Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is picking domestic alternative asset funds on its own for the first time, in a shift from its previous practice of entrusting asset managers to choose funds on its behalf. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/companies/government-pension-investment-fund-alternative-asset-funds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #investments

Building on last year’s record, activist investors are accelerating purchasing Japanese stocks as governance reforms and shareholder-friendly shifts make the country one of the hottest markets for investor advocacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/companies/activists-japanese-stocks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #japaneseeconomy #investments

Activist Asset Value Investors plans to add stakes in Japanese small- and mid-cap companies after a planned merger of one of its investment trusts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/activist-avi-boosts-holdings-of-japanese-small-cap-shares/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stocks #investments #corporategovernance #tse

Yasuto Monden, an activist investor who took over as president of one of his target companies, has started a Japanese equity fund and is seeking U.S. investors including family offices as clients. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/companies/axium-capital-fund/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #axiumcapital #singapore #us #investments

Hitachi plans to expand its investment in the United States, president and CEO Toshiaki Tokunaga said, noting that the company invested more than $12 billion in the U.S. in the five years through 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/companies/hitachi-us-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hitachi #investments

Japan is on track to see a record number of attempts by foreign companies to take over domestic firms this year, spurred by changes in government policy and a weak yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/companies/japan-set-for-record-takeover-offers-by-foreign-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #acquisitions #investments #corporategovernance

Brazil is the third-biggest destination for Chinese investments in the world, with dozens of projects across several sectors attracting $4.2 billion last year as the two countries tightened diplomatic ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/markets/chinese-investment-brazil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #brazil #china #investments

Global currency and interest-rate markets are heading into a massive change as rising Japanese yields are luring domestic investors to park their money at home, according to RBC Capital Markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/economy/japanese-yields-change-global/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #jgb #japaneseeconomy #investments

Interactive Brokers CEO Dan Kerrigan is bullish on Japanese stocks as inflation drives investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/companies/ib-japan-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #brokerages #tse #stocks #investments #technology #corporategovernance

Japan’s financial regulator is urging regional banks to help local businesses secure equity funding necessary for further growth, as part of the country’s broader drive to revitalize rural economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/03/companies/rural-banks-help-companies-get-equity-funding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fsa #regionalbanks #investments #depopulation

Mizuho Financial Group is aiming to become Asia’s top investment bank by bolstering equity underwriting and M&A advisory as it seeks to replicate the headways it has made in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/companies/mizuho-top-asia-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #us #banks #mergers #acquisitions #investments

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is still under pressure to better protect minority shareholders during management buyouts, mere weeks after requiring more disclosures on such deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/markets/tse-minority-shareholders-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #stocks #acquisitions #investments

Reducing business risks in Africa appears to be key for Japan to shift its focus from assistance to investment in African nations at a time when China and Russia are trying to increase their presence in the continent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/companies/japanese-firms-investments-in-africa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #africa #investments

President Donald Trump sealed a deal that gives the U.S. government a nearly 10% stake in Intel, part of an unconventional bid to reinvigorate the beleaguered company and boost domestic chip manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/23/us-intel-stake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #intel #chipmakers #us #donaldtrump #investments #computers

At the opening ceremony for the summit-level meeting, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed an initiative designed to enhance economic ties between the African continent and regions linking it with India. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/tokyo-international-conference-on-african-development-first-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #africa #investments #development #yokohama

SoftBank is buying about 2% of Intel for $2 billion after an earlier pledge by the CEO to invest a total of $100 billion in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/softbank-intel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #softbank #investments #masayoshison #donaldtrump #ai #usjapanrelations #tech #stargate #intel #manufacturing #chipmakers

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U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Goldman Sachs' research on tariff risks could prompt some analysts to water down their research, an outcome that could leave investors with less reliable information. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/markets/trump-attack-goldman-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #investments #banks #goldmansachs #newyork #donaldtrump #stocks

SoftBank's PayPay is preparing for a listing on an unspecified U.S. exchange with a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/economy/paypay-us-listing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #paypay #softbank #nyse #nasdaq #us #stocks #investments #ipo

Increasing pressure on Japan’s technology firms to return more cash to shareholders may spur the next phase of corporate reforms that helped drive the nation’s stock market to record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/companies/japan-tech-firms-face-investors-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stocks #investments #tse