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expected</a></h2> <p>TOKYO -- Listed Japanese companies will likely make their biggest dividend payments ever for the April to September fiscal first half -- a sign that more Japanese businesses are moving to pass their cash on hand to investors, according to a Nikkei su...</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <div class="sub-title">Spic-and-span factory</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Sony-pins-big-hopes-on-Thailand">Sony pins big hopes on Thailand</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Sony's electronics unit has decided to stop prioritizing market share and actually pay attention to fattening up profits. The strategy is paying off with digital cameras and their lenses. Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony's executive deputy presid...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Japan-urges-China-to-tackle-structural-challenges-in-G-20-talks">Japan urges China to tackle structural challenges in G-20 talks</a></h3> <p>ANKARA (Kyodo) -- Japan urged China on Friday to tackle structural challenges to deal with growing uncertainty about its economic outlook at a meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20 economies, Japanese officials said. Japanese Finance Min...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Duel with China ends in draw</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Japan-dismayed-by-Indonesia-s-decision-to-turn-down-high-speed-train-plans">Japan dismayed by Indonesia's decision to turn down high-speed train plans</a></h3> <p>JAKARTA -- Indonesia's decision to drop a planned high-speed rail project after playing Japan and China against each other has left Tokyo feeling strung along. Darmin Nasution, Indonesia's coordinating minister for the economy, informed Japanese ...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Meeting begins in Turkey</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Kuroda-says-G-20-focusing-on-emerging-economies-slowdown">Kuroda says G-20 focusing on emerging economies' slowdown</a></h3> <p>ANKARA -- Finance ministers and central bankers from 20 major economies will search for a response to the slowdown in emerging economies as they meet for two days in Turkey's capital, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday. "Economic gro...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Japanese equities</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Effissimo-Capital-takes-stakes-in-Ricoh-Kawasaki-Kisen">Effissimo Capital takes stakes in Ricoh, Kawasaki Kisen</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Japanese investment fund Effissimo Capital Management has taken significant stakes in Ricoh and Kawasaki Kisen, according to documents filed with the Finance Ministry's Kanto Local Finance Bureau Friday. The fund bought 64.13 million sha...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">2005 trading error</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905214450/http://asia.nikkei.com/Japan-Update/Mizuho-Securities-sees-105m-lawsuit-windfall">Mizuho Securities sees $105m lawsuit windfall</a></h3> <p>TOKYO -- Mizuho Securities expects to post an extraordinary profit of 12.8 billion yen ($105 million) for the July-September quarter, thanks to a recent court victory over the owner of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 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