Nomura Asset Management plans to relocate dozens of staff from its Tokyo headquarters to offices in cities such as London and New York to develop its homegrown talent for investment and sales operations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/companies/nomura-bankers-new-york-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #newyork #london #investments
Japanese investors bought the largest amount of U.K. sovereign bonds in over four years in October as they expected a potential Bank of England interest-rate cut to boost the debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-uk-bond-purchase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #bonds #investments #uk #bankofengland
The government is drafting a plan to use and develop AI in Japan, aiming to increase utilization among the public initially to 50% and eventually to 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/politics/japan-public-ai-use-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ai #investments #tech
What began the year as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/07/markets/cryptocurrency-trade-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #cryptocurrencies #investments
Man Group’s large-cap Japan value fund is shifting more to domestic-focus stocks as it expects the agenda of the nation’s new administration to benefit local economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/markets/man-group-japan-fund-domestic-stocks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is looking to increase its investments in Japan to about $27 billion by the end of 2030 as the kingdom looks to deepen ties in Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/economy/saudi-funds-japan-investments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #investments #saudiarabia #japaneseeconomy
Japan is considering launching a new investment program for children under the country's new Nippon Individual Savings Account tax-exemption framework with the aim to expand eligibility to those under 18. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/nisa-program-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nisa #taxes #children #investments #ldp #nipponishinnokai
Invictus Investment Partners, a new Japan-focused hedge fund, is tapping alumni of Citadel and Point72 Asset Management to become its chief investment officer and chief executive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/companies/japan-focused-hk-hedge-fund-new-hire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hedgefunds #investments #stocks #tse #invictusinvestmentpartners
Micron Technology will spend ¥1.5 trillion ($9.6 billion) to build a plant in western Japan to make memory chips for artificial intelligence applications, Nikkei newspaper reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/29/companies/micron-investment-semiconductors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #micron #chipmakers #investments #tech
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is set to quicken its push into India by boosting lending and adding staff, after deploying almost $5 billion to gain ground in one of the world’s fastest growing major economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-india-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #india #banks #investments #acquisitions
Growing unease over frothy artificial intelligence valuations is weighing on shares of SoftBank Group, which traders increasingly view as a proxy for privately held OpenAI. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/26/companies/softbank-shares-slide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #stocks #ai #chipmakers #investments
SoftBank Group will raise about ¥500 billion from retail investors at a coupon of 3.98% — the highest on a yen-denominated senior bond from the company in more than 15 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/26/companies/softbank-bonds-retail-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #bonds #stocks #investments #ai
Markets have lost their enthusiasm for Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with about $127 billion wiped off the value of Tokyo-listed stocks over the past week and sharp declines in the yen and government bonds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/22/markets/takaichi-market-tests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #sanaetakaichi #economicindicators #china #japaneseeconomy #yen
The Turkish lira, which has plunged over 16% against the yen this year, has become one of the hottest bets for Japan’s risk-hungry day traders — raising fears yen intervention or lira volatility could wipe them out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/markets/japan-retail-investors-turkish-lira-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #yen #forex #lira #turkey #investments
Japanese companies are being advised to change their mindset about investment in Africa, and to take action now or miss out on big opportunities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/enkopa-lab-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #africa #nigeria #investments
Toyota plans to invest $912 million to increase output of hybrid components and vehicles across five U.S. states as part of a broader $10 billion commitment in the United States over the next five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/toyota-us-hybrid-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #manufacturing #hybrids #us #investments
General Atlantic completed its first growth equity investment in Japan and plans to do more, citing an increase in entrepreneurship in a country long considered a backwater for startups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/general-atlantic-japan-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #generalatlantic #investments #startups
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management is set to launch its first fund comprising collateralized loan obligations that will mainly hold dollar-denominated floating-rate loans made to U.S. companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/companies/mufg-collateralized-loan-obligations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #bonds #debt #investments
Toyota confirmed it would put as much as $10 billion into the U.S. over the next five years to boost local operations, after Donald Trump flagged that the carmaker planned such an investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/companies/toyota-us-10-billion-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #cars #investments #donaldtrump #batteries #electricvehicles
Seven Bank is considering investing in a FamilyMart-affiliated credit-card company and is in discussions to do so, according to the Japanese lender’s president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/seven-bank-familymart-card-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sevenbank #familymart #creditcards #banks #investments