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JX HOLDINGS

BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2014
Taiwan regulators delay Tokyo Star sale over breaches
Taiwan is delaying approval of CTBC Financial Holding Co.'s planned ¥52 billion purchase of Japan's Tokyo Star Bank Ltd. after finding internal-control breaches at CTBC's banking unit.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2014
Nomura sees Japanese IPOs doubling to ¥1 trillion in 2014
Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's top manager of initial public offerings in 2013, expects debut share sales will almost double to ¥1 trillion this year as buyout funds recoup investments amid a stock rally.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 13, 2014
Suntory to acquire Beam for $16 billion in grab for Maker's Mark
Suntory will acquire Beam for $16 billion to gain top liquor brands such as Maker's Mark whiskey and create the world's third-largest premium spirits company.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2014
Maruha cuts food output in Hokkaido as demand drops over pesticide scare
Maruha Nichiro's frozen foods unit cuts output in Hokkaido as consumers shun its brands after pesticide was found in products made at its Gunma plant on Honshu.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2013
Seven & I to boost stake in Francfranc store operator
Seven & I Holdings Co. said Wednesday it will acquire a 48.67 percent stake in BALS Corp., operator of the Francfranc store chain selling fashionable general merchandise, furniture and kitchen utensils.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2013
LLC Vanilla Air launches first flight
Vanilla Air, a reborn low-cost carrier under ANA Holdings Inc., on Friday began flights linking its base at Narita International Airport with Naha and Taipei.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2013
Seven & I to buy Net retailer Nissen
Retailer Seven & I Holdings Co. said Monday it will acquire a majority stake in catalog and online retailer Nissen Holdings Co. to diversify its sales channels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2013
Tokio Marine targets ASEAN for expansion abroad
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., the nation's second-largest nonlife insurer, is seeking to expand in Southeast Asia as Japan's shrinking population erodes its domestic market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2013
Seibu's shareholders nix Cerberus directors
Seibu shareholders vote down a slate of directors proposed by Cerberus Capital Management of the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2013
Seven & I plans to at least double stores in North America to 20,000
Seven & I Holdings Co., the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, plans more acquisitions in the U.S. and may more than double its North America outlets as consumer spending improves there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2013
Cerberus plans 45% Seibu Holdings stake
U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP said Friday it aims to raise its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc. to nearly 45 percent in an apparent bid to take the initiative in managing the railway and hotel operator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2013
Seibu rebuffs takeover bid by U.S. fund Cerberus
Seibu Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it opposes a takeover bid by its top shareholder, U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, because the move could undermine the railway and hotel operator's corporate value.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2011
The risks of 'disaster nationalism'
A common sight seen throughout Japan these days are signs that read Ganbaro Nippon (translated "Don't give up Japan").
Reader Mail
Feb 24, 2011
Dogs have a rich emotional life
I must beg to differ with Grant Piper's views expressed in his Feb. 20 letter. From my own observations and those of a number of respected authors, it is safe to say that many animals have a very rich emotional life and are capable of higher emotions such as empathy, sadness and joy. I dare say some dogs are far more feeling than many people I've met in my life and a damn sight more loyal.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2009
Police's security camera plan
The National Police Agency has announced a plan to set up security camera networks in 15 residential areas in 14 prefectures, with 25 cameras installed in each area. The police already have 363 security cameras in operation at busy shopping and entertainment districts across the nation.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.

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