Japan&#39;s Sumitomo Mitsui says no hostile bid for UFJ for now
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s third-largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said it is not currently considering a hostile takeover bid if UFJ Holdings rejects its merger offer.
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Japan&#39;s government denied Tuesday that US fund Steel Partners&#39; defeat in a high-profile legal battle over &quot;poison pill&quot; takeover defences would shake the confidence of foreign investors.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday expressed his belief that it was possible for Japan to win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council without rewriting its constitution.
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Japan has no need to revise its constitution -- which prohibits it from waging war -- to win a highly coveted permanent seat on the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday.
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Japanese stocks rose, with the Topix index having its longest winning streak in 13 months. UFJ Holdings Inc. advanced after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
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TOKYO - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a high court ruling giving the go-ahead for UFJ Holdings Inc to include its trust business in holding merger talks with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.
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Japan dismisses pressure from US lawmakers to issue a fresh apology over its use of 'comfort women'.
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Japan is opposed to the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo against China, Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday after discussing the hotly debated topic with British Foreign Secretary ...
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Japan on Wednesday brushed aside calls from US lawmakers for a fresh apology to wartime sex slaves, even as the former &quot;comfort women&quot; renewed their demands for Tokyo to acknowledge their plight.
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IN many markets, investor response to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group&#39;s 1-for-1 merger offer to UFJ Holdings would have been predictable and nearly instantaneous.
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Japan has vowed to pursue its campaign for reform of the UN Security Council from which it hopes to secure a permanent seat on the key body despite opposition from some of its neighbours.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says Japan won&#39;t yield to terrorism by withdrawing its troops from Iraq, in response to reports an Iraqi group kidnapped a Japanese
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) on Tuesday put in a 3.2 trillion yen ($29.13 billion) bid for smaller rival bank UFJ Holdings Inc.
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Tokyo must keep a thaw in ties with China on track, the frontrunner to be Japan's next prime minister said on Sunday, while urging Beijing to better explain its ballooning military spending.
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The Sri Lankan government and the   Tamil Tiger guerrillas have told Norwegian peace mediators they   are willing to return to peace talks without conditions,   Japan's peace envoy to the country said on Tuesday.
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Japan&#39;s baseball players are likely to decide not to strike again with club representatives set to accept their demand to allow a new league team from next season.
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Japan's Finance Minister Koji  Omi said on Saturday a slide in the value of the yen would not  be singled out for criticism by the Group of Seven club of  wealthy economic powers.