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2 days ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Hideyuki Sano |Momoka Yokoyama
Japan’s Topix advanced for a 12th consecutive session, its longest winning streak since 2017, after upbeat comments from US and Chinese trade negotiators fanned optimism for lower tariffs. The Topix, a broad gauge of about 1,700 stocks, closed 0.3% higher at 2742.08, led by cyclical shares such as semiconductors, brokerages and shippers.
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3 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Hideyuki Sano |Momoka Yokoyama
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) building in Tokyo, Japan. (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Topix advanced for a 12th consecutive session, its longest winning streak since 2017, after upbeat comments from US and Chinese trade negotiators fanned optimism for lower tariffs. The Topix, a broad gauge of about 1,700 stocks, closed 0.3% higher at 2742.08, led by cyclical shares such as semiconductors, brokerages and shippers.
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5 days ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Hideyuki Sano |Alice French
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6 days ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Hideyuki Sano
Signs are emerging that Japan’s much-touted corporate reforms are reaching the industrial heartland of Nagoya, after sweeping through Tokyo and helping lift share prices. Nagoya, a bustling city some 340 kilometers west of Tokyo, and the area around it are home to manufacturing giants including Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, and Toyota group auto parts maker Denso.
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6 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Hideyuki Sano |Alice French
Signage for Makino Milling Machine Co. displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. Nidec Corp. is offering ¥257.3 billion ($1.6 billion) to take over machine tool builder Makino Milling, initiating a rare unsolicited takeover of a Japanese company. Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Makino Milling Machine Co. tumbled as much as 21% on Friday, the most on record, after Nidec Corp.
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6 days ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Hideyuki Sano
Shares of Makino Milling Machine Co.were untraded with a glut of selling orders, pointing to substantial declines in the shares Friday, after Nidec Corp. withdrew its unsolicited takeover bid for the Japanese machine tool maker. Nidec abandoned its ¥257 billion ($1.76 billion) acquisition plan after a Tokyo court rejected its petition to halt Makino’s takeover defense measures.
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6 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Hideyuki Sano
Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles bound for shipment at the Port of Nagoya in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on April 29. (Bloomberg) -- Signs are emerging that Japan’s much-touted corporate reforms are reaching the industrial heartland of Nagoya, after sweeping through Tokyo and helping lift share prices.
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1 week ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Hideyuki Sano
Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion (¥6 trillion) plan to buy out Toyota Industries is the most dramatic example of a growing trend in Japan of founding families trying to take companies private. The Ito family, which owns 8% of Seven & I Holdings, tried unsuccessfully to engineer a management buyout to thwart a takeover offer of the retailer. The founding family of software developer Fuji Soft also made a failed attempt to buy out the firm in conjunction with Bain Capital.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Hideyuki Sano
Akio Toyoda’s $42 billion plan to buy out Toyota Industries Corp. is the most dramatic example of a growing trend in Japan of founding families trying to take companies private. The Ito family, which owns 8% of Seven & i Holdings Co., tried unsuccessfully to engineer a management buyout to thwart a takeover offer of the retailer. The founding family of software developer Fuji Soft Inc. also made a failed attempt to buy out the firm in conjunction with Bain Capital.
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1 week ago | 
financialpost.com | Hideyuki Sano
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