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The Tokyo Stock Exchange's push to get companies to outline capital allocation plans has spurred investors to question management teams seen falling short, said Georgeson CEO Cas Sydorowitz.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2024
Japanese company shareholders increasingly challenge management
Shareholder resistance is now routinely a feature of Japan's annual general meeting season.
Kioxia has undergone years of upheaval and the attempt to list the company is closely watched as a test case for buyout firms in Japan where more companies are selling non-core assets or going private.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2024
Bain sought $10 billion valuation for Japan's Kioxia, but investors only wanted to pay half
The valuation gap complicates the buyout firm's effort to exit its six-year-old investment in Kioxia.
Starting on Nov. 5, the Tokyo Stock Exchange will extend its stock trading hours by 30 minutes to 3:30 p.m.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2024
200 listed firms in Japan to postpone earnings disclosure
The delay in disclosure signals that companies make light of investors and increases the risk of insider trading, critics said.
Tokyo Metro is seeking to raise at least ¥319.6 billion at a time when the nation’s equity market is showing signs of recovery.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2024
Tokyo Metro unveils range for biggest Japan IPO since 2018
The price range of ¥1,100 to ¥1,200 values the subway operator at between ¥639.1 billion and ¥697.2 billion.
While unlikely to revisit the record hit in July, the 225-issue Nikkei average may finish this year up 1.3% from its current level, according to a forecast by analysts.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2024
Solid earnings will spur hope Japan stocks hold onto 2024 gains
While unlikely to revisit the record hit in July, the 225-issue Nikkei average may finish this year up 1.3% from its current level, according to a forecast by analysts.
An electronic ticker at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2024
More stocks trade below book value in Japan despite reforms
About 38% of Topix 500 companies were trading below book value as of the end of September.
Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo after being elected the party's new leader Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2024
Tokyo stocks fall 4.8% in first day of trading after Ishiba's victory
The surprise result in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election “contributed to meaningful volatility” in the markets.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. Japanese companies with directors that sit on multiple boards are facing the equity market’s displeasure as the bourse steps up pressure to improve corporate governance.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2024
‘Moonlighting’ directors are problem for company boards in Japan
The Tokyo bourse has demanded that firms in its blue-chip Prime section get at least a third of their board members externally.
Kioxia Holdings was reportedly planning an initial public offering in October valuing it at $10 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2024
Kioxia reportedly pulls IPO as AI winter looms
The IPO delay comes as the chip business globally faces a number of challenges related to possible overcapacity in some products.
Toyota added ¥200 billion to a ¥1 trillion stock repurchase plan announced in May, according to an exchange filing Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2024
Toyota raises buyback to ¥1.2 trillion, citing share levels
The carmaker’s operating profit for the three months ended June 30 was ¥1.31 trillion, 17% higher than a year earlier.
Kioxia has scrapped its plan for an initial public offering in October, sources have said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2024
Chipmaker Kioxia scraps IPO planned for October after market sell-off
Shares in peers Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are currently around a third lower than recent highs.
Subway operator Tokyo Metro said that its initial public offering was aiming to raise around ¥319.6 billion.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 24, 2024
Larger IPOs set to test dominance of smaller listings in Japan
New listings look to be gaining momentum as the Nikkei 225 Stock Average has rebounded more than 20% from this year’s intraday low on Aug. 5.
The government has been encouraging people to shift some of the roughly ¥1 quadrillion held in bank accounts to the stock market, but leading candidates to be the next prime minister have avoided investing in stocks.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2024
LDP presidential candidates avoid investing in Japanese stocks
Two of the top candidates, Shinjiro Koizumi and Sanae Takaichi, report owning no shares.
Tokyo Metro will aim to raise $2.25 billion — making it the largest IPO in Japan for six years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2024
Tokyo Metro and Rigaku set stage for $3 billion Japan IPOs as listings gather pace
Tokyo Metro's indicative price of ¥1,100 per share would raise ¥319.55 billion ($2.25 billion), giving the company a market value of ¥639.1 billion.
The world-beating record rally in Japanese shares this year has stalled, with a 12% plunge in both the Topix and Nikkei 225 gauges on Aug. 5 underscoring the risks of putting money into already high-flying equities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 19, 2024
Japanese share sales reach 20-year high despite market rout
The share surge was driven in part by policymakers pushing companies to boost returns for their shareholders.
The 225-issue Nikkei average plunged 4.2% on Wednesday, its sharpest drop since a 12% crash on Aug. 5.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 5, 2024
Japanese stocks seen as volatile and capped as U.S. walks economic tightrope
Japan's stock market is heavily influenced by movements in Wall Street and the exchange rate, which remain uncertain due to the unpredictable U.S. presidential election.
An electronic quotation board shows the Nikkei stock average dropping more than 1,500 points on Wednesday, weighed down by falls on Wall Street following lackluster manufacturing data.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2024
Japanese stocks tumble amid U.S. tech selloff
Some analysts see Wednesday’s drop as a temporary reaction than a start of another meltdown.
An electric stock board displays the rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in early August.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 31, 2024
Yen’s rapid advance pressures earnings once thought easy to beat
With stronger signals coming from the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve, the yen has gained 3.5% against the dollar since the end of July.
Japan's pharmaceutical shares have gained 10% since the start of July through last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2024
Japan's pharmaceutical stocks surge to record highs after market rout
The firms' market performance suggest investors favor defensive shares amid concern that global economic growth will slow.
Subway operator Tokyo Metro may raise as much as ¥350 billion as early as October, which will boost the amount of money raised in Japan’s stock market this year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2024
Jumbo listings set to boost Japan’s market as sentiment recovers
Two jumbo initial public offerings may roughly triple the amount of money raised in Japan’s stock market this year as sentiment bounces back from this month’s selloff.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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