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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2015
Toshiba to seek over ¥1 billion in damages from former execs
Toshiba Corp. will likely seek more than ¥1 billion in total from five former executives in a damages suit filed by the company to hold them accountable for negligence that led to an accounting scandal, sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2015
Toshiba shareholders sue former executives over cooked books as firm fined record ¥7.37 billion
A group of shareholders file a suit against Toshiba Corp. and its former executives, seeking ¥300 million in damages over illicit accounting practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2015
Outspoken Takata investor sold all stock after losing trust in management
Takata Corp. has lost the confidence of one of its biggest former shareholders, which said the company cut off access to management and downplayed risks as its air bags spurred a record auto-safety recall.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 27, 2015
Stock market fallout from Murakami probe seen limited
Japan stock watchers say the fallout from an investigation of Yoshiaki Murakami for market manipulation will be limited.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2015
Securities watchdog questions activist investor Murakami over suspected share price manipulation
Murakami speaks with the securities watchdog on a voluntary basis on suspicion of manipulating share prices of apparel company TSI Holdings Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2015
Move to improve Japanese corporate governance devolves into compliance game
One day, Japan's biggest overhaul of rules for companies in decades will make them more efficient. Right now it's making things worse.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2015
Nissan reportedly to consider plan to end Renault control of alliance
Nissan Motor Co. is considering plans to restructure its alliance with Renault SA, including ending the French manufacturer's voting rights, according to sources.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2015
Toshiba shareholders urged to reject three executive reappointments
A U.S. advisory firm for institutional investors is calling on shareholders of struggling Toshiba Corp. to oppose President Masashi Muromachi and two other board members from being reappointed as directors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2015
China market rout doesn't reflect economy, top diplomat says
China's stock market rout isn't a reflection of the health of the world's second-largest economy, and efforts to stem a $5 trillion slide in equities fall within the "boundaries of reasonableness," the nation's top diplomat said in an interview.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2015
China unveils details of state-firm reforms as growth sputters
China unveiled details on Sunday of how it would restructure its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including partial privatization, as data pointed to a cooling in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 17, 2015
Lotte Holdings shareholders back younger brother Akio amid family feud
Lotte Holdings Co. said Monday its shareholders support a plan to strengthen the conglomerate's corporate governance under the current management led by Vice Chairman Akio Shigemitsu, effectively confirming his leadership amid a family feud with his older brother.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2015
Loeb makes fourth foray in Japan, declares new activists' age
Billionaire Daniel Loeb is starting to make a habit of looking for bargains in Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2015
Japanese firms cling onto shareholding 'poison pills,' snubbing Abe's governance push
As Japan gives more say to investors, companies are clinging to a tool that has the opposite effect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 28, 2015
China's stocks extend rout as traders test government support
Chinese stocks fell Tuesday in volatile trading, extending the biggest one-day loss since 2007, as concern grew unprecedented government intervention will fail to shore up equities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2015
Japanese investors finding voice amid Abe push for independence
The votes are in: Japanese investors are finding it easier to say no.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2015
Infamous shareholder activist Murakami returns to fray in league with daughter
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japan's most famous activist shareholder before he was convicted of insider trading in 2007, is once again pressing the nation's companies and this time it's a family act.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2015
Toyota's lock-stock sale brings customers to Nomura
A new type of security Toyota Motor Corp. is selling is proving a hit with Japanese drawn to the combination of limited risk and fixed dividends that beat the near-zero interest being offered on bank deposits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2015
Shareholders pressure utilities to ditch nuclear power
Shareholders and politicians on Thursday urged the nation's top utilities to exit nuclear power as the central government moves to restart reactors idled by public safety fears in the wake of the triple core meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture in 2011.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2015
Sharp CEO faces calls for resignation as shareholder anger mounts
Sharp Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kozo Takahashi was approved by shareholders on Tuesday after facing calls for his resignation at the struggling Japanese television and display maker's annual meeting.

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