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Asian Exporter Shares With Vietnam Factories Drop on US Tariffs

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Youkyung Lee |Yasutaka Tamura

Shares of Asian companies that manufacture goods in Vietnam slid after US President Donald Trump slapped higher-than-expected tariffs on the Southeast Asian nation. The stocks of Japanese sneaker maker Asics Corp., South Korean packaged food firm Daesang Corp. and other companies with production lines in Vietnam tanked after Trump imposed a 46% tariff on the country, one of the US’s highest “reciprocal” rates.
Japan Bank Stocks Rise as BOJ Interest Rate Hike Spurs Profit Optimism

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Aya Wagatsuma |Yasutaka Tamura

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Japan’s Fuji TV Faces Fresh Anger Over Pop Star Coverup

Jan 17, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Yasutaka Tamura

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Activist Urges Japan’s Fuji Media to Probe Scandal over Pop Star

Jan 15, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Yasutaka Tamura

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US Extends Deadline for Nippon Steel to End US Steel Bid to June

Jan 11, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Aya Wagatsuma |Yasutaka Tamura

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States approved an extension of the deadline for Nippon Steel Corp. to abandon its $14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp., according to a statement by US Steel. The deadline will be extended to June 18 from Feb. 2 originally, following President Joe Biden’s order to halt the deal earlier this month. A Nippon Steel spokesperson confirmed the extension to Bloomberg News.
Blackstone buys Ritz-Carlton Okinawa as Japan tourism booms - The Japan Times

Dec 18, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Lisa Du |Yasutaka Tamura

The transaction will include the Kanehide Kise Beach Palace and money to be spent on renovations, sources say.
Kioxia’s Jumbo IPO Shows Weak Sign Contrary to Booming Market

Dec 10, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Yasutaka Tamura

Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s mammoth initial public offering contains one sign that investor demand for its shares may lack strength: unlike 97% of IPOs by other Japanese firms this year, the deal didn’t price at the upper end of the firm’s proposed range or higher. The Bain Capital-backed memory-chip manufacturer priced its stock at ¥1,455 ($9.6), at the middle of the price range it proposed before the IPO.
Kioxia’s Jumbo IPO Shows Weak Sign Contrary to Booming Market

Dec 10, 2024 | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Yasutaka Tamura

(Bloomberg) -- Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s mammoth initial public offering contains one sign that investor demand for its shares may lack strength: unlike 97% of IPOs by other Japanese firms this year, the deal didn’t price at the upper end of the firm’s proposed range or higher. The Bain Capital-backed memory-chip manufacturer priced its stock at ¥1,455 ($9.6), at the middle of the price range it proposed before the IPO.
Kioxia’s Jumbo IPO Shows Weak Sign Contrary to Booming Market

Dec 10, 2024 | bnnbloomberg.ca | Yasutaka Tamura

(Bloomberg) -- Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s mammoth initial public offering contains one sign that investor demand for its shares may lack strength: unlike 97% of IPOs by other Japanese firms this year, the deal didn’t price at the upper end of the firm’s proposed range or higher. The Bain Capital-backed memory-chip manufacturer priced its stock at ¥1,455 ($9.6), at the middle of the price range it proposed before the IPO.
Options giant Optiver bets Japan’s market is about to boom

Dec 9, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Yasutaka Tamura

Optiver is expanding its derivatives empire in Japan, where it aims to boost a single-stock options market that has, so far, been virtually nonexistent. The speed trader, which has been dealing index contracts in the nation since 2008, in September started providing liquidity on options of 12 Japanese companies and exchange-traded funds. The Dutch firm aims to grow that number to 30 by June, according to its head of international sales in Japan.