Business Trends
Startup funding by Japan's major companies shatters record
Corporate venture capital investment surges 91% in 2018 as more players emerge
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Insurance
Economy
Myanmar ready to open door to foreign insurers
Long-awaited plan set in motion as government seeks industry know-how
Commodities
Southeast Asian coal demand to grow at fastest rate in world
Energy-hungry Asia offsets slowing use in US and Europe, IEA says
Companies
Brokerages scramble on tepid investor response over SoftBank IPO
Share subscriptions are alarmingly short of those for Mercari and Japan Post
Companies
Activists take up the fight to reform South Korea's chaebol
Conglomerates under pressure to improve corporate governance
Companies
Understaffed Japan Post seeks to end Saturday mail
Postal company joins trend in logistics toward service cutbacks
Business Trends
Japan Inc. shares precious big data to boost productivity
Seven & i leads swap of information on customers, passengers and phone users
Equities
Japan's blue chips plunge on Trump car tariff threat
Auto, machinery and finance shares lead the downturn
Nikkei Markets
Malaysia's IPO market likely to rev up from July
Smooth power transfer after shock poll outcome to calm investors, spur issues
Business Deals
Mitsui Sumitomo to buy 40% of Chinese life insurer
Japanese company takes another stab as sector opens up to foreigners
