For Dave Mccombs's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Open up the guts of the U.S. government — something President-elect Donald Trump hinted he will do — and what do you see? A sprawling tangle of information technology services contracted out to private companies working on everything from Obamacare to immigration, air force bases ...
It's called the U.S. Open, and the crowd is definitely from New York, but the clothing on the court is decidedly Japanese. Stan Wawrinka, wearing Yonex, thrilled fans with a four-set victory over world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, sponsored by Uniqlo. The semifinals featured another ...
Japanese companies, which have embarked on a $210 billion global acquisition spree over the past three years, are getting a surprise bargain out of Brexit. The yen soared Friday to its highest in more than two years, boosting local firms' purchasing power for deals abroad ...
Months after Masayoshi Son is said to have shelved a plan for a management buyout of SoftBank Group Corp., there are still 13 billion reasons to take the company private. That's the difference in dollars between the value of SoftBank itself and its investments in ...
Billionaire Daniel Loeb is starting to make a habit of looking for bargains in Japan. In his fourth foray in two years in the country, the New York-based activist investor has taken a stake in Suzuki Motor Corp. The investment comes after Loeb's Third Point ...
Japanese companies, long known for being stingy with shareholders, doled out record amounts of cash to investors in the past year. It's just the start of the payouts. Dividends and buybacks soared 76 percent to ¥12.8 trillion in the 12 months ended in March, according ...
Sony Corp. President and CEO Kazuo Hirai is getting a vote of confidence from predecessor Howard Stringer in his effort to turn around the electronics maker. The latest incarnation of the PlayStation and restructuring are helping fuel a comeback, Stringer told Bloomberg TV. Sony has ...
Activist investor Daniel Loeb is proving determination can pay off, even in Japan. After failing to win major changes from Sony Corp., he picked an even more unlikely target in Fanuc Corp. It was a surprise then on Monday when the secretive industrial-robot maker agreed ...
If you're searching for Japanese companies likely to beat earnings forecasts this quarter, one good place to start is the currency assumptions. Take Mitsubishi Electric Corp., the industrial giant that makes everything from rice cookers to satellites. In February, the company gave a profit forecast that ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory in the snap Lower House election earlier this month, an endorsement of his economic policies, may help the nation's biggest companies get richer while extending a surge in bankruptcies among smaller ones. Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are ...
