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YOSHIAKI MURAKAMI

Cosmo Energy Holdings has said it will call another shareholder vote in December to seek approval for a "poison pill" takeover defense against a group of activist investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2023
Cosmo calls another shareholder vote in activist defense
Japan's third-biggest oil refiner said it will not prevent the group a group of activist investors from voting this time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2023
Japan activist group hails stock exchange reform as remedy for undervalued stocks
Investors say the move is a testament to the fact that firms can no longer brush aside stock underperformance and must end the practice of asset-hoarding.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 24, 2021
In taking on Toshiba, secretive hedge fund Effissimo ended years of silence
'All Toshiba had to do was agree to an independent investigation,” said an expert on corporate governance in Japan. 'But for some reason, they refused.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2021
Activist Toshiba shareholders score win with vote for independent probe
The landmark vote for an investigation into allegations of investors being pressured marks only the fourth time that a shareholder motion has won approval in Japan.
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 / Companies
Mar 6, 2020
Toshiba Machine girds for tough battle with investor Yoshiaki Murakami
Toshiba Machine Co. is bracing for "a very tough battle" with controversial activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami on March 27, when shareholders will meet to decide the outcome of one of the nation's highest-profile takeover battles in recent years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2020
Yoshiaki Murakami fund launches ¥25.9 billion hostile bid for Toshiba Machine
City Index Eleventh Co. said it will offer u00a53,456 per Toshiba Machine share to buy up to 43.82 percent of the molding machine company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 20, 2020
Toshiba Machine shares surge 19% on Murakami's surprise bid
Toshiba Machine Co.'s share price soared Monday after the company said Japan's best-known activist investor, Yoshiaki Murakami, plans a tender offer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2020
Japan activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami makes surprise bid to disrupt Toshiba deal
Japan's best-known activist investor announces a tender offer for Toshiba Machine Co., which is embroiled in a controversial takeover battle for NuFlare Technology Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2019
Shareholder activism rises in Japan as firms go hostile and investors speak out
Record shareholder activism is combining with rare hostile takeover bids in Japan, in a trend that's seen as good news for investors in the country's ¥675 trillion stock market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2018
Yoshiaki Murakami, once the scourge of Japan's boardrooms, turns peacemaker with big Idemitsu-Showa Shell Sekiyu win
Yoshiaki Murakami, who once struck fear into Japan's boardrooms and split public opinion with bitter activist battles, is now enjoying rare acclaim from executives and being praised as a peacemaker.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2015
Murakami says he will be exonerated in stock probe
Activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami says he expects to be exonerated in a securities watchdog investigation into whether he manipulated stock prices.
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.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2015
Activist investor Murakami suspected of market manipulation, focus of criminal investigation
Japan's securities watchdog launched a criminal investigation Wednesday of activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami on suspicion of involvement in market manipulation, sources said.
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.
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.
'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.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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