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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo more foreign investment on Wednesday, pledging to further capital markets reform and promote asset management in a speech to hundreds of...

By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a public push to woo foreign investment on Wednesday, pledging further capital markets reform and promoting asset management in a speech to hundreds of global investors in...

Fast food operator KFC Holdings Japan said on Monday that a Carlyle Group-backed fund launched a tender offer for its shares in a deal worth 135 billion yen . Crispy Holdings, which is...

Activist investor Oasis Management on Monday said Japanese paper manufacturer Hokuetsus plans for a strategic alliance with Daio Paper lacked numerical details on where synergies could be gained. ...

Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call centre workers but Japans SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group reported a jump in fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, beating expectations as it saw robust business overseas and solid demand at home, and it forecast higher...

U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has bought a stake in Sumitomo Corp worth several tens of billions of yen, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The purchase...

By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has bought a stake in Sumitomo Corp worth several tens of billions of yen, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The purchase follows Warren Buffett's closely...

Nomura Holdings, Japans biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Friday a 670% jump in quarterly net profit compared to a year earlier as its retail income rose to its highest in eight...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nomura Holdings, Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Friday a 670% jump in quarterly net profit compared to a year earlier as its retail and investment banking income rose to their highest levels in eight years. January-March net profit was 56.8 billion yen ($363.87 million) compared to 7.3 billion yen a year earlier when worries about a global banking crisis engulfed global markets and hit Nomura's investment banking business. The results show...