Ryushiro Kodaira

Sep 25, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Ryushiro Kodaira |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- If Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard raises capital for its bid to acquire Japanese peer Seven & i Holdings, major shareholder CDPQ "could participate," Charles Emond, the pension fund's CEO, told Nikkei on Tuesday. CDPQ, formally known as Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, owns 3.5% of Couche-Tard.

Feb 22, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Ryushiro Kodaira |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- The market rejoiced as the Nikkei Stock Average surpassed Thursday the all-time high it had reached at the height of Japan's asset bubble in December 1989. As pundits ponder what has changed during the long 34-year wait -- often described as the "lost" decades -- it is clear that this market milestone marks not a goal itself, but a new beginning.

Feb 12, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Ryushiro Kodaira |Nikkei senior

TOKYO -- Watching the Chinese government's repeated but limited efforts to lift share prices, one can't help but wonder whether the country never learned the fundamental lessons of Japan's struggles after its asset price bubble burst. With stock prices no longer functioning as an alarm bell for China's debt crisis, the world's second-largest economy is poised to enter its own "lost decade."