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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2022
Making a play for retail investors, Nintendo announces a 10-1 stock split
The surprise announcement came as Nintendo said it expects sell 21 million Switch games consoles in the fiscal year that started on April 1, down 9% year on year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2019
Citing weakening profitability, lower margins, Moody's downgrades Nissan's credit rating to A3
Nissan Motor Co.’s credit rating was cut a notch by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the automaker’s weakening profitability and margins over the past two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 27, 2018
Trump's self-inflicted economic damage could cause Fed to pause as investors chill
President Donald Trump may get the Federal Reserve interest rate-hike pause he wants as his attacks on the Fed and the government shutdown roil stock markets and shave 2019 forecasts for economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 24, 2018
Christmas calm eludes emerging markets as loose-cannon Trump spooks investors
If emerging markets had their way, this Christmas week would be like any other: quiet, with just a handful of economic releases and low trading volumes. But political dramas playing out in the U.S. are keeping investors on tenterhooks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 13, 2018
Investors hunting bargains in Japan might want to wait till U.S. midterms pass
Some Japan equity strategists are recommending investors hold off any hunt for bargains until trade tensions cool after the U.S. midterm elections.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2018
Once a collector's passion, owning vintage warplane now may be more profitable than stock
Collectibles markets are driven by passion, not rational thought. But the aircraft-collecting market has seen a split in recent years between those who purchase and restore for love and history and those who are new collectors with an interest in return on investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2018
World's top wealth fund opposed Elon Musk's double role at Tesla
Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund said Wednesday it had backed an initiative to wrest the role of chairman away from Tesla chief executive Elon Musk.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2018
U.S. judge drops Exxon suit seeking to stop probes into whether it misled investors on climate change
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp's lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the company misled investors and the public about climate change and the potential effects on its business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2017
Foreign investors bet big on Japan stocks right before Abe's snap election call
In the two weeks before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election, foreign investors using the futures market — which are often hedge funds — suddenly turned hugely positive on Japanese shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2017
Japan's flops turning bond market stars amid hunt for higher yields
Japan's yield-hungry investors are helping turn companies that were once bond-market pariahs into stars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2017
Political risk scares away Japanese investors in French bonds
Japanese investors, traditionally among France's most loyal lenders, are not yet convinced that French political risks have faded and are staying away from buying the country's bonds.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2016
Japan regulators crafting new rules to prevent leaks by company execs
Japanese authorities are set to recommend new fair disclosure rules that aim to prevent company executives from leaking insider information, part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to improve corporate governance and encourage foreign investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 19, 2016
Global money flees Japan stocks at fastest pace since 1987
International equity investors are giving up on Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2016
Asian investors snapping up Japanese properties
Japan's property market is luring more attention from Asian investors keen to reap capital gains or achieve high yields not available at home with a long-term view of holding their assets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2016
SoftBank's $120 billion debt nears Moody's downgrade trigger
SoftBank Group Corp.'s debt — which is set to swell as its latest global acquisition became effective Monday — is nearing a level at which Moody's Investors Service has said it will consider a rating downgrade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2016
Foreign investors get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015
Part-time traders join pros in mass exodus from Japan stocks
Whether part-time or professional, Japan's stock investors are heading for the exits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2015
Activist investor Murakami loses Kuroda Electric proxy fight
Yoshiaki Murakami failed to win approval for his plan to get seats on Kuroda Electric Co.'s board.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2015
Kuroda Electric doesn't want activist, convicted inside trader Yoshiaki Murakami on board
Kuroda Electric Co. says adding Japanese activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami to its board would damage the company's reputation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2015
Japan activist Murakami sees win in comeback proxy fight
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japan's first homegrown activist investor, will probably win board seats at Kuroda Electric Co. in his return to proxy fights after many years, according to his daughter.

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores