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Mitsuya Kishida, incoming CEO of Nidec (left), and Shigenobu Nagamori, chairman and CEO, during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Kyoto on Feb. 14.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2024
Japan's Nidec, U.S. private equity firm KPS vie for Siemens’ motors unit
The Innomotics unit makes heavy-duty electric motors used in ships and mining equipment, and could fetch about ¥483.6 billion in a sale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2023
Germany warns companies to manage China risks in tougher stance
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration is pushing Germany’s biggest companies to make sure their risks in China are manageable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2019
Leaders of some big EU businesses back green deal ahead of Brussels summit
The European Union's biggest business leaders threw their weight behind a plan to make the bloc climate-neutral, a commitment that could be adopted at a leaders' summit this week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2019
Siemens talking with Mitsubishi Heavy and other Asian firms over fate of large gas turbine business
Siemens AG is exploring a variety of options regarding its large gas turbine business by seeking an Asian partner, including a possible deal with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2017
Siemens, AES combine forces for battery-based energy storage venture
Siemens AG and AES Corp., the Virginia-based independent power producer, are forming a venture to focus on a sector that's revolutionizing electricity markets: battery-based energy storage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2015
Hitachi trains push into Europe to challenge Siemens, Alstom
Hitachi Ltd.'s agreement to buy the rail signaling business of Italy's Finmeccanica SpA in its largest overseas purchase ever will boost the company's European manufacturing base, increasing competition for the train units of Siemens AG and Alstom SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2014
Paris picks GE for Alstom
France chose General Electric to form an alliance with the power and rail company Alstom on Friday, rejecting an offer from Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), but said the deal still needs some work and the government will buy a 20 percent stake in the hotly contested company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2014
MHI-Siemens' offer for Alstrom improved
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Siemens AG have improved their offer for Alstom SA on Friday, raising the stakes in the takeover battle with General Electric Co. for the French maker of high-speed trains and power equipment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2014
JBIC ready to fund MHI-Siemens bid for Alstom
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation is ready to support Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s joint bid with Siemens for France's Alstom SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2014
France spurns bids for Alstom, seeks sweeteners
The French government has raised the stakes in the battle for engineering group Alstom, telling rival suitors General Electric and Siemens to come up with better offers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2014
Rival GE plans more lobbying
General Electric Co. plans another round of lobbying meetings with French officials on its $17 billion offer for Alstom SA's energy assets as Siemens AG weighs a bid with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., a source familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
May 10, 2014
Industry 4.0: Germany rethinks manufacturing
Last month, the chief executive officer of one of the country's largest manufacturers spoke in a closed-door meeting to a group of Japanese executives on his company's global strategy. Remarkably, he spend 20 percent of his time praising German companies, from traditional heavyweights such as Siemens...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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