TOKYO/SAPPORO, Japan -- Japan's dairy industry is in crisis mode as the country's top milk producing area falls behind in raw milk production. Slammed by destructive typhoons last summer and facing fundamental challenges, dairy farms in Japan's large ... ( read original story ...)
Cameco Corp.: Will This Company Ever Rebound?
Takahama 3 and 4 reactors should come online after Japan’s Osaka High Court overruled a lower court decision ... Gardner just issued a Buy Recommendation on this recent Canadian IPO. Stock Advisor Canada’s Chief Investment Adviser, Iain Butler, also ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan faces credibility test in telegraphing exit from stimulus
TOKYO Growing signs of life in Japan's economy have presented its central bank with a fresh communications challenge, pushing it to be clearer with markets on how it might dial back its massive stimulus - even though such action remains a long way off. ( read original story ...)
Japan govt investors tell Toshiba of plan to join chip unit bidding -sources
State-backed fund Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ) and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) told the conglomerate of their intention on Friday, said the sources, who declined to be identified because the talks were private. It was not clear whether ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Big Carmakers Gang Up In Support Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, At Least Officially
Japanese automakers and their government are gung-ho about turning Japan into a hydrogen nation. Powered by funds supplied by the Development Bank of Japan, all three major Japanese automakers, Toyota, Nissan and Honda, have banded together with major ... ( read original story ...)
Longer-dated JGBs gain on central bank debt-buying, yield curve flattens
TOKYO May 19 Longer-dated Japanese government bond prices gained on Friday, supported by a regular Bank of Japan debt-buying operation that helped flatten the yield curve. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield was flat at 0.040 percent after rising to as high as ... ( read original story ...)
Daicel, Toyoda Gosei plan capital tie-up to expand airbag businesses
Osaka-based Daicel supplies inflators to Takata ... Daicel, Toyoda Gosei plan capital tie-up to expand airbag businesses Aston Martin said to consider London IPO as soon as next year Read Next Aston Martin said to consider London IPO as soon as next ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slips as U.S. turmoil unnerves investors, Takata rises after claims settled
TOKYO May 19 Japan's Nikkei share average dipped on Friday with investors unsettled by White House turmoil, although Takata Corp shares rose after four carmakers settled claims over the company's airbag inflators. The Nikkei was down 0.25 percent at 19,507.52. ( read original story ...)
Japan's economy expands at fastest pace in a year in Jan-March
TOKYO Japan's economy grew at the fastest pace in a year in the first quarter to mark the longest period of expansion in a decade, heightening prospects that robust overseas demand will underpin a steady recovery. The data offers some relief to Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
How Japan Post's big global bet unraveled
In February 2015, bankers working on Japan's biggest IPO in three decades woke to news that left them shaken. Their client had just closed a multi-billion dollar deal - but had kept them firmly out of the loop. Just months ahead of its listing, state-owned ... ( read original story ...)
Taking a Toll: How Japan Post's big global bet unravelled
TOKYO/SYDNEY In February 2015, bankers working on Japan's biggest IPO in three decades woke to news that left them shaken. Their client had just closed a multi-billion dollar deal - but had kept them firmly out of the loop. Just months ahead of its listing ... ( read original story ...)
Missing the big picture: How Japan Post's $6.5 billion bet on Toll unravelled
In February 2015, bankers working on Japan's biggest IPO in three decades woke to news that left them shaken. Their client had just closed a multi-billion dollar deal - but had kept them firmly out of the loop. Just months ahead of its listing, state-owned ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-Taking a Toll: How Japan Post's big global bet unravelled
Japan Post wrote down $3.6 bln of $4.9 bln Toll purchase * Deal came ahead of Japan Post listing, surprised IPO bankers * Writedown raises questions over due diligence, management * Comes as govt prepares follow-up sale of Japan Post shares By Thomas ... ( read original story ...)
Port IPO opens to subscribers
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is financing ... Thouen said his confidence in the IPO was based on the SAP’s potential for growth as Cambodia’s principal seaport. But just to sweeten the deal SAP has offered private investors ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post looking to buy Nomura’s stake in real estate unit: sources
The government sold shares in Japan Post Holdings in 2015, mainly to retail investors, as part of a $12 billion IPO that included its banking and insurance subsidiaries. Its shares, which listed at ¥1,400, have been trading below that level since March. ( read original story ...)
HRnetGroup pre-markets Singapore IPO
HRnetGroup has launched pre-marketing for a Singapore initial public offering that will represent the first major flotation of a recruitment services firm in Asia outside Japan. The prospective deal should also provide much-needed diversification for the ... ( read original story ...)