Topic: Nikkei 225 Index

Olympus dumped by major shareholder as Japan steps up probe

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - Singapore's sovereign wealth fund said on Saturday it has sold most of its holdings of Olympus Corp on concern about wrongdoing, the first major shareholder to show it had lost confidence in the scandal-hit Japanese medical device and camera ...

Lenders to grill Olympus as delisting looms: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Lenders will confront Japan's Olympus Corp next week to demand an explanation for an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, a banking source said on Friday, though he denied reports they would seek more security over their loans.Prime Minister Yoshihiko ...

Lenders to grill Japan's Olympus as delisting looms: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Lenders will confront Japan's Olympus Corp next week to demand an explanation for an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, a banking source said on Friday, though he denied reports they would seek more security over their loans.Prime Minister Yoshihiko ...

An Ominous Forecast For Canon

Investors are already losing confidence in electronics giant Canon after a Japanese newspaper reported its operating profit is set to halve.. The decline is mostly due to poor sales of copiers and printers, according to the Nikkei business daily, while camera sales ...

Canon revives new plant as camera sales hold firm

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent.Canon, which competes with Nikon Corp ...

Stock Focus: Cheap Japan

Despite its wrenching gyrations last month, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 has been good to investors recently. Look at Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ). Over the past five years, Japan's second-largest auto manufacturer has increased sales and profitability at ...