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    • 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

      Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan
    • 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

      Illustration of a pigeon standing on top of a yellow taxi.
    • 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

      Akio Toyoda
    • 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

      Houses developed by Daiwa House in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
    • 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

      María Hergueta illustration of Godzilla holding on to the world.
    • 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

      A woman takes photographs of the Hong Kong skyline
    • 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

      Jun Ohta
    • 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

      Montage image of Yoshiaki Murakami, left, and Yoshitaka Kitao
    • 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 

      Black and white photo of rows of smartly dressed young Japanese people with a red circle overlaid on the image
    • 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

      A couple walks along an aerial walkway of Singapore’s Garden by the Bay
    • 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

      An electronic stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
    • 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

      Maria Hergueta illustration of three contractors setting up construction on a stage with half opened long red curtains.
    • 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

      Still from ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
    • 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

      Maria Hergueta illustration of a man holding a giant red balloon up next to his face, poking it with a needle
    • 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

    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      News in-depthJapanese business & finance
      Japan’s scallop industry seeks safe harbour from China ban

      Investors say Beijing’s sanctions could offer an unexpected boost by creating a national champion

      Scallops on shells on a grill in Osaka, Japan
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      ExplainerJapanese government bonds
      What the end of Japan’s yield curve control experiment means for markets

      Investor reaction to the BoJ removing the hard ceiling on 10-year yields has so far been muted

      Montage showing the Bank of Japan, 100 Japenese Yen coin, and a bar chart
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Japan
      Should investors be spooked by Tokyo’s Halloween?

      Muted celebrations in Shibuya have resurrected past economic demons

      Maria Hergueta illustration of orange-coloured piggy bank decorated for Halloween with spider webs and purple shades.
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Working It podcast18 min listen
      How Scandinavia cracked the productivity puzzle

      Lessons from our most (and least) productive peers

    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      BoJ sets stage for end of bond yield controls

      Central bank raises interest rate cap under pressure from weakening yen, inflation and rising US Treasuries

      Kazuo Ueda
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan under pressure from weak yen and soaring yields

      Two-day policy meeting could end with changes to trading band for government bonds

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Western Digital Corp
      Chipmaker Western Digital walks away from Kioxia merger talks

      Opposition from rival SK Hynix puts brakes on Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip giant

      SK Hynix solid-state drives
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Nomura Holdings Inc
      Nomura overhauls China joint venture as losses mount

      Global investment banks have struggled to make a profit in the country

      A pedestrian wearing a mask walks past the Nomura sign outside its headquarters in Tokyo
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