HC Picks Category: 01 Business

2021/08/03
Houlihan Lokey Agrees to Buy Japan’s GCA in $595 Million Deal
"30% premium shows how Houlihan Lokey expect accelerating M&A activities in Japan."
2021/07/21
MGM Resorts Reveals Plans for $9 Billion Casino in Japan
"The project delay might have helped casino operators and promoters under this COVID situation."
2021/07/08
Google to buy Japan payment startup for $182 mln-plus -Nikkei
"In Japan, member rankings are Rakuten Pay, PayPay, LINE Pay, dPay (Docomo) then auPAY."
2021/06/30
Private Equity Gears Up for the Siege of Japan Inc.
"Private equity should be classified as one of the important social functions in Japan."
2021/06/28
Cultured Milk, Corporate Culture and Investor Activism in Japan
"Companies are owned by shareholders. Not the managements. Toshiba is not somebody else's problem!"
2021/06/27
Japan FY 2020 cigarette sales dive on shift to vaping amid pandemic
"Looks good for environment, health and non-smokers."
2021/06/26
Toshiba management woes seen deepening after strong shareholder rebuke
"Again, Toshiba related article. This is such a representative old Corporate Japan case. If companies learn from this case, and create a real governance structure, investors should come back."
2021/06/22
Exclusive: Harvard wasn’t pressured over Toshiba, former Japan adviser says
"Who knows what the truth is. Out of the mouth comes evil…"
2021/06/21
Japan’s Toshiba promises to improve corporate governance
"Should keep an eye of this traditional corporate Japan paths."
2021/06/19
Tokyu Hotels has unveiled the world’s first hydrogen hotel in Japan
"This is a small initiative by a private company, but you can see things progressing."