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Benchmark tops highest-ever level reached in late-1980s asset bubble after powerful rally since January
Share prices may have finally overtaken level of 1989 but sentiment in Tokyo is nowhere near as bullish as it was
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More US-China decoupling in focus for investors as Tokyo market closes in on all-time high
Famed investor’s timing was good. Others shouldn’t try to follow the Oracle of Omaha now
The chipmaker’s latest purchase makes sense, but the country’s success rate for M&As is lacklustre
Mitsui Sumitomo to increase capacity and jobs in Lloyd’s of London and the surrounding company market
Cash-rich Japanese companies are looking overseas for acquisitions as domestic market shrinks
With wages set to rise, the convenience shop sector needs automation
GMO demands urgent corporate governance changes and further unwinding of cross-shareholdings
Aichi prefecture seeks to develop future forms of transport as next driver of region’s industrial growth
Tokyo hopes diplomatic breakthrough will boost premier’s domestic popularity
Approach for Aloha state carrier seems timed to gain from a rally in the currency but there are factors working against that too
‘Idiosyncratic’ lender’s overexposure to office market is a reminder of possible risks in fragmented banking sector
Japanese group’s likelihood of scoring promising companies at a decent price is positive
Soaring value of Arm stake and T-Mobile share windfall help Japanese group break four-quarter streak of losses
Japanese trading house says it will purchase up to $3.4bn in stock
Mobile carrier teams up with Mitsubishi to take joint control of 15,000-strong chain
World’s biggest automaker’s bet on technology justified by a nearly 50% increase in hybrid-electric car sales in latest quarter
US investor calls on Mitsui Fudosan to stage ¥1tn buyback and sell stake in company behind Tokyo Disneyland
New York university complaint comes ahead of likely takeover of JSR by Japanese government-backed fund
Aozora hit by exposure to struggling US commercial property market but risk of similar losses at bigger banks is low
Bank’s shares fall more than 20% after it warns more commercial property loans could turn sour
Investors in the Japanese carmaker should not dismiss its looming reputational problems
Akio Toyoda says he takes ‘full responsibility’ and wants to recreate vision for world’s biggest carmaker by sales
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