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TOSHIBA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2022
Toshiba’s talk of privatization leaves some analysts with doubts
Toshiba is in talks with financial institutions on a buyout plan that would be led by domestic investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2022
Toshiba gloom offers CEO chance to push forward with digital strategy
Recent votes by shareholders allow Taro Shimada to keep — at least for now — businesses pivotal to his digital strategy that predecessors had planned to sell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2022
Toshiba faces unclear future after shareholders knock back two rival proposals
The result of the extraordinary general meeting appears to leave Toshiba with no immediate clear direction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022
Toshiba’s $4 billion elevator unit attracts interest from Midea and Otis
Shareholders are set to vote on Toshiba's plan to split into two companies and sell noncore assets including the elevator operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2022
Hedge fund activists battle old Japan in Toshiba’s crucial vote
Shareholders will vote on two proposals: one, from Toshiba, asks them to support a two-way split; a competing one, put forward by 3D, calls for the company to reconsider alternatives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2022
Toshiba dealt blow as advisory firm urges investors to reject planned split
Once among Japan's most revered companies, Toshiba has been in crisis mode for years due to repeated scandals and management missteps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2022
Toshiba to hold extraordinary meeting in March on new separation plan
The meeting, intended to gain feedback from investors, presents the possibility of a showdown with activist stock holders that may oppose the conglomerate's restructuring proposal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2022
Troubled Toshiba to split into two firms instead of three
The new plan scraps the earlier intention to separate out its infrastructure operations, which will instead continue to be under Toshiba Corp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2022
Toshiba may split in half instead of into three firms
The change would mark the latest twist in Toshiba's drawn out battle with foreign shareholders, many of them activists and hedge funds
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2022
Toshiba to more than double power chip output with new plant
The move comes as makers of electronics and cars struggle to procure even basic chips for routine tasks such as power management and wireless connectivity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2022
Toshiba’s No. 2 shareholder steps up fight over breakup plan
Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners is requesting a vote on Toshiba's proposed split, which must be supported by at least two-thirds of stockholders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2021
Artisan’s $9 billion manager eyes backing Toshiba plan to split
Artisan Partners, one of the biggest U.S. investors in Toshiba Corp., generally supports the conglomerate's plan to separate into three companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2021
Toshiba walked away from potential buyout talks and Brookfield offer
The company's decision to instead split itself in three has widened the gulf between the conglomerate and a number of its hedge fund investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2021
Breakups usher in a new era of corporate conglomerates
Activists and corporate governance advocates cheered splits by GE, J&J and Toshiba, but tech firms have been driving unrelated transactions, creating what are called 'neoconglomerates.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2021
Toshiba’s independent probe was biased, say two former directors
The pair rejected the conclusions of a 139-page report by a law firm that determined the firm had worked with Japan's trade ministry to prevent shareholders from exercising their rights.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2021
Toshiba warns power-chip supply will stay tight for another year
Mature tech such as Toshiba's power chips is cheaper than cutting-edge memory and sensors but no less important for any electronic device.
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.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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