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Nissan, Renault agree to make cross-shareholdings equal

Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida holds a press conference in London on Feb. 6, 2023, as the Japanese automaker and Renault formally agreed to make their mutual cross-shareholdings equal at 15 percent, in a deal that will radically change the decades-old capital alliance that created one of the world's biggest automaker groups.

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BOJ's Shirakawa urges banks to cut shareholdings to reduce risk

KANAZAWA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Kanazawa on May 25 after giving a speech to local business leaders.

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Sanyo Electric sees net profit in 1st qtr but operating profit sinks

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Vice President Koichi Maeda speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 30. He said the company's group net balance returned to the black in the April-June quarter on the sale of its shareholdings in Sanyo Credit Co. and foreign exchange gains on overseas earnings, but operating profit nosedived on poor mobile phone and industrial-use equipment sales.

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TSE, NYSE announce tie-up accord, eye cross-shareholdings

NEW YORK, United States - John Thain (L), chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Taizo Nishimuro, president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shake hands during a press conference in New York on Jan. 31. They announced that the two exchanges have agreed to cooperate in various fields, including jointly developing trading systems and investment products, and consider a possible capital alliance.

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cost rise

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings.

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TSE-KRX alliance eyes system link, partial cross shareholdings

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Taizo Nishimuro (L) and his counterpart of South Korea's Korea Exchange (KRX) Lee Young Tak shake hands in Tokyo on July 7 after TSE and KRX announced a comprehensive alliance agreement with an eye to a possible integration of trading systems and partial cross shareholdings in the future.

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'Stable' TBS shareholdings likely to reach 55%

TOKYO, Japan - The proportion of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. shares held by long-term shareholders will reach 55 percent soon, sources close to the firm said Oct. 27. TBS has been trying to increase the number of ''stable'' shareholders to fend off a possible hostile takeover bid from Rakuten Inc., they said. Photo shows TBS headquarters in Tokyo.

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NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. President Akinobu Kamebuchi tells reporters in Tokyo on March 14 his company may sell its shareholdings in music company Pony Canyon Inc. to Fuji Television Network Inc. if the radio company is taken over by Livedoor Co.

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(5)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

OSAKA, Japan - A large screen at a railway station in Osaka runs news on the arrest of former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi on March 3. Tsutsumi, once listed by Forbes magazine as the world's richest man, was arrested for his alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading.

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(3)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors raid the head office of Seibu Railway Co. (R) and the building that houses the headquarters of Kokudo Corp. in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on March. 3. The two firms were raided over former Kokudo Chairman Yoshiaki Tsustumi's alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in the railway operator and insider trading. Tsutsumi was arrested.

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(4)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi enters the Tokyo Detention House on March 3. Tsutsumi, once listed by Forbes magazine as the world's richest man, was arrested for his alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading.

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(2)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Prosecutors enter the headquarters of Kokudo Corp. in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on March 3. The company was searched in connection with former Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. Tsutsumi was arrested.

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(1)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - A vehicle believed to be carrying former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi leaves a hotel in Tokyo on March 3 after prosecutors asked him to appear before them for questioning over allegations of making false statements about shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. He was arrested later.

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BOJ eyes directly purchasing shares held by banks

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaru Hayami tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 18 the central bank will consider directly purchasing shares held by more than a dozen Japanese banks to shield them from latent losses on their shareholdings.

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NTT DoCoMo suffers 99% net profit dive

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks with the media in Tokyo on May 8. The company suffered a 99.8% drop in group net profit in the year ended March 31 to 862 million yen, as it wrote down its shareholdings in foreign allies in which it had invested heavily.

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(5)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

OSAKA, Japan - A large screen at a railway station in Osaka runs news on the arrest of former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi on March 3. Tsutsumi, once listed by Forbes magazine as the world's richest man, was arrested for his alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. (Kyodo)

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(4)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi enters the Tokyo Detention House on March 3. Tsutsumi, once listed by Forbes magazine as the world's richest man, was arrested for his alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. (Kyodo)

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(1)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle believed to be carrying former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi leaves a hotel in Tokyo on March 3 after prosecutors asked him to appear before them for questioning over allegations of making false statements about shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. He was arrested later. (Kyodo)

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(2)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Prosecutors enter the headquarters of Kokudo Corp. in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on March 3. The company was searched in connection with former Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and insider trading. Tsutsumi was arrested. (Kyodo)

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NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. President Akinobu Kamebuchi tells reporters in Tokyo on March 14 his company may sell its shareholdings in music company Pony Canyon Inc. to Fuji Television Network Inc. if the radio company is taken over by Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

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Former Kokudo chief Tsutsumi released on 100 mil. yen bail

TOKYO, Japan - Former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi walks down toward his car March 24 after being released on 100 million yen bail following his indictment the previous day on charges of taking a leading role in making false reports on Kokudo's shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co. and of insider trading of shares in the railway operator. (Kyodo)

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Tsutsumi admits role in false stock reports, insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, former chairman of Kokudo Corp. and Seibu Railway Co., enters the Tokyo District Court on June 16. He admitted his involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings of Seibu Railway and insider trading in the first hearing of his trial. (Kyodo)

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'Stable' TBS shareholdings likely to reach 55%

TOKYO, Japan - The proportion of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. shares held by long-term shareholders will reach 55 percent soon, sources close to the firm said Oct. 27. TBS has been trying to increase the number of ''stable'' shareholders to fend off a possible hostile takeover bid from Rakuten Inc., they said. Photo shows TBS headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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TSE-KRX alliance eyes system link, partial cross shareholdings

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Taizo Nishimuro (L) and his counterpart of South Korea's Korea Exchange (KRX) Lee Young Tak shake hands in Tokyo on July 7 after TSE and KRX announced a comprehensive alliance agreement with an eye to a possible integration of trading systems and partial cross shareholdings in the future. (Kyodo)

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cos

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings. (Kyodo)

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TSE, NYSE announce tie-up accord, eye cross-shareholdings

NEW YORK, United States - John Thain (L), chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Taizo Nishimuro, president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, shake hands during a press conference in New York on Jan. 31. They announced that the two exchanges have agreed to cooperate in various fields, including jointly developing trading systems and investment products, and consider a possible capital alliance. (Kyodo)

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Sanyo Electric sees net profit in 1st qtr but operating profit s

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Vice President Koichi Maeda speaks at a press conference in Osaka on July 30. He said the company's group net balance returned to the black in the April-June quarter on the sale of its shareholdings in Sanyo Credit Co. and foreign exchange gains on overseas earnings, but operating profit nosedived on poor mobile phone and industrial-use equipment sales. (Kyodo)

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BOJ's Shirakawa urges banks to cut shareholdings to reduce risk

KANAZAWA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Kanazawa on May 25 after giving a speech to local business leaders. (Kyodo)

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(3)Business tycoon Tsutsumi arrested in Seibu share scam

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors raid the head office of Seibu Railway Co. (R) and the building that houses the headquarters of Kokudo Corp. in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo on March. 3. The two firms were raided over former Kokudo Chairman Yoshiaki Tsustumi's alleged involvement in falsifying financial statements on shareholdings in the railway operator and insider trading. Tsutsumi was arrested. (Kyodo)

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BOJ eyes directly purchasing shares held by banks

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaru Hayami tells reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 18 the central bank will consider directly purchasing shares held by more than a dozen Japanese banks to shield them from latent losses on their shareholdings. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo suffers 99% net profit dive

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks with the media in Tokyo on May 8. The company suffered a 99.8% drop in group net profit in the year ended March 31 to 862 million yen, as it wrote down its shareholdings in foreign allies in which it had invested heavily.