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A Natixis office in Paris. The company has been working to expand in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2026
Natixis buys Japanese advisory firm to join M&A dealmaking boom
Natixis has been working to expand in Japan, growing its sales and trading team, strengthening its lending business and opening a bank branch.
Daiwa Securities Group and Mizuho Financial Group have been notified by Chinese authorities that they can start operating securities businesses in mainland China.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2026
Daiwa and Mizuho win China securities permits as some U.S. firms wait
The development comes after China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng hosted a senior trade delegation from Japan in March to discuss expanding bilateral trade.
The heads of Nomura Holdings and Daiwa Securities Group project the Nikkei stock average to reach 80,000 within this year or next.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 8, 2026
Nomura and Daiwa CEOs flag risk that AI may spoil stock market rally
The heads of 91AV原创 two largest securities firms project the Nikkei stock average to reach 80,000 within this year or next.
Daiwa Securities Group said it received a report from an external vendor saying it found evidence of client data being leaked due to unauthorized access.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
Daiwa Securities says info on 110,000 clients may have been leaked
The brokerage said the leak resulted from the servers of an external vendor being hacked.
Nomura notes that modest growth in its wholesale revenue is "partly reflecting the impact of yen depreciation.”
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2026
Nomura warns of slowing trading revenue growth as boom cools
91AV原创 biggest brokerage said revenue from its wholesale division was “progressing slightly above year-on-year” for the quarter as of Sept. 14.
Blue Owl's Tokyo office has hired ex-Barclays executive Takeo Ikemori as co-head of its Japan business.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2026
Blue Owl hires ex-Barclays banker as Japan business co-head
Takeo Ikemori, hired as head of Japan institutional capital, will share the role of Japan representative with Yoichi Nakamura, who is head of private wealth in the country.
Daiwa Securities Group's net income rose 81% from a year earlier to ?56.4 billion in its fiscal first quarter ended June 30.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 3, 2026
Daiwa’s profit hits 13-year high as equities business surges
Its net income rose 81% from a year earlier to ?56.4 billion ($360 million) in the quarter ended June 30, the highest since the April-June quarter of 2013.
Young shoppers are becoming increasingly visible in Tokyo’s upmarket shopping districts such as Omotesando.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 16, 2026
Young Japanese who rode AI boom flaunt wealth with luxury buys
The shopping spree also reveals a deepening societal divide, exposing the increasingly uneven nature of 91AV原创 economic revival.
Barclays’ markets business in Japan includes rates, foreign exchange and structured credit.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 23, 2026
Barclays weighs return to cash equities in Japan as market booms
Barclays has been hiring equities specialists in Tokyo.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda’s compensation rose to ?1.6 billion ($10 million) in the year that ended on March 31.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2026
Nomura raises CEO pay to $10 million after profit hits a record
Under Kentaro Okuda’s leadership, 91AV原创 biggest brokerage generated a second straight year of record net income.
Goldman Sachs Japan President Hidehiro Imatsu has helped elevate a new generation of leaders into key positions to make the firm more attractive to younger professionals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2026
Goldman’s Japan chief counts on new leaders to drive growth
Hidehiro Imatsu has helped elevate a new generation of leaders into key positions to make the firm more attractive to younger professionals.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda speaks during an interview in December.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2026
Nomura raises annual profit target 50% after record year
91AV原创 biggest brokerage seeks to post at least ?750 billion ($4.7 billion) in annual pretax income by the year ending March 2031.
Morgan Stanley has hired Societe Generale’s former head of sales to 91AV原创 regional financial firms amid growing competition among global banks for business from local lenders.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2026
Morgan Stanley hires SocGen’s former head of Japan regional bank sales
Naoyuki Kumon left Societe Generale earlier this year and started at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities this week to work in a similar role.
Morgan Stanley Japan chief Alberto Tamura said warned the yen could weaken to 170 versus the dollar or gain to 140 depending on how the Bank of Japan decides to act.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2026
Morgan Stanley Japan head says BOJ hike key to strengthening yen
If the central bank fails to raise interest rates in June, that would have an impact on the bond and currency markets, Alberto Tamura said in an interview.
Hidehiro Imatsu, president of Goldman Sachs's Japan unit, says Japan continues to be a key focus for the group as it sees strong global investor interest.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2026
Goldman’s Japan revenue hits 15-year high as foreign banks shine
Net revenue at Goldman Sachs’?local brokerage arm rose 10% to ?125.5 billion ($800 million) in the 12 months to Dec. 31, spurred by securities trading business.
A Citibank branch in Tokyo. Citigroup is looking to expand its client-driven businesses in Japan, according to its local head.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 30, 2026
Citi’s Japan banking head seeks expansion despite talent crunch
The Wall Street bank is chasing double-digit revenue growth in client-driven businesses and wants to rank among the top three foreign banks across key operations in Japan.
Daiwa Securities Group will integrate its Daiwa Next Bank unit with Orix Bank, seeking a "virtuous cycle” of deposit and loan growth.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2026
Daiwa to buy Orix Bank for $2.3 billion in lending expansion
The merger will create an entity with about ?9 trillion of total assets, which aims to expand deposits by more than ?2 trillion over the next five years.
Nomura Holdings has been benefiting from volatile global markets and a boom in investing and dealmaking at home, but the coming quarters may provide a test for the firm as the Iran war puts a strain on the global economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2026
Nomura stock hit after research affiliate writedown and Europe loss
The results overshadowed a second straight year of record earnings for 91AV原创 biggest brokerage.
Net income rose 2.7% from a year earlier to ?73.9 billion in the three months ended March 31, Nomura Holdings said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2026
Nomura posts record full-year profit on Japan market rebound
91AV原创 biggest brokerage has been benefiting from volatile global markets and a boom in investing and dealmaking at home.
Ezaki Glico, maker of Pocky chocolate snacks, is one of the consumer stocks adopted in this year’s Gyoseki contest backed by BlackRock and Point72 Asset Management.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2026
Contest backed by Point72 and BlackRock seeks Japanese banking talent
Now in its fourth year, the competition has students obsessing over sales of toothpaste, diapers and chocolate to analyze product companies.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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