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SoftBank Group issued a sharp rebuke Tuesday after S&P Global Ratings cut its long-term credit rating a notch further into junk territory, citing the Japanese technology conglomerate’s exposure to private market valuations and…

Goldman Sachs Group has made Japan’s leading taxi-hailing provider, Go, a unicorn with its biggest startup investment in the country. Tokyo-based Go was valued at ¥135 billion ($1 billion) in its latest fundraising round, which…

A once-faded honeymoon hot spot is getting a new lease on life thanks in part to Chinese investment, with industry insiders predicting that more hot spring hotels will be the beneficiaries of an exodus of money from China. The…

Hardly any sustainable funds would consistently be able to market themselves as such in the U.K., the U.S. and the European Union as watchdogs in the three jurisdictions implement divergent anti-greenwashing rules, according to a…

SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund unit reported a record annual loss after a recent global stock market rebound failed to outweigh three straight quarters of hefty writedowns. The Vision Fund unit lost ¥4.3 trillion ($32 billion) in…

After a period of underperformance in the January-March quarter where Nifty50 lost nearly 4.5% or 830 points, the Indian markets turned around the corner in April with the 50-stock ending up with 3.6%. As investors look for opportunities in…

A spinoff of 7-Eleven would jeopardize the convenience store chain’s future growth by cutting it off from its parent’s strength in the food business, the chief executive of Seven & I Holdings has said. The comments from…

Seven & I Holdings’ expertise in food procurement and retail sales, along with the board’s commitment to maximize long-term shareholder value, is the right strategy for the retailer, the company’s directors said in a letter…

Climate change-driven heat waves are impacting everything from nuclear reactors in France to glaciers in Pakistan. As millions of people around the world are forced to cope with more stifling temperatures, some are turning to…

One after another, Japanese executives from some of the country’s most elite firms filed into Warren Buffett’s suite at the luxury Four Seasons Hotel in central Tokyo. The legendary investor was on a trip to the Japanese capital…