Nikkei leads Asian market gains as yen drops

Asian indexes were higher to start the week after a rally on Wall Street Friday with Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average leading. The Nikkei NIK, +0.82% was up 1% amid a modest drop for the yen from Friday’s Asian levels. Export and drug stocks were among ... ( read original story ...)

Japan venture capital market to stay hot in age of AI

TOKYO -- Japan has a reputation as a difficult place for entrepreneurs to drum up money, yet startups have been striking big fundraising deals in recent years. As a major venture capital player, Jafco is in the thick of the action. The Nikkei spoke with ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese IPOs set for high water mark this year

Japan produced more than 100 IPOs annually through the early ... Among startup-heavy indexes, the Nikkei Jasdaq Stock Average marked an all-time high on Jan. 26. Although the blue chip Nikkei Stock Average has sunk 4% year to date, the Nikkei Jasdaq ... ( read original story ...)

As Nikkei rally falters, how solid is its earnings foundation?

Japan’s Nikkei 225 has ridden the same roller-coaster ride that the rest of world markets have been on in the past several months: It saw gains of 25 percent between early September and late January, when the index topped 24,000 to establish its high ... ( read original story ...)

Japan — almost silent over #MeToo

As it has multiplied, it has developed in different forms in different countries. But where is Japan in #MeToo? The answer is nowhere, really, and that for me is troubling. It is not as if Japan is some sort of nirvana, free of sexual harassment. ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Is Said to Work With Nomura on $19 Billion Mobile IPO

Tokyo-based SoftBank has yet to send out so-called requests ... Getting involved early may help Japan’s biggest brokerage win a lucrative global coordinator role for the IPO, which could become the country’s largest debut share sale since NTT DoCoMo ... ( read original story ...)

Shrinking to survive: Japan’s banks face a quiet crisis

But despite the popularity of internet banking, the retail bank experience in Japan appears little changed from a decade or two ago. Personal attention to the customer and a thick, sturdy passbook are still regarded as hallmarks of quality in Japan's banks ... ( read original story ...)

G20 Finance Ministers to Meet in Fukuoka in 2019

The central government has announced that Osaka will host the 2019 G20 summit next year. However the meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will be held in Fukuoka City. Both Fukuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture were in ... ( read original story ...)

GIC says Japan must improve corporate governance

GIC Chief Executive Lim Chow Kiat said in an email reply to questions posed by Nikkei Asian Review that while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe administration's has implemented structural reforms, Corporate Japan needs to ensure sustainable changes for ... ( read original story ...)