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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2020
Secrecy and speed: Inside Ant Group’s unusual IPO process
The fintech giant is following a highly unusual process that draws on some of the tactics its former parent and affiliate Alibaba Group has previously used.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2020
Exchange outage latest blow to Tokyo’s financial hub dreams
Unlike equity markets in nearby Hong Kong natural disasters have never forced the exchange to close, but it has repeatedly been taken down by technical glitches.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2020
Tokyo trading halted due to hardware failure
Trading was suspended from the start of the morning session at 9 a.m., and the exchange is preparing to resume trading Friday by restarting the overall system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2020
China developer Evergrande spooks investors with liquidity crunch warning
If the firm fails to win approval for a listing in Shenzen it will need to repay debt valued at around 92 percent of its cash, threatening the broader financial system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020
Jack Ma’s Ant Group lifts IPO funding target to $35 billion
Ant's simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai may mark the biggest IPO ever, topping Saudi Aramco's record $29 billion sale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020
BHP ties CEO's bonus to targets for cutting customer emissions
Supply-chain emissions typically account for more than 90 percent of BHP's total, and the responsibility miners take for them is disputed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2020
Ant’s huge IPO sets up Jack Ma to escalate war with Tencent
Ant Group’s late-summer IPO filing drove home why the business — backed by 711 million active users that spent $17 trillion through its platform — is headed for potentially the world’s largest stock debut. Yet investors may do well to focus on the long-term threat to its core businesses from...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 31, 2020
Jack Ma’s Ant fuels tech IPO frenzy not seen since dot-com bubble
Jack Ma's Chinese financial titan aims to raise at least $30 billion in Hong Kong and Shanghai in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2020
Ant Group cites U.S. risks in filing for dual Hong Kong-Shanghai IPO
The Chinese e-commerce and fintech giant cited possible U.S. export controls and trade sanctions as key expansion risks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2020
KKR and Carlyle are betting on a resurgence in Japan dealmaking
Private-equity firms including KKR & Co. and Carlyle Group Inc. are betting on a pickup in Japanese deal-making later this year as companies take steps to protect themselves against the coronavirus-fueled downturn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2020
Enough of the G7 — let’s try a G10
The G10's purpose is simple: promote strategic cooperation on global political and security issues and advance the norms and values of a liberal international order.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 4, 2020
'If the virus gets in, it will spread like wildfire'
While authorities mull 'provisional release' for some refugees currently in detention centers across the country, the people on the inside say they receive little information on the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2020
China corporate governance in doubt after two accounting scandals in week
China’s second accounting scandal in less than a week is underscoring concern over lax corporate governance at some of its fastest-growing companies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 2, 2020
Anime's evolution in lands down under
For the past quarter century, fans of Japanese pop culture in Australia and New Zealand have been served almost exclusively by a single distributor: Madman.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 10, 2020
Japanese asset manager awaits flood of money from regional banks
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. anticipates a flood of money from yield-starved regional banks that need help reinvesting cash after redeeming government bonds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2020
Former Zozo fashion retailer Yusaku Maezawa seeks girlfriend for 2023 SpaceX voyage
Call it "The Bachelor: Lunar Edition."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2020
Mike Pompeo accuses Iran of undermining Afghanistan peace efforts
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of working to thwart efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, but he offered no specific details to support his allegation.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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