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David Keohane

Tokyo correspondent

David Keohane is Tokyo correspondent for the FT, covering corporate Japan. Previously he was the FT's financial news editor, Paris correspondent and a reporter for FT Alphaville in Mumbai and London.
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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    News in-depthElectric vehicles
    Was Toyota’s bet on hybrid cars right all along?

    Japanese automaker’s stance on limited appetite for fully electric vehicles is being reassessed

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    A man inspects a Toyota vehicle
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Japanese economy
    Japan’s economy contracts for second straight quarter on weak demand

    Negative GDP growth piles pressure on Bank of Japan as it plans exit from negative rates

    A shopper checks food items at a supermarket in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Semiconductors
    Japanese chipmaker Renesas steps up deal spree with $5.8bn Altium bid

    Cash-rich Japanese companies are looking overseas for acquisitions as domestic market shrinks

  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota Industries investor blames group’s ‘broken culture’ for data scandals

    GMO demands urgent corporate governance changes and further unwinding of cross-shareholdings

    Akio Toyoda at a conference in Toyota’s showroom in Tokyo, Japan in 2021
  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    News in-depthAozora Bank Ltd
    Aozora Bank’s US property woes offer a warning to Japan investors

    ‘Idiosyncratic’ lender’s overexposure to office market is a reminder of possible risks in fragmented banking sector

    The front of Azora bank HQ in Tokyo at night
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank profits beat forecast by wide margin as tech investments pay off

    Soaring value of Arm stake and T-Mobile share windfall help Japanese group break four-quarter streak of losses

    A pedestrian walks past a SoftBank branch
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Mitsubishi Corp
    Buffett-backed Mitsubishi’s shares surge to record high on ‘monster’ buyback

    Japanese trading house says it will purchase up to $3.4bn in stock

    Mitsubishi Corporation logo
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota raises profit forecast as hybrid sales soar

    World’s biggest automaker’s bet on technology justified by a nearly 50% increase in hybrid-electric car sales in latest quarter

    A Toyota logo
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Commercial property
    US office building losses hit Japanese lender Aozora

    Bank’s shares fall more than 20% after it warns more commercial property loans could turn sour

    Chicago skyline
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota chair apologises for faulty data scandals and promises action

    Akio Toyoda says he takes ‘full responsibility’ and wants to recreate vision for world’s biggest carmaker by sales

    Toyota chair Akio Toyoda bows in apology during a press conference
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    The Big Read
    The Japanese semiconductor deal spooking rivals and investors

    Tokyo’s $6.4bn swoop for JSR has rekindled memories of heavy state intervention and cast doubt on corporate reforms

    Montage of images of the JSR logo with a rising and then falling graph line
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    Canon Inc
    Canon aims to ship low-cost ‘stamp’ machine this year to disrupt chipmaking

    Japanese printer and camera maker’s nanoimprint lithography technology could challenge industry leader ASML

    Canon’s FPA-1200NZ2C nanoimprint lithography machine
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    #techAsia
    AI at Davos and Samsung’s new ring Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    Women walk past a booth dedicated to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    Inside BusinessDaihatsu
    A crash test scandal is prompting changes at Toyota

    World’s biggest carmaker’s plans for an overhaul at its subsidiary could extend into its broader governance structure

    A vehicle on the production line at the Daihatsu plant in Oyamazaki, Japan
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    Sony calls off $10bn Zee merger in India after two years of talks

    Japanese group resisted chief executive Punit Goenka’s demand to stay on after merger

    Zee Entertainment and SONY logos are displayed
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese business & finance
    Japan turns to avatars, robots and AI to tackle labour crisis

    Farmers, retailers and builders rethink business models as world’s fastest-ageing society runs out of workers

    An avatar at Lawsons retail store in Japan
  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    UK Post Office scandal exposes risks of Fujitsu’s hands-off approach

    Reputational damage for Japanese conglomerate may affect demand for its AI products and IT services

    Fujitsu and Post Office logos with line chart going down
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    News in-depthSony Corp
    Sony’s fraught $10bn deal reveals Hollywood’s struggle to crack India

    The Japanese conglomerate sought to save Zee deal but has failed to complete the merger

    Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, left, with Zee Entertainment chief Punit Goenka in 2012
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Most Japanese prime-listed companies fail to disclose capital efficiency plans

    Tokyo stock exchange demands action in a bid to lift valuations and improve corporate governance

    Man walks in front of Tokyo Stock Exchange signboards
  • Sunday, 14 January, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    UK officials tried to block Fujitsu from government contracts in 2010s

    ‘Project Sushi’ failed to remove Japanese software company despite ‘woeful’ performance

    Fujitsu building
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    Sony ready to abandon $10bn Zee deal that would create Indian media powerhouse

    Japanese company frustrated at merger delays and concerned about Zee’s financial performance

    Zee chief executive Punit Goenka
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Softbank Vision Fund
    SoftBank’s Gen Z social media bust: was IRL the next Facebook or a fraud?

    Japanese group claims it was duped, founder says he was a scapegoat and ex-employees say there were problems from the start

    A montage of Abraham Shafi, the founder of IRL, with the app’s logo and US dollar bills in the background
  • Monday, 1 January, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Merck bid for Japanese chip materials maker triggers state-backed fund deal

    Japan Investment Corporation’s $6.4bn offer for JSR comes as governments seek to protect semiconductor technology

    A picture of JSR chief executive Eric Johnson
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    How SoftBank’s bet on US mortgage lender Better backfired

    Multibillion-dollar investment in start-up soured as interest rates rose and Spac craze ended

    Softbank chief Masayoshi Son, left, and Vishal Garg of Better Home & Finance
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    News in-depthJapanese business & finance
    Nippon Steel’s US bet could be ‘catalyst’ unleashing Japan M&A wave

    $14.9bn takeover comes as country’s cash-rich corporations return to global markets

    A person walks at a park with Nippon Steel’s Kashima plant in the background
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