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Jul 04 Japanese companies look overseas for acquisitions (International Herald Tribune) Jul 04 Changing Japan grabs investor attention (bbj.hu) Jul 03 Dividends to reap: Shareholder activists begin to make their mark in Japan (FT.com) Jul 03 Nikkei sets longest losing streak in half century (Reuters) Jun 20 Ratio of Japanese shares held by foreigners falls (menafn.com) Jun 18 Japanese shares rise on gains in Asia (AP) Jun 17 JSDA eyes Jasdaq stake sale to Osaka bourse by end of August (Kyodo) Jun 17 Management uneasy as shareholders increasingly demand accountability (Yomiuri) Jun 11 Investing in Japan: Time to look at the Land of the Rising Sun agai (telegraph.co.uk) Jun 11 Japan drug maker Daiichi bids $4.6 bln for Ranbaxy (Reuters) Jun 11 Panel urges firms not to adopt excessive takeover defenses (Kyodo) Jun 10 Nikkei at 2-week closing low on stagflation fears (Reuters) Jun 10 Investors keen to exercise power / Management uneasy as shareholders increasingly demand accountabil (Yomiuri) Jun 05 Japanese stocks fall on electronics, oil (AP) Jun 05 Japan's battery shares jump on electric car hopes (Reuters) Jun 03 TSE to own 51% stake in new joint market with LSE (Kyodo) Jun 02 Prying Loose Japanese Value (Barron's) Jun 02 Nikkei hits 5-mth closing high as financials surge (Reuters) Jun 02 Market slump halves Japan firms' stock profits (MarketWatch) May 30 Japan a good buy in contrary trend (International Herald Tribune) May 21 Nikkei closes below 14,000 for 1st time in 6 trading days (Kyodo) May 17 Bic Camera to be listed on TSE (Reuters) May 15 Foreigners snatch up Japanese equities in April (Reuters) May 14 Nikkei climbs to 4-month high (AP) May 14 McDonald's to sell equity stake in Japanese unit of Toys 'R' Us (Kyodo) May 12 NTT mulls 100-for-1 stock split (Forbes) May 11 Brokerage database aims to prevent insider trading (Yomiuri) May 11 Insider trader 'made 10% profit on 17 share buys' (Yomiuri) May 08 Japan firms start to question poison pills (Reuters) May 07 Yahoo Japan shares down after Microsoft deal bust (Reuters) May 07 Japan: Look At This Opportunity in the Nikkei (elliottwave.com) May 02 Japan stock index hits 4-month high; Nikkei above 14,000 (AP) May 02 China set to replace Japan in industrial gas market (commodityonline.com) May 01 Tax offices to keep better tab on income from foreign exchange trading (Asahi) May 01 Firms urged to stop holding shareholders meetings on same day (Yomiuri) Apr 30 Japan's Companies Gird for Attack (Wall Street Journal) Apr 30 TSE to open emission trade market in '09 (Yomiuri) Apr 29 Japanese financial markets closed for national holiday (AP) Apr 23 3 Chinese held over insider trading (Asahi) Apr 19 Japan securitization issuance down 30% this year (MarketWatch) Apr 16 Tokyo stocks rise but upside capped by uncertain U.S. earnings reports (Kyodo) Apr 15 Japan's Small-Cap Companies Pressured by Rising Commodity, Energy Costs (Bloomberg) Apr 15 Japan Inc. is on a stock buyback spree (Japan Times) Apr 14 Tokyo stocks plunge on Wall Street decline, U.S. economic jitters (Kyodo) Apr 11 British hedge fund hits Japan's red tape (Japan Times) Apr 10 Nikkei Index Drops 1.3 Percent (AP) Apr 09 Akira Mori Real Estate Riches Retreat as Credit Squeeze Tightens in Japan (Bloomberg) Apr 08 Shrinking market values put firms at risk of delisting (Asahi) Apr 07 Japan Stocks Rise, Led by Commodity Shares; Steelmakers Drop on Coal Price (Bloomberg) Apr 04 Tokyo stocks snap 3-day winning streak on profit-taking (Kyodo)