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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2017
Toshiba gains shareholder approval for crucial chip unit sale
Toshiba Corp. secured shareholder approval Tuesday for the sale of its chip unit to a Japanese-U.S.-South Korean consortium but kept mum about what alternatives to take if it fails to complete the deal before the end-of-March deadline to clear its excessive debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2017
WPP alliance dead with or without Bain deal, Asatsu-DK CEO says
Asatsu-DK Inc.'s chief executive officer said he is determined to sever an alliance with top stockholder WPP PLC, seven months after the world's largest advertising agency called on share owners to vote him out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2017
Toshiba Memory to create 5,000 new jobs in Japan, Bain executive says
Toshiba Corp.'s semiconductor-making subsidiary will create up to 5,000 jobs in Japan after its planned sale to a consortium led by Bain Capital, an executive at the U.S. investment fund said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2017
Bain Capital to acquire Asatsu-DK, Japan's third-biggest ad agency
U.S. investment fund Bain Capital said that it will acquire Asatsu-DK Inc., the third-largest ad agency in Japan, through a tender offer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2017
Western Digital looks to block Toshiba chip unit sale to Bain-led group
Western Digital Corp. said Tuesday it will seek an interim injunction to prevent Toshiba Corp. from selling its chip unit to a Japan-U.S.-South Korea consortium.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2017
Toshiba selects Bain-led group for chip unit sale, looks to get out of debt by next March
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it has decided to sell its chip unit to a Japan-U.S.-South Korea consortium for around ¥2.4 trillion ($21 billion), rejecting a counterbid from its longtime partner Western Digital Corp.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2017
Bain names heavyweights Apple, Dell, Seagate as new partners in Toshiba chip bid team
Bain Capital has brought in Apple Inc., Dell Inc. and other technology heavyweights into a consortium seeking to buy Toshiba Corp.'s prized semiconductor unit, the U.S. investment fund said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2017
Toshiba signs memorandum to favor Bain consortium for chip unit sale
Struggling Toshiba Corp. signs a memorandum of understanding with a consortium led by Bain Capital to accelerate negotiations to sell its flash memory business by the end of September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017
Apple joins Bain consortium's last-minute bid for Toshiba chip unit
A Japan-U.S.-South Korean consortium has made a last-minute bid for Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit, offering around ¥2 trillion ($18 billion) in cooperation with Apple Inc., sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2017
Toshiba's hopes for quick chip unit sale imperiled as talks stall over payment timing
Toshiba Corp.'s talks to sell its chip business to a consortium led by Bain Capital have hit an impasse over the timing of payments for business and governance issues, according to people familiar with the matter, casting doubt on the company's ability to complete a deal quickly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2017
Hynix, Bain may join government-led bid for Toshiba's chip unit
The government is considering bringing South Korean chip maker SK Hynix Inc. and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital into a consortium seeking to buy Toshiba Corp.'s chip unit, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2016
Embattled air bag maker Takata planning bidder shortlist by next month
Takata Corp., which is looking for a buyer, aims to shortlist two to three candidates by October.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 13, 2015
Bain to buy Japanese bathhouse operator for ¥50 billion
U.S. private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC will purchase a Japanese firm operating hot-springs inns and bathhouses nationwide for around ¥50 billion, expecting it to profit from an increasing number of foreign tourists, a source said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2014
Skylark said working with Nomura, BoA on IPO
Restaurant operator Skylark Co., which is controlled by Bain Capital LLC, is working with Nomura Holdings Inc. and Bank of America Corp. to prepare its initial public offering, two sources said.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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