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Exclusive: Japan casinos would get Vegas-style regulator under legalization plan

August 24, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan would establish an independent gaming regulator modeled on the authorities that police casinos in Las Vegas and Singapore under a draft plan to legalize gambling in...

Exclusive: Japan casinos would get Vegas-style regulator under legalization plan

May 14, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan would establish an independent gaming regulator modeled on the authorities that police casinos in Las Vegas and Singapore under a draft plan to legalize gambling in...

Tokyo Electron takeover could be a mold-breaker for Japan

August 24, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc's $10 billion acquisition of Tokyo Electron Ltd is more than just a milestone foreign takeover in Japan - it's a rare forward-looking deal in...

Analysis: Corporate tax cut in Japan – Be careful what you wish for

August 24, 2021 at 2:25 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world and getting companies to use more of their earnings to invest and hire is crucial to...

Job-cutting foreign banks risk missing Japan trading bonanza

August 24, 2021 at 11:31 a.m.

TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's stock trading boom has turned long-suffering equities desks in Tokyo into profit drivers for global investment banks, with those that resisted the urge to cut...

Universal, Robinsons fail to reach deal on Manila casino: sources

August 24, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.

TOKYO/MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine property firm Robinsons Land Corp and Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp have ended talks over a planned joint development of a $2 billion casino-resort complex in Manila...

Sprint, SoftBank reach deal with U.S. over security concerns

August 24, 2021 at 10:42 a.m.

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp and Japan's SoftBank Corp have reached an agreement with U.S. authorities on the national security aspects of the Japanese firm's pending $20.1 billion deal...

U.S. hedge fund calls for Sony Entertainment spin-off

August 24, 2021 at 9:38 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb on Tuesday called on Sony Corp to spin off its lucrative entertainment arm, setting the stage for a clash between his...

Exclusive: Japan exchange probes accounting of Universal’s Philippine payments – sources

August 23, 2021 at 10:38 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Osaka Securities Exchange is investigating how Universal Entertainment Corp accounted for millions of dollars paid in 2010 to advance the Japanese firm's casino project on Manila...

Special Report: Japan’s casino tycoon bet big on Philippines fixer

August 23, 2021 at 8:56 p.m.

Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada was facing a crisis: work on his dream casino by the bay in Manila was going nowhere. Instead of a world-class resort packed with Chinese high-rollers,...

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