Economics, Policy & Regulation
Restructuring Pro Takes Over At Toshiba
Nobuaki Kurumatani, a former banker experienced in restructuring distressed companies,will be the first outsider to run the electronics giant in more than 50 years.
Japan
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Life Insurers Trade Bonds For Project Finance
Japanese life insurance companies are turning to the project finance market in a bid to achieve higher yields. The move comes as Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy—dubbed “Abenomics” after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe—has resulted in a paucity of available ...
Features
GDP Growth For Major World Economies 2017
These are the 15 biggest countries in terms of GDP plus the Euro Area and the European Union aggregates.
News
Japan Warms To Chinas One Belt Plan
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abehas expressedsupport forChina’smassiveOne Belt, One Road infrastructure-upgrade plan.But his endorsement comes with a lot of ifs.
Features
China Is Not Japan. And Never Will Be
The same forces that have hammered Japan’s economy are at play in China, but with mitigating features that portend different outcomes.
Data
Japan Rethinks Trade In Face Of TPP Collapse
US withdrawal from the TPP was a shock to its top ally in the Pacific, and may push Japan into the trading arms of China.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
SoftbankâFortress Deal: Surprising And Canny
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank raised eyebrows at the end of February by announcing that it will buy the publicly traded private equity titan Fortress Investment Group.
News
Tokyo Bucks LDP, Elects First Woman Governor
<strong>Japan</strong> | Elected Tokyo’s first female governor, Yuriko Koike has made history in Japan. She ran as an independent in defiance of her party—the ruling Liberal Democratic Party—which supported the lesser-known Hiroya Masuda. Koike, 64 years old and a veteran politician, hopes to bring the city’s financial center back to its former glory.
Banking
Japanese Banks Jump Into The Market
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is learning to speak Arabic.
News
New Economy Minister Faces Rocky Path
With Japan still struggling to achieve economic lift-off, longtime Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) hand Nobuteru Ishihara took over as the country’s Economy minister in late January.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Looser Rules May Spur Japanese Fintech Revolution
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is preparing legislation allowing the government to relax restrictions on fintech investment, promising a technological jolt to one of the world’s biggest financial markets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporates Rush To Decipher Landmark Trade Agreement
Management | Trade Negotiations
Corporations’ business decisions depend on regulatory certainty, but as the passing of TPP legislation faces various hurdles, corporate decision-making processes will need to remain flexible.