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TRADING

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 9, 2023
Marubeni looking to hire more midcareer workers
'We desperately want people with social experience,' President Masumi Kakinoki said, noting that the company will reduce hires of new graduates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2022
Warren Buffett's Berkshire boosts stakes in Japan's five biggest trading houses
The move is in line with Berkshire's statement in 2020 that its investments in the Japanese trading houses were for the long term and the stakes could rise to 9.9%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 27, 2022
Rocketing LNG prices putting cargoes in hands of energy giants and trading houses
With prices not expected to ease until 2026, poorer states reliant on the fuel to generate power are worried, while costs are being driven up for big Asian economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2022
The importance of Asian financial cooperation
It will be through engagement and cooperation that governments will revive Asia's long-term economic prosperity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2022
Free trading isn't free, but we're still better off
A new study estimates that “hidden” execution fees cost retail investors $34 billion a year. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually very little.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2022
Russia bans investors from 'unfriendly countries' from selling banking and key energy stakes
Western countries and allies, including Japan, have piled financial restrictions on Russia since it sent troops into Ukraine in late February.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2022
Japan government asks Sakhalin-2 stakeholders to 'think positively' about new entity
State gas company Gazprom will receive just over 50% of the entity replacing Sakhalin Energy, the current operator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2022
Mitsubishi confident that offshore wind will be profitable
The government on Dec. 24 selected three consortiums, all led by Mitsubishi, as the operators of offshore wind farms in Tokyo, Akita and Chiba prefectures,
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022
The idea of 'capital as a strategy' has taken hold
Not only is capital not a strategy, but too much capital can eliminate the need for entrepreneurs and investors alike to have any strategy at all.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2021
Warren Buffett has made $2 billion so far with bet on Japan's trading houses
The gain of more than 30% across the five firms has outpaced the benchmark Topix index's 21% rise, without accounting for dividend income.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 27, 2021
'Ultra-rare' LeBron rookie card sells for record-setting $5.2 million
An "ultra-rare" signed rookie card for four-time NBA champion LeBron James sold for $5.2 million on Monday, breaking the record for the most expensive basketball card ever sold.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 20, 2021
Move over, Honus: new era of million-dollar cards has arrived
'The industry is at its hottest point in my 40-year history,” Ken Goldin, the founder of Goldin Auctions, said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2020
Buffett-led share price boom short-lived for most Japan trading firms
The August announcement, among the largest investments ever made by Buffett in Japan, boosted investor interest in the trading companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2020
A bubble scarier than big tech is brewing in China
Much as Beijing has advocated investing in young hard-tech stocks, professionals are still apprehensive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes topping $6 billion in Japan's top five trading companies
Shares in the trading houses leaped on news of the foray, one of billionaire Warren Buffett's biggest in Asia's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2020
Itochu raises stake in FamilyMart to 65% via tender offer
The move will allow the trading firm to begin delisting the convenience store operator from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and take it private.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2020
Japanese trading giant Itochu edges traditional rivals by shunning energy and metals
Itochu is shattering the old pecking order led by Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo by extending its lead as the nation's most valuable trader.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 17, 2019
Tokyo stocks fall further on trade war concerns and Wall Street downturn
Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, battered by rekindled concerns over a U.S.-China trade war and an overnight fallback on Wall Street.
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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