
Commentary / World | SENTAKU MAGAZINE May 22, 2016
Operating largely under the radar, the United States has become the world's biggest tax haven.

National / Politics May 21, 2016
G-7 finance leaders reject coordinated action to revitalize global economy
by Hiroko Nakata and Kazuaki Nagata
Japan was looking to hammer out a new fiscal package in the coming months, but its push for joint global fiscal action was rejected by its more cautious peers.

World May 14, 2016
Pakistan opposition leader Khan, a former cricket hero, admits using an offshore company
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an offshore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale. Analysts say the admission is likely to ease the pressure ...

World / Politics May 12, 2016
Countries pledge to fight graft by revealing who owns companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced the measure at the start of ...

Asia Pacific / Politics May 12, 2016
Australian Prime Minister Turnbull named in Panama Papers, denies wrongdoing
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect. Turnbull and former New South Wales Premier Neville Wran ...

Business May 9, 2016
Rakuten chief Mikitani linked to stake in offshore firm; tax dodge denied
Rakuten chief Hiroshi Mikitani apparently owns part of a company in an offshore tax haven named in the Panama Papers data leak but denies trying to avoid taxes.

Business May 9, 2016
New Zealand is at the heart of a tangled web of shelf companies and trusts that are being used by wealthy Latin Americans to channel funds around the world, according to a report on Monday based on the so-called Panama Papers data leak. Local media ...

World May 7, 2016
Panama Papers whistleblower says global corruption behind rationale for massive data leak
The person who claims to have disclosed the Panama Papers, a trove of financial data that has implicated politicians and business leaders around the world in large-scale tax evasion, issued a statement Friday explaining the motives behind the massive leak. The leaker said the documents ...

National Apr 28, 2016
Japan's offshore investors on edge as Panama Papers revelations spark Hong Kong clampdown
by Reiji Yoshida
Earlier this month, major banks in the territory suddenly stopped accepting applications to open accounts, says one financial consultant.
Business Apr 27, 2016
Marubeni, Itochu, UCC chief among Japan stakeholders named in Panama Papers
A data leak reveals Japanese individuals and firms are listed as shareholders or directors of at least 270 entities in offshore tax havens.