The first few months of 1942 saw Japan take control of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific, including the Philippines and Guam, as part of its plan to form a defensive perimeter to protect its empire and blunt Allied counterattacks. ( read original story ...)
Kinoshita to Rescue Tokyo FILMeX Festival
Japanese property to entertainment group, Kinoshita has come to the rescue of the annual Tokyo FILMeX film festival. The festival recently lost its principal supporter following the restructuring of Office Kitano. Kinoshita, which owns nursing homes and ... ( read original story ...)
Forbes Emergent 25: The Women Making Their Mark In Asia’s Enterprises
Since its IPO the stock has more than doubled ... who studied to become a chef and worked at two Italian restaurants before opening her own in Osaka, joined the century-old firm founded by her great-grandfather in 2012, taking the top job in 2015. ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs-backed Renew Power files for IPO
The IPO will see the company raise Rs2,600 ... Canadian pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Japan’s Jera Inc. and Global Environment Fund among its investors. These investors, over several tranches, have invested a total of Rs6,696.5 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Unique’ Aramco IPO changes the dynamics of Saudi Arabia’s economy, stock market CEO says
The world's largest initial public offering (IPO) will radically transform the way in which Saudi ... in addition to other flagship investors from China, Japan and South Korea. The Tadawul also announced the launch of its own independent clearing house ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam stock valuations seen as pricey after IPO binge
which compares with a rise of 1 percent in MSCI’s Asia ex-Japan index .MIAPJ0000PUS. Large Vietnamese companies - those valued at more than $1 billion - are on aggregate trading at 19 times estimated profits for the next 12 months, compared with 14.7 ... ( read original story ...)
$5.1 billion Slack has added 2 million more users as it battles Microsoft and ramps towards a possible IPO
Slack hasn't officially announced any plans to go public, but analysts expect that an IPO could happen sooner rather than later ... Austria has the most newly paid teams outside of the US Japan just passed the United Kingdom as its second biggest market ... ( read original story ...)
ARM said to be planning IPO on mainland market
ARM is seeking the domestic IPO through JV that is expected to get a special express pass for listing, Japanese media reported, citing sources familiar with the issue. Both ARM and Softbank were unavailable to comment on the issue today. The JV licenses ... ( read original story ...)
Job-hunting site Glassdoor sold to Japanese HR giant for $1.2 billion
a Japanese human resources company that owns other job sites including Indeed, is the purchaser, subject to regulatory approvals, Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman announced in a release and tweet. Ten-year-old Glassdoor, which was reportedly considering an IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Xiaomi Cuts IPO Valuation Target to $70 Billion to $80 Billion
Xiaomi—whose IPO is expected to be the world’s biggest by a tech company ... New York $3.9 Worldpay Group October 2015, London $3.8 Japan Display March 2014, Tokyo $3.1 First Data October 2015, New York $2.8 World Online International ( read original story ...)
Avast slices estimated IPO share price before market entry
Avast has reduced the price of its shares ahead of the firm's Initial Public Offering (IPO), an event expected to become one ... Canada, Russia, and Japan. The cybersecurity firm claims to prevent up to two billion attacks per month and offers ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan, China agree to launch defense hotline
The agreement concludes the countries’ decade-long negotiations on the communication mechanism, which had stalled after the island row escalated in 2012 when Tokyo nationalized the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China calls Diaoyu. ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
“The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia,” Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo, with Li and Moon standing on both sides, all wearing almost identical blue neckties. Abe said the three ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to co-operate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, Japan, China to enhance biz ties
Business lobby groups of South Korea, Japan and China agreed Wednesday to cooperate for an early signing of a trilateral free trade deal on the sidelines of the three-way summit held in Tokyo. In a joint declaration adopted in a trilateral business summit ... ( read original story ...)