HC Picks 11

March 25, 2015
by Investment in Japan

Policies and business activities related to Japan investment opportunities

Economy

Report: Japan Productivity Gains Key to Staving off Decline

“Indeed targeting higher productivity in service sectors had been an area of potential improvement for a while.”

Recent News

Business

Nippon Life earmarking 1 trillion yen for M&A

Bain Capital plans to buy Japan Wind Development: Nikkei

Japan replacing Takata airbag parts faster than US

Japan Has Changed, But Some Business Leaders Don’t Get It

Aetos Capital preparing to sell Japan’s Simplex, seeks $1.7 billion: sources

 

Policies

(BOJ)Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on February 17 and 18, 2015

 

GPIF

GPIF and Japan Post Bank: the top jobs nobody seems to want

Japan public pensions to follow GPIF into stocks from JGBs: sources

Three Japanese public pension funds join GPIF model portfolio

GPIF President Reappointed For Second Term

 

BOJ

Japan government urged Bank of Japan to go slow on inflation target: minutes

Japan finance minister says highly appreciates Bank of Japan governor’s efforts on deflation

Japan finance minister urges BOJ to be mindful of weak-yen risks

 

Economy

Forecast for the Japanese Economy in Fiscal 2015 and 2016: February 2015

Japan’s Recovery Is Complicated by a Decline in Household Savings

Hikes in base pay boost Japan stocks

 

Market

Japan’s lowly bond yields draw European buyers after ECB eases

Nikkei Approaching 20,000: Japan Is Booming

 

And more

First Lady Michelle Obama Goes on Adventures in Japan

Winners of the FY2014 Diversity Management Selection 100

Announcement of Nadeshiko Brand as Examples of Enterprises that Encourage Women’s Success

Major companies agree to hike pay scales; attention shifts to smaller firms

Japan blue chips plan bigger pay hikes but smaller firms expected to lag