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Economic news(2024/05/13)


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Aozora Bank Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters becomes largest shareholder through business alliance

2024-05-13 21:37:00
Aozora Bank, whose business performance has been deteriorating, announced that it will accept an investment of over 50 billion yen from Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters and form a capital and business alliance. As a result, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. will become Aozora Bank's largest shareholder, holding over 15% of its shares.

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SoftBank Group last fiscal year ended in a deficit of 227.6 billion yen, third consecutive year in the red

2024-05-13 19:23:00
SoftBank Group's final financial results for the past fiscal year were approximately 220 billion yen in the red, making it the third consecutive year in the red. While losses increased due to the effects of the weaker yen, the affiliated investment fund business was in the black, reducing the deficit from the previous fiscal year.

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Shimizu Corporation last year's group financial results - first operating loss since going public

2024-05-13 18:41:00
Major general contractor Shimizu Corporation's group-wide financial results for the past fiscal year showed an operating loss of more than 24 billion yen, which represents profits from its core business, due to factors such as a decline in the profitability of large-scale construction projects due to rising material prices and labor costs. have become. This is the first time since we went public that we had an operating deficit for the entire year.

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Yen market price falls slightly

2024-05-13 18:28:00
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 13th at the beginning of the week, the yen exchange rate fell slightly.

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SoftBank Group last fiscal year ended in a deficit of 227.6 billion yen, third consecutive year in the red

2024-05-13 18:20:00
SoftBank Group's final financial results for the past fiscal year were approximately 220 billion yen in the red, making it the third consecutive year in the red. While losses increased due to the effects of the weaker yen, the affiliated investment fund business was in the black, reducing the deficit from the previous fiscal year.

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Aozora Bank Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters becomes largest shareholder through business alliance

2024-05-13 18:19:00
Aozora Bank, whose business performance has been deteriorating, announced that it will accept an investment of over 50 billion yen from Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters and form a capital and business alliance. As a result, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. will become Aozora Bank's largest shareholder, holding over 15% of its shares.

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A mobile convenience store opens at the construction site of the Osaka/Kansai Expo

2024-05-13 17:37:00
A mobile convenience store using a trailer opened on the 13th at the Osaka/Kansai Expo venue, where construction work is progressing ahead of the opening in April next year. Its unique feature is that it can be moved according to the progress of construction, and the aim is to reduce the amount of time construction workers spend going shopping.

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Stock prices fall slightly due to rise in long-term interest rates

2024-05-13 15:57:00
At the beginning of the week, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei Stock Average fell slightly on the 13th due to the rise in long-term interest rates.

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SoftBank Group last fiscal year ended in a deficit of 227.6 billion yen, third consecutive year in the red

2024-05-13 15:55:00
SoftBank Group's fiscal year 2023 financial results showed a final loss of 227.6 billion yen, marking the third consecutive year in the red. This was mainly due to the fact that our dollar-denominated debts expanded in yen terms due to the depreciation of the yen, and we recorded a foreign exchange loss of 703.1 billion yen. On the other hand, due to strong stock market conditions, the affiliated investment fund business posted a surplus of 128.1 billion yen, and the overall deficit was smaller than the final deficit of approximately 970 billion yen in the previous fiscal year.

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Aozora Bank to accept investment from Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters

2024-05-13 15:45:00
Aozora Bank, whose business performance has been deteriorating, has decided to receive investment from Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters and enter into a capital and business alliance. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. is expected to invest approximately 50 billion yen in response to the third-party allotment capital increase conducted by the bank and become a major shareholder. Aozora Bank has announced that it will be in the red for the first time in 15 years due to poor performance in its commercial real estate lending business in the United States, and the company is facing the challenge of rebuilding its business foundation. It was.

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Long-term interest rates temporarily rise to the highest level in about six months following announcement of reduction in government bond purchases

2024-05-13 15:34:00
In the bond market on the 13th, the yield on 10-year government bonds, a representative indicator of long-term interest rates, rose to 0.940%, the highest level in about six months. Long-term interest rates are rising after the Bank of Japan announced on the 13th that it would reduce its purchases of government bonds.

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Bank of Japan announces policy to reduce purchases of long-term government bonds. Is this response conscious of the weaker yen?

2024-05-13 14:21:00
The Bank of Japan announced on the 13th that it will reduce the amount of long-term government bonds it purchases each time. As the yen continues to experience historic depreciation, some in the market believe that this is a response that is conscious of the yen's depreciation.

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Long-term interest rates temporarily rise to the highest level in about six months following announcement of reduction in government bond purchases

2024-05-13 13:44:00
In the bond market on the 13th, the yield on 10-year government bonds, a representative indicator of long-term interest rates, rose to 0.940%, the highest level in about six months. Long-term interest rates are rising after the Bank of Japan announced on the 13th that it would reduce its purchases of government bonds.

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Stock price temporarily fell by more than 200 yen due to rise in long-term interest rates, etc.

2024-05-13 12:25:00
At the beginning of the week, on the 13th, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei average stock price fell by more than 200 yen due to the rise in long-term interest rates.

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Long-term interest rates temporarily rose to 0.935%, the highest level in about 6 months

2024-05-13 12:20:00
In the bond market on the 13th, the yield on 10-year government bonds, a representative indicator of long-term interest rates, rose to 0.935%, the highest level in about six months. Long-term interest rates are rising after the Bank of Japan announced on the 13th that it would reduce its purchases of government bonds.

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Long-term interest rates temporarily rose to 0.935%, the highest level in about 6 months

2024-05-13 11:18:00
In the bond market on the 13th, the yield on 10-year government bonds, a representative indicator of long-term interest rates, rose to 0.935% in morning trading. This is the lowest level in about six months since November last year. In the market, long-term interest rates have been rising following the Bank of Japan's announcement that it will reduce its purchases of JGBs on the 13th from the previous time.

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The complex on the site of the former “Akapuri” is to be sold as the “rotating” business expands

2024-05-13 06:32:00
Businesses called ``rotational'' businesses, in which companies sell their own properties and use the proceeds to proceed with redevelopment, are expanding in the corporate real estate sector. A complex on the site of the former "Akapuri" in central Tokyo will also be sold.

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Companies move to expand recruitment of “doctoral personnel” Expect further expansion

2024-05-13 05:58:00
As it becomes an issue to expand the opportunities for highly specialized human resources with doctoral degrees, so-called ``doctoral human resources,'' companies are beginning to move toward expanding their recruitment.

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“The government will formulate a new national strategy to realize a decarbonized society”

2024-05-13 00:01:00
It has been learned that the government will formulate a new national strategy to realize a decarbonized society and ensure a stable supply of energy. The plan is to consider requiring companies to participate in "emissions trading" in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with the aim of compiling a plan by the end of the year.

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