Japan’s currency has seen a significant decline in value since the start of 2022, yet there has been little policy movement to mitigate this. 

Japan’s way of doing business has in many ways not changed for decades. This presents a wealth of untapped potential for activist investors looking to drive greater profitability. 

Activist investors are reshaping how businesses operate in Japan. 

In the face of saturated local markets, banks in Japan, South Korea and Singapore are increasingly looking elsewhere in the region.

Japan’s digital payments vision has been slow to get off the ground.

As some sectors struggle, banks’ provisions for loan losses are equivalent to just 0.3% of assets.

G-SIBs can afford core capital ratios to fall by 5 percentage points before eating into capital buffers, according to Capital Economics.

As Asia grapples with the aftermath of Covid-19, previous challenges have returned to the fore.