming experience

      Attendees walk past a sign for the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan on September 21 2023
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

      August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank finance chief criticises S&P for lack of credit upgrade after Arm deal

      Analysts had expected an upgrade after tech group raised $5bn in listing

      SoftBank finance chief Yoshimitsu Goto
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Sexual misconduct allegations
      Japanese boy band abuse scandal rocks entertainment industry

      Some of country’s largest businesses and media groups try to distance themselves from troubled talent agency

      Noriyuki Higashiyama, left, and Julie Fujishima
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      Nippon Paint targets China expansion despite property market slowdown

      Co-president predicts company can make ‘good money’ even as developers wrestle with turmoil

      A worker moves pallets of paint at a Nippon Paint plant in China
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Japanese economy
      Inflation worries fuel Japanese rush to buy gold

      Retail price hits record high above ¥10,000 per gramme as household attitudes to risk shift after years of deflation

      Gold bars
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
      Japan’s EV ambitions pose battery recycling conundrum

      Reliance on imports means policymakers face tough decisions on reuse

      Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks during a news conference
    • Saturday, 28 August, 2021
      Work & Careers
      A Paris supermarket relied on volunteers — then the pandemic hit

      The La Louve co-operative had to overhaul its operations when members could no longer run the store

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      Mozambique
      Rwanda joins Mozambican war to fight insurgents

      Regional armies step in to help Maputo counter Islamist uprising

      Rwandan military troops
    • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
      News in-depthFrench economy
      France’s north takes political centre stage ahead of 2022 polls

      Presidential rivals seek credit for projects to revive region that has seen three decades of decline

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      Rail
      French night trains head towards a new dawn

      Climate change is prompting a revitalisation of the country’s rail sector

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      Nuclear energy
      Macron dithers on nuclear power investment as issue divides France

      Debate over whether to add new reactors to Europe’s largest atomic fleet intensifies ahead of election

      EDF employees at Fessenheim nuclear power plant in eastern France
    • Friday, 16 July, 2021
      French politics
      France’s justice minister investigated over alleged conflicts of interest

      Lawyers acting for Eric Dupond-Moretti say they will contest the decision and that he has no plans to resign

      French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti arrives for his hearing in Paris
    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Capricorn Energy
      Cairn Energy freezes Indian state-owned properties in Paris

      Scottish oil group escalates legal battle over $1.7bn tax arbitration award

      Buildings in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, France
    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      French politics
      Macron looks at relaunch of pension reform plans

      Unions and business leaders in France warn against rushing changes as economy grapples with pandemic fallout

      Protests in Paris in 2019
    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      European companies
      Carson Blocked over Solutions 30

      French finance professional organisation postpones event with Muddy Waters founder following legal threat.

    • Monday, 5 July, 2021
      News in-depthFrench presidential election
      ‘She’s a bit stuck’: Marine Le Pen looks for momentum after election flop

      French far-right leader defends ‘detoxifying’ strategy to make presidential run-off round in 2022

      ‘We are not going back to the Front National’: Marine Le Pen is seeking to broaden the appeal of her party.
    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Electric vehicles
      Stellantis to make electric vans in UK, protecting Ellesmere Port

      Low hundreds of millions of pounds of investment to be unveiled as early as Tuesday

    • Friday, 18 June, 2021
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC takes $3bn hit to exit French retail business

      Bank sells the operations to US private equity firm Cerberus as it steps up focus on Asia

      HSBC branch in the La Défense business district of Paris
    • Monday, 14 June, 2021
      Nuclear energy
      EDF seeks data review on report of possible China radiation leak

      French utility group calls for board meeting as Chinese partner says reactors are operating normally

      Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Northern Africa
      France to cut back military operations in Sahel

      Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

      French soldiers in Mali
    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Scor and Covéa agree peace deal after bitter takeover fight

      French insurers seek to bury hatchet with end to legal battles and agreement on cutting stakes

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      Inside BusinessEDF
      Reforming EDF shows messy political reality of energy transition

      Proposals for shake-up of French national champion face resistance from Brussels

      An EDF worker in France
    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      European banks
      Why Europe’s banks want to end US dominance in payments

      Lenders say plan to rival groups such as Visa and Mastercard will safeguard sovereignty

      European bank card montage
    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      Liberty Steel Group Holdings UK Ltd.
      ArcelorMittal among bidders for Gupta’s French steel plants

      Germany’s Saarstahl and Italy’s Beltrame also in running to buy tycoon’s factories

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