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...Kana Inagaki is the FT’s Tokyo bureau chief, and she joins me now to talk about Fujitsu. Hey, Kana. Kana Inagaki Hi there....
...“I’m finally starting to achieve what I aimed for with the Indeed acquisition,” Idekoba said, adding that he would consider bolt-on technology acquisitions but not a large-scale one aimed at boosting revenues...
...If Dai-ichi Life’s approach is successful, one can expect unsolicited deals to become more of an everyday part of Japan’s M&A scene. kana.inagaki@ft.com...
...“People may feel differently, but I want to say it’s not over yet and I’m not going to let it end here.”...
...Another head of M&A at a global investment bank said the Nippon Steel deal “would inspire other Japanese companies to act”....
...“The yen is cheap and I’m afraid that investors will all of a sudden go and we’re left with an empty field.”...
...Tadayuki Seki, a non-executive director at JSR who headed the special committee to review the JIC deal, says the process observed Meti’s M&A guidelines....
...I’m writing this newsletter on my way back from Foxconn’s year-end festival for employees and their families....
...According to advisory firm Strike, the value of M&A deals in the construction sector reached a record high of ¥186.8bn ($1.2bn) last year....
...and Pinduoduo (Nikkei Asia) Alibaba chief takes direct control of under-pressure Chinese ecommerce business (FT) UK regulator probes TikTok over parental controls information (FT) Toshiba will need M&...
...have said there is no way Toyota would sell down their cross-shareholdings like this, and the fact they have done it sends a very clear signal to the rest of Japan,” said Carl Vine, a portfolio manager at M&...
...I’m joined now by the FT’s Kana Inagaki. Hi, Kana. Kana Inagaki Hi there. Joanna Kao So why are Kishida’s approval ratings so low?...
...In 2020, the private equity group Bain Capital bought a listed aircraft manufacturer in a deal that came with 1mn sq m of land to the west of the Japanese capital....
...It would take 15 years for an average skilled office worker to afford a 60 sq m flat in central Tokyo, compared with 11 years in London, 10 in Singapore and eight in New York, UBS said in a recent note to...
...“It feels like the market is anticipating a modification to yield curve control and is starting to price that already,” said Jim Leaviss, chief investment officer for public fixed income at M&G....
...“I’m trying to trace my memory, but I really can’t remember many things.”...
...I’m Marc Filippino, and here’s the news you need to start your day. [MUSIC PLAYING] Workers in the US are starting the week off with a bang....
...She dressed Édith Piaf and Leslie Caron, as well as Parisian traffic wardens and Eurostar staffers, whose uniforms she designed. She died in 2015, aged 105....
...Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson I’m . . . To be clear, this is not a crisis. Even in the US, it is a contraction....
...And now, the South Korean chipmaker is posing a major headache for Bain, the FT’s Kana Inagaki, Leo Lewis and Song Jung-a report....
...“What I’m looking for is not revenge but I’m just trying to have a part of my rights back,” Ghosn said during an online news conference on Tuesday....
...It’s exactly the kind of change in corporate behaviour that Japan’s government has quietly wanted for a long time, the FT’s Kana Inagaki writes....
...I’m very excited.”...
...“I’m concerned about . . . having an incident that could very, very quickly spiral out of control,” Austin said after a meeting with Japanese counterpart Yasukazu Hamada....
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