Jun Tamaki

Nov 25, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Jun Tamaki

TOKYO -- Japan's financial regulator will tell lenders next year to put more emphasis on turnarounds for troubled borrowers, in a shift from the cash flow support provided during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nikkei has learned. Under revised guidelines due out next spring from the Financial Services Agency, borrowers are to be steered toward decisive restructuring rather than letting debt problems worsen by deferring payments.

Oct 2, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Jun Tamaki |Takemi Nakagawa

TOKYO -- Japan is moving to urge companies to disclose their pension plan returns, Nikkei has learned, as part of an effort to improve how the nation's retirement savings are invested. The government will begin discussions Wednesday in a new panel on strengthening Japan's asset management sector. Proposed topics include disclosures on pension fund performance, ways to attract more talent in the field and allowing smaller companies to operate joint pension funds.

May 12, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Jun Tamaki

TOKYO -- With its bid to take group member SBI Shinsei Bank private, SBI Holdings seeks closure on the last remnant of Japan's bank bailout era a quarter century ago. SBI Shinsei Bank traces its history back to Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, which was nationalized in 1998. It is the only lender rescued during Japan's financial crisis yet to repay its bailout.