
J&J wraps up $2.1bn acquisition of Japanese cosmetics company Ci:z Holdings
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); US healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson (J&J) completed its previously announced JPY230 billion ($2.1 billion) acquisition of Japanese cosmetics More...

Renault’s newly appointed chairman Senard vows to strengthen alliance with Nissan
Senard will become chairman immediately. Deputy chief executive Thierry Bollore will take over Carlos Ghosn’s other Renault role as full CEO, as Ghosn deals with financial crime allegations in Japan. Rough More...

Subaru probe finds 3,400 staff were not paid for overtime work
Subaru said it did not pay overtime wages over a two-year period to some 3,400 employees who under-reported their hours. As Pascale Davies reports, the revelation surfaced in an internal probe following the 2016 More...

Visa invests in Japanese fintech company Paidy
Global payment technology company Visa has made an undisclosed investment in Japanese fintech company Paidy, which offers instantly-issued post-pay credit services for eCommerce shoppers in Japan. Paidy said that More...

Hotel Okura to invest $1bn to renovate Hotel Okura Tokyo as The Okura Tokyo
Japanese hotel chain Hotel Okura said that it Hotel Okura Tokyo, a luxury grand hotel in downtown Tokyo will be renovated with an investment of ¥110 billion ($1.0 billion) into a 508-room The Okura Tokyo by September More...

Takeda offers $62bn to acquire Irish rare disease company Shire
Japanese pharma company Takeda Pharmaceutical has proposed to acquire Shire, an Ireland-based rare disease company for $62 billion after Botox-maker Allergan scrapped its plans of making a rival bid. Friday’s More...

SoftBank to invest $77m in Canadian lithium mining company Nemaska Lithium
Mining industry news : Japan’s SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire a stake of up to 9.9% in Nemaska Lithium, a Canadian lithium mining company for C$ 99.1 million ($77.7 million). Through the investment in the More...

Japan Tobacco to acquire Russian tobacco company Donskoy Tabak for $1.6bn
Cigarette industry news : Japan Tobacco (JT), a Japanese government-controlled cigarette manufacturing company has made a deal to acquire Russian tobacco company Donskoy Tabak (DT) for about RUB90 billion ($1.6 More...

eBay to acquire online shopping site Qoo10 & other Japan business of Giosis
eBay acquisition of Qoo10 : E-commerce giant eBay has agreed to acquire the Japanese business of Giosis, including the Qoo10 online shopping site, for an undisclosed price. eBay, which is currently an investor in More...

Pacifico Energy begins construction of Minami Mega solar project in Japan
Solar industry news : Japanese solar power developer Pacifico Energy has started construction of the 55MW Minami Mega solar project in Japan’s Gifu prefecture in Gujo City. The new Japanese solar power plant will More...