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No mention of buyout as Toyota shareholders reappoint Chairman Akio Toyoda

No mention of buyout as Toyota shareholders reappoint C...

Questions about the privatization of Toyota Industries and Toyoda’s role in it n...

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China’s solar industry gathers as gloom deepens over demand

China’s solar industry gathers as gloom deepens over de...

The solar industry’s record growth in China masks some brutal economics confront...

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Nomura shuffles leadership in trading units after second exit in nine months

Nomura shuffles leadership in trading units after secon...

The business has been suffering from a series of high-profile exits, and on one ...

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Nintendo's Switch 2 sets sales record in boon for gaming sector

Nintendo's Switch 2 sets sales record in boon for gamin...

The numbers bode well for its target of selling 15 million units by March next y...

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Hyundai Motor has a rare earths stockpile that can last about a year, source says

Hyundai Motor has a rare earths stockpile that can last...

The stockpiling indicates Hyundai is better-placed than many competitors to with...

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3D urges shareholders to reject new term for Nippon Steel heads

3D urges shareholders to reject new term for Nippon Ste...

Nippon Steel’s large-scale capital investment plan "significantly” exceeds the c...

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Toyota Industries shareholders question buyout at annual meeting

Toyota Industries shareholders question buyout at annua...

The Toyota group’s plan to privatize Toyota Industries has drawn sharp criticism...

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Japanese pension funds holding $400 billion hire their first CIOs

Japanese pension funds holding $400 billion hire their ...

Until recently, senior administrators often with limited experience doing deals ...

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Fuji Media keeps real estate spinoff in play as activists circle

Fuji Media keeps real estate spinoff in play as activis...

"All options” remain on the table, says incoming President Kenji Shimizu.

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With ¥723 billion in Japan real estate already, Bain ramps up property deals

With ¥723 billion in Japan real estate already, Bain ra...

Property is becoming a key feature of the booming private equity landscape in Ja...

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U.S.-China trade and minerals talks in London set to extend to second day

U.S.-China trade and minerals talks in London set to ex...

Washington and Beijing are trying to revive a temporary truce struck in Geneva t...

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Nomura to shut branch in China as it scales back wealth business

Nomura to shut branch in China as it scales back wealth...

The company’s brokerage subsidiary plans to shut its branch in Zhejiang province...

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BYD unleashes an EV industry reckoning that alarms Beijing

BYD unleashes an EV industry reckoning that alarms Beijing

The price war engulfing China’s electric vehicle industry has sent share prices ...

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Montbell founder went from a feeble boy to a renowned mountaineer

Montbell founder went from a feeble boy to a renowned m...

Drawing on his experience as a climber, Isamu Tatsuno planned ahead for the surv...

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Meta set to throw billions at startup that leads AI data market

Meta set to throw billions at startup that leads AI dat...

Scale AI uses an army of contractors to label the data that tech firms use to tr...

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Online brokerage account hijackings continue in Japan

Online brokerage account hijackings continue in Japan

In May, over 2,000 unauthorized transactions were logged by the Financial Servic...