Taiga Uranaka

Some Japanese banks may soon come under the spotlight for potential "gender washing" over the way they count the number of women in management positions.

From heatstroke insurance for humans to policies that reimburse farmers for lower milk output, more financial products are addressing climate change.

Climate change-driven heat waves are impacting everything from nuclear reactors in France to glaciers in Pakistan. As millions of people around the world

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to start two debt funds alongside Liquidity Capital with as much as $400 million to provide financing for middle- and later stage startups in Japan and Europe.

Japan’s top three banks are expected to forecast their highest profits in years, driven by a pickup in client activities and subdued bad loan costs.

Japan’s biggest banks are predicting their highest profits in years, though a cautious outlook is holding them back from returning surplus capital to shareholders.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is unlikely to follow its Japanese rivals by teaming up with a US bank as part of its expansion in the world’s largest economy, its chief executive officer said.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is seeking to become more of a dealmaker in the US, after a big bet it’s taking in Wall Street firm Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is ditching illiquid assets and shortening the average maturity of its Japanese and other sovereign bond holdings so it’s positioned to deploy money after expected policy changes over the next 12 months.

Greenhill & Co.’s 75th-place ranking for global mergers advice this year didn’t deter Mizuho Financial Group Inc. from paying more than double the market price for the US boutique bank.