John Amari

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is pushing to increase gender diversity among Japan's corporate executives.

Kazuo Ueda will have his plate full when he takes over in the spring, with the market keen to see whether—and how soon—he will deviate from his predecessors controversial policies.

Japan's policymakers are encouraging consolidation in the banking system, sparking a wave of regional bank mergers and acquisitions.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will nominate a new head of the BoJ perhaps as early as February. 

ESG makes headway in the shipping industry thanks to Japan.

Mizuho Americas’ primary businesses are investment and corporate banking, lending, treasury services, and research and capital markets offerings.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeks to follow the path carved out by the late Shinzo Abe on foreign and defense policy while putting his own stamp on economic policy.

Last year SoftBank earned the highest profits ever for a Japanese firm and during the first quarter of 2022 had its worst quarter ever, losing $15 billion.

A digitally tracked green bond uses technology such as blockchain to improve data transparency and data collection efficiency for green or environmental securities.

Mizuho and Google will collaborate not only on new products but also on upgrading the bank's dated legacy systems.

Growing international sanctions are raising pressure on the island nation, which relies heavily on imports to power its enormous economy, to exit Russian projects.

SBI Sumishin Net Bank’s IPO will be an important milestone for banks in Japan, many of which lag behind international rivals in their digital offerings.

As Japan Inc. increases its divestment of legacy businesses, a new appetite for overseas tech firms is emerging.

SPACs have become all the rage in North America, but have yet to make a big splash in Asia. 

Japan moves to digitize government services.

Activist investor campaigns in Japan caused a stir earlier this year when Effissimo Capital Management and Farallon Capital Management, raised concerns about the management of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba.

Tokyo is increasingly beating Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore for IPO listings.

Tokyo is reviving ambitions to be Asia’s top global financial hub. Many factors, including the country’s fully diversified economy and high level of household savings, favor the effort. But will it work this time around?