Yasutaka Tamura

Japan's most popular taxi-hailing provider Go Inc is planning an initial public offering this year which could raise several hundred million dollars, according to people familiar with the matter.

Japan’s two major exchanges are looking to expand exchange-traded fund products including ones that offer covered calls to attract new investors.

The push underscores the ambition of Japanese stock exchanges to attract more global capital by strengthening areas where they lag international peers, such as single-stock options and actively managed ETFs. Introducing actively managed covered call ETFs on single stocks could support both cash and derivatives markets.

Japan Exchange Group Inc. said exchange-traded funds that track cryptocurrencies may list as early as next year, if revisions to the law allow it.

Japanese industrial electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. is looking to offload about 8% of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. shares in block trades, according to people familiar with the matter.

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese industrial electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. is looking to offload about 8% of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. shares in block trades, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. shares extended their drop on Wednesday after major shareholder Hitachi Ltd. offloaded ¥90.1 billion ($571 million) of stock in a block trade.

Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s plan to float American Depositary Shares is setting one of the world’s hottest stocks up for a liquidity boost, tapping into the global fervor over memory chips to expand its investor base.

JX Advanced Metals Corp. has priced its zero-coupon convertible bonds at the top of the marketed range, underscoring solid investor demand for equity-linked securities in Japan.

Osaka Exchange Inc. will increase the number of single-stock options in its market-making program in another effort to boost derivative use in Japan, bourse officials said.