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Japan’s currency hit by rising cost of imported petrochemicals and easy monetary policy
Chief of cosmetics group forecasts return of tourism next year but wants to diversify in US and Europe
Prime minister wants to make his name as a friend of the pandemic-hit small business sector
No canny investor wants to take a bath on this business
Japanese pharma company says Medicago’s product will be cheaper to make and easier to transport
Eijiro Tsukada has designed a machine intended for the global colonisation of the discerning home, office and café
World’s largest endowment investor has only one professional manager just months before launch
When sizeable foreign buying finally returns, expect an even stronger win for Japan
Government plans to sell up to 1.03bn of its shares in business
Prime minister’s suggestion of increased levy on capital gains spooks investors
China’s shunning of crypto transactions increases the potential prize and the perils for city-state
Monetisation of the conglomerate’s assets will be difficult to avoid
People close to Japanese group say size does not exceed 5%
New prime minister has to set out a vision for the country’s future
Greg Kelly is accused of overseeing a system of ‘backdoor remuneration’ for carmaker’s former chief Carlos Ghosn
Japan’s GPIF takes decision as foreign investor concerns mount over risks of Chinese markets
Problems persist from the combination of ‘equal spirits’ to create Japanese bank
The fate of a regional bank in the 1990s shows what happens when the pillar of government support is removed
Fiscal support and reform needed to continue progress on the economy under new prime minister
Tokyo is under pressure to back either hostile bidder or ‘poison pill’ defence
Japanese lender to focus its consumer banking ambitions on Asia after sale of MUFG Union Bank
Japan’s oldest conglomerate is under mounting pressure to deliver a radical plan for its future
Plans to partially break up Matthew Moulding’s ecommerce group look more to do with fundraising than transparency
Company will need to prove it can find more countries as keen to buy its products
Efforts to revive the sector may be doomed by too little investment and insufficient government expertise
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