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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021
Japan's most famous activist investor steps up takeover battle with Carlyle
Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2021
Tokyo’s promise of a generational stock revamp draws skeptics
Japan Exchange Group Inc., which owns the Tokyo Stock Exchange, plans to cut the number of market segments, apply new listing criteria and condense five divisions into three sections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2021
China gene firm providing worldwide COVID-19 tests worked with Chinese military
BGI Group's links to the People's Liberation Army, which have not been previously reported, include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2021
Alibaba investors still uneasy after crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire
The Chinese giant is projected to unveil its slowest pace of third-quarter sales growth in five years on Tuesday, while confronting potentially the biggest crisis of its two-decade existence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2021
China’s crackdown will shake up world’s largest fintech market
The nation's financial watchdogs have made it their primary goal this year to curb the 'reckless” push of technology firms into finance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 20, 2021
Jack Ma emerges for first time since crackdown on Ant and Alibaba
While his location is unknown, Ma's emergence in a public forum may help quell persistent rumors about his fate while Beijing pursues investigations into online businesses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2021
China issues rules to stop ‘unjustified’ use of foreign laws
The rules are effective immediately and allow authorities to ban the imposition of other jurisdictions' laws on Chinese entities but will be difficult to enforce abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2021
Trump targets Ant’s Alipay, WeChat Pay and others in latest round of bans
The outgoing president's order bans U.S. transactions with eight Chinese software apps in 45 days, when he'll no longer be in office.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2021
Jack Ma skips cherished TV show after Beijing tightens screws
Billionaire Ant Group Co. co-founder Jack Ma skipped a recent taping of an African TV program he created, spurring speculation online about his whereabouts and the outcome of an investigation into his internet empire.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 28, 2020
Ant turning from windfall to nightmare for global investors
From a mild hit to a nightmare, here are some of the scenarios from investors and analysts on what a regulator-forced restructuring could look like.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2020
China curbs lending and wealth management services at Ant
Authorities also blasted Ant for subpar corporate governance, disdain toward regulatory requirements and participation in regulatory arbitrage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 24, 2020
Demand for private COVID-19 testing surges ahead of New Year's holiday
Many planning visits home are hoping to take precautions before they go, even as the health ministry warns of the pitfalls of unofficial testing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 3, 2020
Fujitsu president given 50% pay cut over Tokyo Stock Exchange outage
Takahito Tokita will see his earnings slashed for four months as a result of the bourse's one-day outage in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2020
China punctuates greater market freedoms with tough crackdowns
Last month alone, Beijing canned Ant Group's share sale, issued rules to root out monopolies in the internet sector and began scrutinizing investments in new energy vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2020
Ant IPO said to face slim chances of getting done next year
Understanding the authorities' thinking and navigating the complex rules — some of which are still subject to change — are the biggest hurdles facing Ant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 5, 2020
Derailing of Jack Ma’s Ant IPO shows Xi Jinping is in charge
For global investors, the episode is likely to reinforce the notion that the Communist Party calls all the shots when it comes to major business decisions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2020
China is planning a bigger Ant crackdown with bank funding curbs
China abruptly halted Ant's IPO after summoning Ma to a meeting earlier in the week to outline an array of concerns and new regulations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2020
Jack Ma gets a warning from China on Ant’s rapid expansion
Sources said Ant's leadership team was told the company will face increased scrutiny and be subject to restrictions on capital and leverage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2020
Jack Ma’s Ant set to raise $35 billion in biggest-ever IPO
The move will mean the fintech giant will have a market value of about $315 billion, about the same as JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2020
Japan finance chief vows steps to prevent another TSE outage
The bourse has said it and securities companies will hold drills for switching to a backup system in the event of a serious technical failure.
'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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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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