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 ...)
Japan’s scandal-hit Finance Ministry holds seminars on preventing sexual harassment
TOKYO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Finance Ministry on Wednesday held seminars for its senior officials aimed at preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of the ministry's top bureaucrat over sexual harassment claims. In an unprecedented ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry officials given lectures on sexual harassment
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Finance Ministry on Wednesday gave senior officials a training course with the aim of preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of its top bureaucrat who allegedly sexually harassed a female reporter. ( read original story ...)
Getting Inked In Tokyo: 3 Female-Friendly Tattoo Studios
Sunsqlit Ueno: Onoda Bldg 4F, 6-8-19 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Business hours: Sunsqlit Shibuya: 12 p.m.-9 p.m., Closed Thursdays. Sunsqlit Ueno: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Thursdays. A post shared by iPo Tattoo LOYAL Harajuku?いぽりん (@ipotattooloyal ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry ‘sisters’ needed
There are distinct reasons the #MeToo movement has not gained much traction in Japan, as compared with other countries. It is no surprise that there are almost no senior-ranking women at the Finance Ministry. Again, this is much more than just a gender ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, Remarks By Finance Minister Spark #Metoo Outrage
Women in Japan rallied in Tokyo to protest remarks made by the country's finance minister that appeared to downplay charges of sexual harassment against his former deputy. Carrying signs in Japanese and English, reading #metoo and #WithYou, protesters ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to host G20 finance chiefs’ meeting over June 8-9 next year: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that Japan will host a G20 financial leaders’ meeting in Fukuoka, western Japan, over June 8-9 next year. Japan will chair next year’s G20 leaders’ summit meeting in the western Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ends flat; hopes for BOJ’s ETF-buying offset weaker financials
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average ended flat in choppy trade on Monday as hopes that the central bank would buy exchange-traded funds offset weakness in financials which were hit by falling U.S. yields. The Nikkei ended little changed ... ( read original story ...)
Protest staged in Tokyo over Finance Minister Aso’s handling of sexual harassment case
TOKYO -- Some 90 demonstrators gathered in front of the Ministry of Finance late on May 7 to protest Finance Minister Taro Aso's handling of a sexual harassment case involving a former top ministry bureaucrat and a female television reporter. The protest ... ( read original story ...)
Regulatory battle heats up over future of Japan’s regional banks
Shinwa Bank. But the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), Japan’s antitrust watchdog, has objected to the takeover since 2016 on the grounds that the merged entity would control about 70 percent of the lending market in Nagasaki, which it says would limit ... ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank may hold off on stimulus exit for years: ex-BOJ official
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s decision to drop a timeframe for hitting its inflation target shows it is losing confidence in its price outlook and could mean it puts off exiting easy policy for years to come, a former central bank executive said. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end flat in midst of corporate results season
Tokyo stocks closed flat Monday in sluggish trading as investors ... SoftBank Group was down 0.34 percent at 8,461 yen after the Financial Times reported that negotiations for the Japanese group to obtain an equity share in reinsurance firm Swiss Re ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops on firmer yen; financials slip on falling U.S. yields
TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped on Monday morning in choppy trade as investors returning from Golden Week holidays worried that the stronger yen could impact companies earnings estimates, while financials weakened on falling ... ( read original story ...)