Japan-Update
Hong Kong activist fund presses GMO Internet on governance
Oasis Management wants the Japanese company to scrap takeover defenses
Services
Japan-Update
Japan's startup index extends winning streak to hit record
Jasdaq-listed stocks in high-growth fields attract buying
Capital Markets
Fisco launching Japan's first cryptocurrency fund
Tokyo-based investment research group known for issuing bitcoin bond
Business trends
Japan succession crisis could rip links out of auto supply chain
Nearly 1.3m businesses are in danger of folding -- including parts makers
Japan-Update
Japanese consultants launching India tech venture fund
Dream Incubator aims to put $44m into promising smartphone service startups
Stocks
Japan wraps up second-busiest IPO year in a decade
But total fundraising down from 2016 amid lack of big-name debuts
Business
Smartphone facial recognition tech developed for Japan banks
Dai Nippon Printing teams with Bank of Yokohama; verification as easy as taking a 'selfie'
Business
Japanese distillers lifting output of prized domestic whisky
Suntory to add barrel-aging rooms, Asahi to raise production 80%
Education
E-learning software company Surala enlists ninjas' help to grow in Asia
Japanese startup passes first big market test with TSE Mothers listing
Stocks
Young Japanese are getting sold on 'buy Japan'
A new generation of stock investors casts off the deflation-era straitjacket
