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  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    InterviewFTfm
    Akira Sugano: we aim to be top 10 thanks to Abenomics

    The boss of Japan’s Asset Management One visits London looking for takeover targets

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Anime arson strikes fear into Japanese society

    Deaths at Kyoto studio prompt angst over mass killings as ‘personal terrorism’

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    AnalysisSoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank leaves huge questions over new Vision Fund

    Launch of second giant tech fund is notable for information that was missing

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    LexSoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank/Vision Fund II: billionaire boys’ club Premium

    The $108bn fund launches at a risky moment

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank plans to launch $108bn Vision Fund II 

    Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi governments currently absent from list of investors 

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan to cut 12,500 jobs as it seeks to revive business

    Japanese carmaker suffers 95% fall in net profit for first quarter

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Toyota invests $600m in China’s Didi and sets up joint venture 
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Nissan eyes 10,000 job cuts in restructuring

    Japanese carmaker will announce further efforts to improve profitability

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    AnalysisNikkei Asian Review
    ANA unveils metre-wide business-class seats to squeeze out rivals Premium

    Self-contained spaces to feature industry-first 4K screens

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  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
    South Korea
    S Korea jets fire shots at Russian military aircraft 

    Aerial engagement follows first joint Sino-Russian long-range air patrol in Asia

  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    The painful path to curing Japan of its cash addiction

    A switch to electronic payments could save up to $15bn a year, but mistrust is hindering change

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    HK protests, Iran/UK, Japan and Ukraine vote

    Hong Kong protesters target China’s main government offices in the territory

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Japanese politics & policy
    Abe fails to win supermajority needed to revise constitution

    Liberal Democratic party lands clear victory, but suffers slight loss of seats

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Asahi Group Holdings Ltd
    Asahi loses $2bn in market value after AB InBev deal

    Investors fret as Japanese brewer is already saddled with $10bn debt

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    Japanese politics & policy
    Abe’s coalition secures victory in elections for Japan’s upper house

    Final outcome could give enough of a majority to revise pacifist constitution

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
    AB InBev to sell Australian unit to Asahi in $11bn deal

    World’s biggest brewer seeks to raise cash a week after pulling Asia division flotation

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Markets Briefing
    US stocks rise as attention turns back to Fed
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    At least 30 dead in suspected arson attack in Japan

    Man in his 40s who reportedly set animation studio in Kyoto on fire arrested

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Artificial intelligence
    Japan is falling behind in AI, warns SoftBank founder

    Masayoshi Son urges government officials and businessmen to wake up

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba Memory rebrands as Kioxia but embraces parent’s heritage

    Chairman Stacy Smith insists underlying drivers of demand for products remain

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Japanese economy
    Japan exports fall for seventh month in a row

    Latest fall in imports takes trade balance into surplus

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    FT MagazineGillian Tett
    Womenomics: cracks are beginning to show in Japan’s glass ceiling

    The days of the country’s famous ‘salarymen’ aren’t quite numbered but women are making gradual progress

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    FT MagazineLeo Lewis
    The secrets our smartphones divulge

    Be it a passion for erotic manga or a hidden rap habit, our data is yielding ever more about us

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    Semiconductors
    Memory chip prices soar as S Korea-Japan row escalates

    Tokyo restricts imports of key materials to world’s largest manufacturers

  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Nomura Holdings Inc
    Japan’s online brokerages target Nomura’s retail business

    Rakuten and kabu.com among those planning a customer push linked to country’s pension crisis

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