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Ayai Tomisawa
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 20, 2022
Overseas credit attracts Japanese investors weary of low yields
The renewed interest comes after crippling losses on fixed income globally coupled with a surge in the cost of currency protection had Japanese investors offloading overseas debt in 2022.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 16, 2022
Rakuten seeks $500 million in rare Japanese junk bond deal
The bond offering is gaining attention given the fledgling junk debt market in Japan, where weaker firms aren't compelled to sell speculative-grade notes due to easy access to bank loans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2022
SMBC Nikko’s issues let small firms grab credit market share
Tokai Tokyo Securities and Shinkin Securities moved up in the league tables in the first half of the financial year that started April, surpassing SMBC Nikko, data shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2022
Maruha Nichiro plans to issue Japan’s first blue bond to help ocean
The firm tapped Mizuho Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities to manage the u00a55 billion ($35 million) offering of five-year notes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2022
Traders face showdown with Kuroda as BOJ policy rips every asset
Selling the yen remains one of the hottest macro trades after BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda rammed home the message at the last policy meeting in June that it's too early to cut back on stimulus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2022
Japanese firm to tackle dearth of female managers with novel bond
Mitsubishi Estate Co., a developer of office buildings and luxury condos, aims to raise the proportion of its female managers to 40% in fiscal 2050, up from just 5.8% in fiscal 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2022
Rocky days for Japan's credit market spur calls to speed up deals
Some bankers, who have long advocated for shorter marketing periods, are stepping up calls for a change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2022
Earthquake response to be focus of social bond planned by Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is proposing to issue u00a530 billion of five-year social bonds later this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2022
SMBC Nikko’s bond business dives in value after alleged market manipulation
A scandal has damaged the firm just as issuers and investors are increasingly adopting environmental, social and governance targets into their business strategies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 19, 2022
Climate debt that stalled globally takes off with push in Japan
The government has drawn up detailed roadmaps to help companies shift to cleaner technology, resulting in more of the country's issuers selling transition bonds than elsewhere.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 26, 2022
Samurai bond sales rise from record low as BOJ holds down yields
Samurai bond issuance is rebounding from a record low as selling debt in yen for foreign issuers turned more favorable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022
Japan’s Panasonic joins global trend toward four-day week
By introducing an optional four-day work week, Panasonic is trying to 'strike an ideal balance between the work style and life style for our diverse human capital.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2022
Record bond sale from SoftBank to test demand after risks surged
SoftBank has been the single-biggest issuer in the Japanese corporate bond market in the past decade, raising more than u00a56 trillion from investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2021
Carbon-heavy Japanese utilities sell their first green bonds
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions totaled about 1.1 billion tons in fiscal 2019, and the power sector accounted for around 36% of that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2021
SoftBank keeps up borrowing spree before bond repayments
SoftBank is having one of its busiest years ever in global issuance markets, and raised more than $7 billion in a debt offering across dollars and euros in June.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 12, 2021
Gender norms still hurt LGBTQ athletes despite Olympic profile
A record number of out LGBTQ athletes took part in the Games, but none were Japanese, and the host nation harbors opposition to issues such as same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Investors clamoring for ESG debt help halve Tokyo funding costs
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government slashed funding costs thanks to rampant global demand for the first social bond offered by a local government in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2021
There may not be enough doctors in Japan to support the Olympics
Organizers had initially planned to have about 10,000 doctors, nurses and medical staff on standby for the games but have had to cut that number down to about 7,000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2021
Japan Airlines said to plan yen bond as its yield premiums fall
Japan Airlines Co. is planning a yen bond sale next month, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be its first debt sale since March last year as its yield premiums fall.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 12, 2021
U.S. track team cancels Olympics training in Japan over virus
The U.S. team notified the decision last month to authorities in Chiba Prefecture, saying the pandemic would put athletes' safety at risk.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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