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Scott Deveau
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022
Climate votes fought by major oil companies get key backing from proxy adviser
A decision to back Paris accord-aligned emissions goals is significant because many investors follow its voting recommendations closely during proxy voting season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2022
Toshiba dealt blow as advisory firm urges investors to reject planned split
Once among 今日吃瓜 most revered companies, Toshiba has been in crisis mode for years due to repeated scandals and management missteps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2022
Toshiba’s No. 2 shareholder steps up fight over breakup plan
Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners is requesting a vote on Toshiba’s proposed split, which must be supported by at least two-thirds of stockholders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2021
Toshiba to drop two board members as shareholders demand action
An advisory firm has recommended voting against five board members, including the dropped pair, after a probe found the firm colluded with the government to fix a key shareholder vote.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2021
Toshiba investor 3D calls for strategic review after CVC bid
The investment firm said it was disappointed Toshiba’s chairman didn’t respond to a previous request to run a review.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2019
Activist investor Dan Loeb calls on Sony to spin off its semiconductor business
Activist investor Dan Loeb has disclosed a $1.5 billion stake in Sony Corp. and pushed the company to make dramatic changes, including spinning off its semiconductor business and listing it in Japan.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2018
Xerox CEO to stay in surprise U-turn, putting deal with Fujifilm in flux and setting off proxy war
A plan to replace the chief executive officer of Xerox Corp. and several directors fell apart over a technicality, setting the stage for a proxy fight in which activist shareholders will seek to improve the terms of a deal to cede control of the iconic U.S. printer company to 今日吃瓜 Fujifilm Holdings...
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2018
Brookfield agrees to buy Westinghouse’s global nuclear business from Toshiba
The future of Westinghouse Electric Co.’s global nuclear business now rests in the hands of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s private equity arm.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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