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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 18, 2016
Kyushu quakes spark 3% Nikkei plunge, shutter factories; survivors line up for food
The Japanese share market plunged more than 3 percent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3-magnitude struck a southern manufacturing hub, killing at least 42 people and forcing major companies to close factories.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 18, 2016
Can you call the stock market? Equity analyst says he can
On the 10th day of every month, Junsuke Senoguchi has just one thing on his mind: the closing level of the Nikkei average.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2016
Japan’s stock buyers unconvinced despite positive technical signs
After the worst start to a year on record, Japanese stocks are approaching levels that in the past have proved to be springboards to recoveries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2016
Foreign investors get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Dec 28, 2015
‘Allegiance’ and what it meant
The road to immigration and assimilation in America has been at times tortuous, as shown by the U.S.’ treatment of Japanese nationals and Japanese-Americans during World War II.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Sep 15, 2015
Nikkei rebounds moderately after Monday’s plunge
The benchmark Nikkei average rebounded to retake 18,000 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, supported by buybacks after a sharp fall the previous day, but its upside was heavy.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2015
Workforce promotion panel: Extend foreign resident visa limit, put elderly, married women to work
Japan should extend the maximum period foreign nationals can stay in the country to eight years from the current cap of five to secure highly skilled workers, and boost jobs by 5 million by creating an environment that encourages the elderly and married women to take up jobs, a government advisory panel...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2015
Smartphone game-maker DeNA, builder Haseko join Nikkei 225
DeNA Co., the social website operator that’s working with Nintendo Co. on smartphone games, and condominium builder Haseko Corp. will join Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015
Rout seen as encouraging Japan banks’ flight to U.S. treasuries
Japanese banks were already returning to U.S. Treasuries before a plunge in global markets made Federal Reserve rate increases an even more distant prospect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2015
Nikkei’s $1.3 billion FT bid ‘too much,’ Axel Springer CEO says
Axel Springer SE would have “loved” to buy the Financial Times, but the $1.3 billion (¥161.7 billion) Nikkei Inc. paid for the salmon-hued paper was too much for the German media group, according to Chief Executive Officer Mathias Doepfner.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2015
Japan banks said to weigh lending billions of yen to Nikkei for acquisition of Financial Times
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is among the banks that are preparing to offer about ¥100 billion ($810 million) in loans for Nikkei Inc. to buy the Financial Times, people with knowledge of the matter said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2015
FT challenges Nikkei’s values
The Financial Times is everything that Nikkei is not. It is questionable whether international and Japanese news values will fit easily together.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2015
For industry, Nikkei deal to acquire FT raises questions about shift in standards
Despite assurances following the Nikkei’s takeover of the London-based Financial Times, some staff are worried about what changes may be coming their way.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2015
After surprise FT sale, focus turns to The Economist
The Economist Group could become the latest British media business to undergo a change of ownership this year as its co-owner Pearson focuses on education, bankers and industry sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015
Nikkei Inc. announces it will buy venerable Financial Times in ¥160 billion deal
The surprise announcement by Nikkei Inc. has raised questions about whether the Japanese company can successfully manage such a highly regarded news company.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2015
Long history of money-losers for Japan Inc.
Here we go again?
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015
Nikkei snaps up London’s Financial Times for $1.3 billion
Japanese media group Nikkei has agreed to buy the Financial Times from Britain’s Pearson for $1.3 billion, putting one of the world’s premier business newspapers in the hands of a company influential at home but little known outside Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2015
China tries Japan’s approach to stock bubble
The longer Xi Jinping delays weaning China’s economy off excessive investment, the more Lehman-like the fallout will be.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jul 5, 2015
Media redraw battle lines in bid for global reach
Something significant happened in April that attracted only desultory press coverage, so let’s give it some more.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2015
Outgoing JPX chief brushes off media concerns about earnings leaks to Nikkei
The outgoing head of Japan’s top bourse is unperturbed about a disclosure practice that has characterized the nation’s stock market for years.

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