Japanese companies' success with shareholders to face test

Article Abstract:

Jananese companies have good investor relations and shareholders are expressing greater influence in company management. Foreign investors own approximately 24 percent of all Japanese stocks, an increase of 8.1 percent from ten years ago. Chief Executive Officer Toshio Takahashi of Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. traveled to investors in the United Kingdom and the United States to promote a merger with Sankyo Company Ltd.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Financial management, Pharmaceutical preparations, Asia, Investor Relations, Finance & Stockholder Relations, Stockholder Relations, Industry Overview, Economic aspects, Pharmaceutical industry, Forecasts and trends, Corporate governance, Market trend/market analysis, Sankyo Company Ltd., Daiichi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

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Kanebo is looking attractive as a Japanese cosmetics play

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Kanebo Ltd. of Japan is looking for a buyer. The troubled toiletry, cosmetics and food conglomerate is valued at approximately $5 billion and has a market share of approximately $1.8 billion of cosmetics sales in Japan's $13 billion cosmetics market per year. Many cosmetics companies have expressed interest in an acquisition including, Kao, Shishiedo, Procter & Gamble and L'Oreal.

Market share, Toilet preparations, Capital funds & cash flow, Cosmetics industry, Valuation, Company market share, Kanebo Ltd.

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Seven & I to buy Japanese department-store firm

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Seven & I Holdings Company Ltd. of Japan is to acquire Millennium Retailing Inc. also of Japan for $1.7 billion. The supermarket and 7 Eleven stores concern would be acquiring a department store chain.

Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Department Stores, Grocery stores, Supermarkets, Seven & I Holdings Company Ltd.

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