Japan

Hong Kong’s big ‘coming-in’ party points to a city losing its lustre

Banking

In Japan, Mizuho-Rakuten deal benefits both firms

Sterling and yen weakness is throwback to 1980s

Banking

Rakuten prepares digital bank IPO despite dismal market

Capital markets

How Buffett’s Japan trading house bid paid off

Toshiba still at loggerheads with shareholders on revamp plan

Private banking

Nomura finds the ‘we’ in wealth

MUFG identifies five areas to fuel growth

Yen weakness might not last despite Fed’s hawkish turn

Sustainability

Japan’s corporates must match state direction on ESG

Nomura tells employees not to smoke when working from home

Banking

SMBC pauses for breath after global deal spree