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David Keohane

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David Keohane is Tokyo correspondent for the FT, covering corporate Japan. Previously he was the FT's financial news editor, Paris correspondent and a reporter for FT Alphaville in Mumbai and London.
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  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Japan
    Japan government pension acts on population strain

    World’s largest retirement fund turns to data science in hunt for higher returns

    The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) logo is displayed on a brochure
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    Technology sector
    Video games become part of the furniture in Japan as suppliers read the room

    Tokyo Game Show features soft furnishings and whole apartments designed to improve gaming experience

    Attendees walk past a sign for the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan on September 21 2023
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

    August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank finance chief criticises S&P for lack of credit upgrade after Arm deal

    Analysts had expected an upgrade after tech group raised $5bn in listing

    SoftBank finance chief Yoshimitsu Goto
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sexual misconduct allegations
    Japanese boy band abuse scandal rocks entertainment industry

    Some of country’s largest businesses and media groups try to distance themselves from troubled talent agency

    Noriyuki Higashiyama, left, and Julie Fujishima
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Nippon Paint targets China expansion despite property market slowdown

    Co-president predicts company can make ‘good money’ even as developers wrestle with turmoil

    A worker moves pallets of paint at a Nippon Paint plant in China
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Japanese economy
    Inflation worries fuel Japanese rush to buy gold

    Retail price hits record high above ¥10,000 per gramme as household attitudes to risk shift after years of deflation

    Gold bars
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Japan’s EV ambitions pose battery recycling conundrum

    Reliance on imports means policymakers face tough decisions on reuse

    Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks during a news conference
  • Saturday, 28 August, 2021
    Work & Careers
    A Paris supermarket relied on volunteers — then the pandemic hit

    The La Louve co-operative had to overhaul its operations when members could no longer run the store

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Mozambique
    Rwanda joins Mozambican war to fight insurgents

    Regional armies step in to help Maputo counter Islamist uprising

    Rwandan military troops
  • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
    News in-depthFrench economy
    France’s north takes political centre stage ahead of 2022 polls

    Presidential rivals seek credit for projects to revive region that has seen three decades of decline

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Rail
    French night trains head towards a new dawn

    Climate change is prompting a revitalisation of the country’s rail sector

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Nuclear energy
    Macron dithers on nuclear power investment as issue divides France

    Debate over whether to add new reactors to Europe’s largest atomic fleet intensifies ahead of election

    EDF employees at Fessenheim nuclear power plant in eastern France
  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    French politics
    France’s justice minister investigated over alleged conflicts of interest

    Lawyers acting for Eric Dupond-Moretti say they will contest the decision and that he has no plans to resign

    French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti arrives for his hearing in Paris
  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Capricorn Energy
    Cairn Energy freezes Indian state-owned properties in Paris

    Scottish oil group escalates legal battle over $1.7bn tax arbitration award

    Buildings in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, France
  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    French politics
    Macron looks at relaunch of pension reform plans

    Unions and business leaders in France warn against rushing changes as economy grapples with pandemic fallout

    Protests in Paris in 2019
  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    European companies
    Carson Blocked over Solutions 30

    French finance professional organisation postpones event with Muddy Waters founder following legal threat.

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    News in-depthFrench presidential election
    ‘She’s a bit stuck’: Marine Le Pen looks for momentum after election flop

    French far-right leader defends ‘detoxifying’ strategy to make presidential run-off round in 2022

    ‘We are not going back to the Front National’: Marine Le Pen is seeking to broaden the appeal of her party.
  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Stellantis to make electric vans in UK, protecting Ellesmere Port

    Low hundreds of millions of pounds of investment to be unveiled as early as Tuesday

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC takes $3bn hit to exit French retail business

    Bank sells the operations to US private equity firm Cerberus as it steps up focus on Asia

    HSBC branch in the La Défense business district of Paris
  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Nuclear energy
    EDF seeks data review on report of possible China radiation leak

    French utility group calls for board meeting as Chinese partner says reactors are operating normally

    Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Northern Africa
    France to cut back military operations in Sahel

    Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

    French soldiers in Mali
  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Scor and Covéa agree peace deal after bitter takeover fight

    French insurers seek to bury hatchet with end to legal battles and agreement on cutting stakes

  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    Inside BusinessEDF
    Reforming EDF shows messy political reality of energy transition

    Proposals for shake-up of French national champion face resistance from Brussels

    An EDF worker in France
  • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
    European banks
    Why Europe’s banks want to end US dominance in payments

    Lenders say plan to rival groups such as Visa and Mastercard will safeguard sovereignty

    European bank card montage
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