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BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Sep 26, 2018
Nikkei ends above 24,000 for first time in eight months
The benchmark Nikkei average finished above 24,000 for the first time in eight months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, extending its winning streak to an eighth session.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2018
Britain's Labour Party plans to make companies transfer shares to workers
Large companies would be forced to transfer as much as 10 percent of their shares into a fund to be owned and managed collectively by their workers, under plans to be set out by Britain's opposition Labour Party on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 13, 2018
Investors hunting bargains in Japan might want to wait till U.S. midterms pass
Some Japan equity strategists are recommending investors hold off any hunt for bargains until trade tensions cool after the U.S. midterm elections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2018
Altaba looks to raise $4.3 billion by selling remainder of its Yahoo Japan stake
Altaba Inc., the holding company formed from the overseas investments not purchased by Verizon Communications Inc. in its acquisition of Yahoo Inc., will raise about $4.34 billion by selling its entire stake in Yahoo Japan Corp.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2018
Amazon at $1 trillion is more dream than reality
Its market value is a vision of the future, not the present.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2018
Chinese developer blames Trump but touts Mao, other Chinese leaders, in first-half earnings report
World leaders rarely make it into company earnings reports, but China Properties Group Ltd. has managed to pack five U.S. and Chinese top names into its own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2018
Japan's star businessman who ignores his investors to make them rich
When Akira Matsumoto speaks, investors hang on his every word. And here's what he tells them: You're less important than everyone else.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Aug 27, 2018
Tokyo stocks rise further as Wall Street trades higher
Stocks gained further ground Monday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after U.S. equity gauges hit record highs Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2018
With CEO Elon Musk agreeing, Tesla drops efforts to go private
The board of Tesla Inc. said on Friday the company would remain public, following a tumultuous two weeks for the electric vehicle maker after CEO Elon Musk announced he was considering a deal to go private.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2018
Japan's shogi champ makes all the right moves as AI startup hits stratosphere
Takahiro Hayashi won his first nationwide title in shogi while still in high school and by the age of 22 he was the world amateur champion. His coaches were urging him to turn pro.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2018
BOJ's tolerance of bigger stock drops shows 'stealth tapering' underway: analysts
Since the central bank isn't propping up the stock market with ETF purchases on every dip anymore, many traders think the BOJ's exit strategy is underway.
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2018
Once a collector's passion, owning vintage warplane now may be more profitable than stock
Collectibles markets are driven by passion, not rational thought. But the aircraft-collecting market has seen a split in recent years between those who purchase and restore for love and history and those who are new collectors with an interest in return on investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2018
Lawsuits accuse Tesla's Elon Musk of fraud over tweets indicating the firm may go private
Tesla Inc. and its chief executive, Elon Musk, were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk's proposal to take the electric-car company private.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Aug 8, 2018
Tokyo stocks end marginally lower in directionless trading
Stocks closed marginally lower Wednesday in directionless trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 26, 2018
Nikkei falls back on selling of mainstay issues
The benchmark Nikkei average dropped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dragged down by the weakness of heavily weighted component issues.
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Jul 18, 2018
Dollar recovers ¥113 for first time in six months
The dollar traded firmly above ¥113 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, after recovering the threshold for the first time in some six months in early trading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 11, 2018
Stocks across Asia slide as Trump reloads tariff bazooka aimed at China
Stocks in Asia declined with U.S. equity futures after the Trump administration released the biggest list yet of Chinese goods it may hit with tariff increases¥. The climbed with Treasuries, while the Aussie and kiwi retreated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2018
SoftBank to buy ¥221 billion of Yahoo Japan shares from Altaba
Yahoo Japan Corp. is blunting the impact of a large stock sale by a big shareholder, buying back about ¥221 billion ($2 billion) worth of its shares in a complicated deal with SoftBank Group Corp.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Jul 3, 2018
Tokyo Stocks drop on weak yuan, unstable Shanghai market
Stocks lost some ground Tuesday, hurt by the yuan's weakness against the dollar and instability of Shanghai stocks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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