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BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2014
Japan's top three banks racing to secure licenses to open branches in Myanmar
Japan's top three banks are racing to open branches in Myanmar as investments in the country by Japanese companies are increasing on the back of its booming economy.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2014
Sumitomo joins Goldman in expecting the aluminum market to swing into a deficit
The global aluminum market will swing into a deficit this year for the first time since 2006 as cuts in output deepen and demand from automakers grows, according to trading house Sumitomo Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2014
Mitsubishi UFJ profit falls less than estimated on lending, fees
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., the nation's biggest bank, reported Thursday a smaller-than-estimated decline in first-quarter profit as lending income and fees rose, shrugging off an equity-market slowdown.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2014
SMBC to lend ¥20 billion to Brazil's Amaggi to secure food supplies
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will extend ¥20 billion in loans to Brazilian agribusiness company Amaggi to improve its distribution network and boost exports of corn and soybeans to Japan, according to sources close to the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2014
KDDI, Sumitomo ink deal with Myanmar telecom for mobile phone service
KDDI Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday with the state-run Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications to jointly operate a mobile phone service in the Southeast Asian country.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2014
Toyota to delay deliveries after 23,000 vehicles are covered in soot
Toyota Motor Corp. expects to delay delivery of about 23,000 vehicles by up to a month while it cleans up soot from a Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. plant in Aichi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2014
Banks OK multibillion-yen loans for Oita and Iwate biomass plant projects
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and partners will provide a ¥6.3 billion loan for a biomass plant developed by a unit of First Energy Service Co.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2014
Insurers eye foreign bond buys
Three of four major life insurers may buy more foreign bonds in fiscal 2014 ending next March to seek higher returns because yields on Japanese government bond yields are predicted to stay at rock bottom, their asset management plans showed Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2014
SMBC ups pay for first time in 19 years
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s lending unit has agreed to raise salaries for the first time in 19 years as an economic recovery spurs profit at Japan's second-largest bank by market value.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2014
Sumitomo Mitsui reportedly to hire four ex-UBS employees for equities
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will hire four former UBS AG employees to expand its Japan equity business, according to a source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2014
SMBC angles for housing units for seniors before health care REIT IPO
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is seeking to buy about ¥10 billion in senior housing properties before taking its health-care real estate investment trust public.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2014
Vice President Shindo to take helm of world's No. 2 steel maker NSSMC
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. will name Vice President Kosei Shindo as president on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono, the company said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui may resume JGB buys once inflation picks up
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the biggest seller of Japanese government bonds among the nation's three biggest banks, may start buying again once inflation picks up, President Koichi Miyata said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2013
Refiners to merge LPG operations
Three oil refiners and trading firm Sumitomo Corp. plan to merge their liquefied petroleum gas import and wholesale operations in a move that would give them the largest share of Japan's LPG market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui to buy U.S. rail car lease firm
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has agreed to buy railroad car-leasing company Flagship Rail Services LLC from a unit of Perella Weinberg Partners.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2013
One dead, three hurt in blast at plant
One person died and two others sustained injuries and were taken to a hospital after an explosion Monday at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Yahata plant in Fukuoka Prefecture, according to the local fire department.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2013
Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho bump up profit goals
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. raised their full-year profit goals after the economic revival spurred lending and an equity rally boosted fees and the value of their shareholdings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2013
Mizuho has more loans to the mob
Mizuho Bank has outstanding loans to yakuza and other antisocial elements apart from car loans extended through its affiliate credit company, Orient Corp., President Yau00adsuu00adhiu00adro Sau00adto tells the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2013
Sumitomo Mitsui affiliate may have extended loans to crime groups
Loans screened by a credit company under Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group are suspected to have been extended to people linked to organized crime and other antisocial forces, Sumitomo Mitsui President Koichi Miyata says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2013
Japan credit card sales seen accelerating on stock rally
Japanese credit card transactions will accelerate this year as rising stock prices boost consumer confidence and spending, according to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s card unit.

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