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JP HOLDINGS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2021
Western Digital in advanced merger talks with Japan’s Kioxia
If finalized, a deal worth more than $20 billion could unite the two technology storage providers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2021
Japan’s green push opens path to talent outside old men’s club
The growing importance of sustainable investment could help diversify the mentality of Japan Inc. boardrooms, as firms look to draw from a nontraditional talent pool for senior positions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
A grudge match in Japan: One corner, two 7-Elevens
A fight playing out in Osaka will have ramifications for 7-Eleven and the rest of Japan's major franchises.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2021
Will data handling setback damage Line’s dominance in Japan?
A scandal over a Chinese firm's access to user data could derail Z Holdings' plan to facilitate the digital transformation of the public sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 16, 2021
New Sapporo brewery planned for U.S. in market expansion move
The Japanese beermaker hopes the move, which it aims to complete by the end of 2024, will also help it to cut costs.
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
Aug 5, 2020
Creditors at odds with shareholders over Seven & I's Speedway mega-deal
The bond market is raising questions about what the price tag would mean for the company's relatively strong credit ratings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2020
Seven & I deal shows store sales make gas-stations appealing despite virus
'The disadvantage of not winning this bid would have been other competitors expanding their business,” said the president of the 7-Eleven Inc. U.S. operation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2020
7-Eleven owner to buy Marathon’s Speedway gas stations for $21 billion
Seven & I shares fell as much as 8.4 percent in early trading, the biggest intraday decline since March.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 11, 2020
Japan Post Holdings drags its heels on insurance sales scandal
On Dec. 27, the top three executives of Japan Post Holdings Co. announced they would be resigning on Jan. 5 over the insurance sales scandal that first came to light more than a year and a half ago. The announcement comes on the heels of an order from the Financial Services Agency for subsidiaries of...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2019
Seven-Eleven Japan failed to pay at least ¥490 million in overtime over several decades
A long-running error in the Seven & I Holdings Co. unit's calculations for such workers led to the shortfall for payments to part-time staff, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2019
Nomura's next CEO stresses 'urgency' in cementing overhaul
Nomura Holdings Inc. named Kentaro Okuda as its new chief executive officer, turning to a 32-year company veteran to help cement a sweeping overhaul of its global operations and reverse a slump at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2019
SoftBank's Yahoo Japan-Line merger aims to take on U.S. and China online behemoths
Yahoo Japan operator Z Holdings Corp. and Line Corp. said Monday they have reached a basic merger agreement that will forge an internet conglomerate boasting over 100 million users in Japan with the aim of challenging U.S. and Chinese online behemoths.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2019
Peter Thiel's Palantir announces $150 million joint venture with Japan's Sompo Holdings
The new data-mining firm gets a splashy Tokyo inauguration and will target government and public sector customers, initially emphasizing health and cybersecurity.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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