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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 25, 2018
Hedge fund's bets on unpopular, cash-rich Japan firms yields pretty profits
An Oslo-based hedge fund's love for unloved Japanese stocks has proved to be a rewarding passion for more than a decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2018
Mercari's IPO raises over ¥60 billion on Mothers, putting Japanese flea market app in spotlight
Mercari Inc., Japan's first unicorn to go public, made its debut Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers section, becoming the largest IPO this year.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
May 15, 2018
Tokyo stocks turn down on profit-taking
Stocks turned lower Tuesday, dragged down by profit-taking after their recent advances.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Apr 24, 2018
Tokyo stocks rebound on yen's plunge
Stocks staged a strong rally Tuesday, supported by a sharp drop of the yen against the dollar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 16, 2018
Nomura says Abe scandal and trade risk could erupt for Japan stocks
Stock investors should take note that the risks of domestic political upheaval or trade friction are far from gone away.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 2, 2018
Goldman cuts Japan equity forecasts as foreign investors flee
Obstacles are piling up in Japan, everything from political scandal to a rising yen. Foreign investors are fleeing and now Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says its forecasts for stocks were too high.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2018
Amazon shares skid to tune of $50 billion after report Trump wants to curb its clout
Amazon.com Inc. shares fell as much as 7.4 percent on Wednesday, briefly wiping about $53.6 billion from its market value, after news website Axios reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is obsessed with the world's largest online retailer and wants to rein in its growing power.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Mar 28, 2018
Dollar caps at around ¥105.50 in Tokyo after U.S. stock slump
The dollar was top-heavy around ¥105.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday amid re-kindled risk aversion following a sharp overnight pullback in U.S. stock prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2018
Confused by the stock market? Japanese cosmetics firm suggests analyzing eyebrows
With Japan's stock market having slipped away from strategists' targets set at the start of the year, investors seeking alternative analysis could consider studying eyebrows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 16, 2018
Gun sales are down, so why did gun stocks just go up?
Shares of firearms companies rose on Thursday morning after a gun-fueled massacre at a Florida high school left 17 dead and 14 injured.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 15, 2018
Kirin pursues $932 million buyback as it continues Asian expansion
Kirin Holdings Co., Japan's second-largest beverage maker by market value, plans to buy back as much as ¥100 billion ($932 million) in stock as it seeks to improve shareholder returns while building up its presence in the Asian beverage market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 14, 2018
Whistleblower alleges manipulation of U.S.-based Cboe volatility index
Wall Street's most widely followed gauge of future stock market volatility is being manipulated, a law firm representing an "anonymous whistleblower" alleged in a letter to U.S. regulators on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 12, 2018
Singapore Exchange shares fall most in nine years after end of India licensing pact
Singapore Exchange Ltd. stock fell the most since November 2008 in early trading Monday as investors reacted to the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.'s move to end its licensing pact with the Lion City bourse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 11, 2018
'Shut up and let me trade': How the week that rocked stock markets went down
One of the wildest runs in U.S. stock-market history began with the collapse of arcane bets on volatility and ended with a sober realization: The easy ride is over. After heart-stopping swings in the Dow (Down 1,000 points! Up 500 points!), a market correction is finally here.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 8, 2018
Nomura apologizes to investors burned in bet against VIX ‘fear index’
Nomura Holdings Inc. issued an apology after investors in a $300 million product betting on low volatility were all but wiped out during this week's stock market turmoil.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Feb 6, 2018
Machines had their 'fingerprints' all over a Dow rout for the ages
Risk parity funds. Volatility-targeting programs. Statistical arbitrage. Sometimes the U.S. stock market seems like a giant science project, one that can quickly turn hazardous for its human inhabitants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2018
Japanese companies expect strong run of economic growth but are more wary than market estimates
Nearly three-quarters of companies expect the economy to keep expanding at least another year, extending an already strong run, although they were not as bullish as market estimates, according to a Reuters poll.
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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