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Activist-turned-executive seeks rich investors for Japanese fund

Activist-turned-executive seeks rich investors for Japa...

Yasuto Monden, who took over as president of one of his target companies, aims t...

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Rate increase in Japan less likely following Ishiba's resignation

Rate increase in Japan less likely following Ishiba's r...

Political uncertainty will make a move higher in October difficult.

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Japan’s condo associations start buying bonds to fund repairs

Japan’s condo associations start buying bonds to fund r...

The move by the associations is meant keep pace with inflation amid rising repai...

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Sentiment among big Japanese firms turns positive for first time in two quarters

Sentiment among big Japanese firms turns positive for f...

The business sentiment index represents the proportion of firms seeing their bus...

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Activist fund Elliott reported to take stake in Kansai Electric, eyeing assets

Activist fund Elliott reported to take stake in Kansai ...

Activist hedge funds have been honing in on property held by Japanese companies ...

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Toyota introduces qualification system to prevent test fraud

Toyota introduces qualification system to prevent test ...

The move aims to prevent any recurrence of irregularities in tests to obtain typ...

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Top Japan startup Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech

Top Japan startup Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech

Sakana aims to merge existing and new systems, large and small, to develop what ...

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Lachlan Murdoch 'a very different leader than his father'

Lachlan Murdoch 'a very different leader than his father'

The eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch strategizes plays designed to gener...

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MUFG Bank to open retail outlet for first time in 20 years

MUFG Bank to open retail outlet for first time in 20 years

Staff at the new retail outlet will chiefly help customers open accounts or give...

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Google’s AI Mode to offer Japanese language support

Google’s AI Mode to offer Japanese language support

Along with Japanese, Google said it will also gradually be offered in Korean, Hi...

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BOJ should raise interest rate to strengthen yen, curb inflation, says Taro Kono

BOJ should raise interest rate to strengthen yen, curb ...

The comments come days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to resign ...

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Japan hires Wood Mackenzie to assess Trump-backed Alaska LNG project: sources

Japan hires Wood Mackenzie to assess Trump-backed Alask...

The scope and cost of the deal with Wood Mackenzie is unclear, as is whether any...

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Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising prices for basmati rice amid crop losses

Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising prices for basmat...

India and Pakistan exclusively grow aromatic basmati rice, which sells for nearl...

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Hitachi to expand its investment in U.S., CEO says

Hitachi to expand its investment in U.S., CEO says

The company invested more than $12 billion in the United States in the five year...

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Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation

Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations ...

Sometimes it makes sense to act before the investigation is done.

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Japan-U.S. trade deal expected to hold up post-Ishiba

Japan-U.S. trade deal expected to hold up post-Ishiba

Inertia and fear of Trump's fury work in the agreement’s favor.