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A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York in 2013
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2025
JPMorgan analyst says he now tempers public comments on U.S. tariffs
Michael Cembalest, chair of market and investment strategy and a Wall Street veteran, said he had not been able to fully express his views.
A woman cycles past the Beijing Stock Exchange building on Feb. 8.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 3, 2024
Red tape clogs China's offshore IPO pipeline even as markets recover
China company executives and their investors said they expect the offshore IPO drought to continue this year, weighing on firms' ability to raise capital in a slowing economy.
J-Power is making a AU$380.9 million bid for Australian renewable energy firm Genex Power.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2024
J-Power makes bid for Australian renewables firm Genex
The move comes as part of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø company's efforts to boost its renewable energy assets.
There were 73 Japan initial public offerings during the first nine months of this year that raised a combined $3.3 billion, nearly four times as much as the same period a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2023
Tokyo equity offerings surge amid shift toward capital efficiency
Investors were encouraged by a surge in the 225-issue Nikkei stock index and signs that firms have begun to manage their capital more efficiently.
Banking on strong investor appetite for emerging market growth in the absence of Chinese stock offerings, some Southeast Asian companies are considering listing in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2023
More Southeast Asian firms consider U.S. IPOs
Senior executives at some firms have said they were looking into New York as one of their initial public offering venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2023
Regulators seize First Republic Bank and sell assets to JPMorgan
First Republic was among regional U.S. lenders most battered by a crisis in confidence in the banking sector in March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2023
JPMorgan snaps up First Republic's assets in U.S. auction
Under the deal JPMorgan will pay $10.6 billion to the U.S. FDIC for most of the assets of the San Francisco-based bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2022
Hong Kong¡¯s financial sector faces talent crunch as expats head for the exit
Hong Kong's draconian 'COVID zero' policies, in line with China's, is prompting many expats to think about leaving in favor of places with less restrictions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2021
Evergrande's debt deadline passes as Kaisa adds to China's property crisis
With $300 billion of liabilities, Evergrande is at the heart of a property crisis in China that has crushed almost a dozen smaller firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2020
Secrecy and speed: Inside Ant Group¡¯s unusual IPO process
The fintech giant is following a highly unusual process that draws on some of the tactics its former parent and affiliate Alibaba Group has previously used.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ?100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump¡¯s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan¡¯s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ?12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ?100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan¡¯s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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