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Currencies
The year's big yen short set for a dramatic u-turn in 2023
A stronger yen would potentially siphoning hundreds of billions in dollars of capital back to Japan
December 06, 2022
Bonds and treasuries
Genting Singapore fully redeems yen-denominated bonds worth 20 bil yen
Genting Singapore came close to securing a casino project in Yokohama
October 24, 2022
Investing strategies
Japan's good value creates alpha opportunities
Japan remains a very cheap equity market versus global peers
October 13, 2022
Property
GIC seeks Japan property deals as Yen falls and tourists return
Hotels, resorts and ryokan in key cities including Tokyo and Okinawa are among the types of properties being evaluated
September 30, 2022
Covid-19
Asia, save China, is finally lifting its last pandemic rules
"You can’t become a hermit for the next five, 10 years, because the virus isn’t going away."
September 25, 2022
Currencies
Japan intervenes to support yen for the first time since 1998
The intervention, ordered up by the Ministry of Finance, comes with risks if it fails to scare off speculators.
September 22, 2022
REITs
Daiwa House Logistics Trust launches maiden acquisition following Nov 2021 IPO
Daiwa House Industry, the sponsor, will take new DHLT units at 77 cents for the acquisition
September 22, 2022
Global stocks
Invest like the Karate Kid
Investors should not be deterred by Nikkei‘s rout. Japan may fight back like the Karate Kid.
September 15, 2022
Global Economy
Tourists will love the yen. Will Japan love them back?
It’s a pragmatic, if long overdue decision from the often cautious Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
September 13, 2022
Environmental, Social and Governance
Can Japan learn to love nuclear power again?
Japan was previously a staunch, if initially unlikely, proponent of nuclear power
August 25, 2022