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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Toshiba Corp
      Toshiba approves $15bn buyout offer from Japanese private equity fund

      Sale of struggling conglomerate would be country’s largest take-private deal

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Banks
      Credit Suisse fallout threatens to halt issuance of risky bank debt

      Some of Asia’s largest lenders may pause sales of additional tier 1 bonds after $17bn wipeout at Swiss bank

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Asia investors ‘gobsmacked’ by $17bn Credit Suisse bond wipeout

      Risky AT1 debt was popular in the region and a sell-off has sparked margin calls

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Equities
      US bank stocks rise as investors assess efforts to calm turmoil

      Broad indices climb ahead of Fed rate meeting this week

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Singapore and Hong Kong vie to be the Caymans of Asia

      The two cities have set up new fund structures to lure wealth away from traditional offshore financial centres

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Asia
      Japan’s biggest defence fair raises questions about military expansion

      At the recent event, it was clear that the problem is not just what to buy, but what it means to fight

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Japanese business & finance
      Parts of the SVB model would not go amiss in Japan

      A visit by the now failed bank’s executives has lessons for Tokyo but it also highlights the need for change

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Equities
      US bank shares rebound after rout sparked by SVB failure

      First Republic and other regional lenders lead rally on Wall Street as US inflation slows

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Equities
      US bank stocks tumble and Treasuries rally amid SVB collapse

      Two-year US Treasury yields in biggest single-day drop since 1987

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Japanese business & finance
      Japan’s new anti-takeover rules could spur protectionism, investors warn

      Funds say proposals will thwart domestic bids and foreign buyers and are skewed against shareholders’ interests

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Kuroda sticks to guns in last BoJ meeting after ‘bazooka’ decade

      Departing governor leaves measures to change ultra-loose policies to successor Kazuo Ueda

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Markets
      Is the US jobs market still booming?

      Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Robotics
      The politics of deglobalisation favours the robots

      As labour supply problems persist, automation sales are hotting up

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Arm Ltd
      FCA regulator blamed for Arm’s decision to shun London listing

      Onerous rules said to have influenced rejection of UK float for chip designer in favour of New York

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      #techAsia
      China Inc in Barcelona and Hong Kong’s crypto ambitions Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Ditching bond yield cap will be tricky task for new Bank of Japan governor

      Kazuo Ueda has hinted that ‘yield curve control’ is unlikely to survive in its existing form once he takes the helm

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Tokyo Olympics
      Japanese prosecutors charge Dentsu over Olympic bid-rigging scandal

      Advertising giant says five executives will hand back pay after indictments

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Private equity
      Investcorp opens Tokyo office to target Japan deals

      Middle Eastern fund manager is latest private equity group to chase succession-related acquisitions

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Chinese economy
      China’s economy is looking at a new wave of Japanification

      New research suggests that Beijing’s property market is as bubbly as Tokyo’s two decades ago

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      ObituaryLeiji Matsumoto
      Leiji Matsumoto, manga and anime artist, 1938-2023

      His philosophical, genre-splicing work helped launch the art forms on to a global stage

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      FT SeriesBetween worlds: a metaverse special
      What is it? Do I want to go? The metaverse explained

      FT tech writers on the questions you were afraid to ask 

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      News in-depthSony Corp
      Anime and ‘The Last of Us’ are transforming Sony’s business

      Incoming president Hiroki Totoki will inherit an electronics brand that is morphing into a media giant

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      China Renaissance
      Missing Chinese banker was working to set up Singapore family office

      China Renaissance chief Bao Fan was establishing a fund to safeguard wealth before disappearance

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Japan
      The curious case of Japan’s crime rate

      The police metric for recording offences is vulnerable to manipulation and due for change

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Corporate Japan is bracing itself for change at the BoJ

      New governor Kazuo Ueda is set to review the central bank’s ultra-loose policy

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