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Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda¡¯s compensation rose to ?1.6 billion ($10 million) in the year that ended on March 31.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2026
Nomura raises CEO pay to $10 million after profit hits a record
Under Kentaro Okuda¡¯s leadership, Japan¡¯s biggest brokerage generated a second straight year of record net income.
Hong Kong investment fund Oasis Management is seeking the removal of Kyocera Chairman Goro Yamaguchi over the company's poor earnings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2026
Japanese firms see record number of shareholder proposals from activist investors
As of Friday, institutional investors had submitted 139 proposals to 51 Japanese companies, up from 137 the previous year, according to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda speaks during an interview in December.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2026
Nomura raises annual profit target 50% after record year
Japan¡¯s biggest brokerage seeks to post at least ?750 billion ($4.7 billion) in annual pretax income by the year ending March 2031.
Nomura Holdings has been benefiting from volatile global markets and a boom in investing and dealmaking at home, but the coming quarters may provide a test for the firm as the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø puts a strain on the global economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2026
Nomura stock hit after research affiliate writedown and Europe loss
The results overshadowed a second straight year of record earnings for Japan¡¯s biggest brokerage.
Net income rose 2.7% from a year earlier to ?73.9 billion in the three months ended March 31, Nomura Holdings said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2026
Nomura posts record full-year profit on Japan market rebound
Japan¡¯s biggest brokerage has been benefiting from volatile global markets and a boom in investing and dealmaking at home.
Nomura Holdings is expanding its bullion trading business as investor interest grows, with former Standard Chartered precious metals trader Aleksander Ganchev joining to lead the effort.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2026
Nomura plans precious metals trading expansion under new hire
The bank¡¯s currency trading desk has been active in gold options trading for over two decades, and is now looking to start trading gold and silver futures.
A former Nomura Holdings employee accused of arson, attempted murder, and robbery of an elderly client has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Hiroshima District Court.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2026
Ex-Nomura employee sentenced to 18 years in home robbery case
The incident, involving an elderly client, attracted widespread attention in Japan, where house calls by financial workers have long been a routine part of doing business.
Nomura Holdings stock slid as much as 5.3% on Monday morning in Tokyo, the biggest intraday decrease in more than nine months.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2026
Nomura shares drop after profit falls more than estimated
The stock slid as much as 5.3% on Monday morning in Tokyo before paring the decline to about 3.3%.
Net income slid 9.7% from a year earlier to ?91.6 billion ($595 million) in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, Nomura said in a statement Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2026
Nomura profit falls on Europe loss and acquisition costs
CEO Kentaro Okuda is seeking to extend the momentum that led to record profit last year, as financial firms compete to capitalize on Japan¡¯s market swings and investing boom.
Nomura Securities' trading room in Tokyo. Nomura Holdings took the top spot in advising on Japanese mergers and acquisitions in 2025.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2026
Nomura beats Goldman to top spot in record M&A year for Japan
The total value of mergers and acquisition transactions in Japan shot up 89% to a record ?59.5 trillion in 2025.
Nomura Holdings is one of Japan¡¯s oldest securities houses, having been founded on Christmas Day in 1925 by Tokushichi Nomura II.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2026
Nomura¡¯s revival faces challenge from Japan¡¯s ambitious megabanks
The market capitalization of the country¡¯s largest brokerage remains at 2007 levels while the three megabanks are hitting record valuations fueled by rising lending rates.
Sadaharu Oh waves to the crowd after throwing the first pitch ahead of a World Baseball Classic game in Fukuoka in March 2013.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 10, 2025
Nomura ties up with Sadaharu Oh to help support retired athletes
Oh, professional baseball¡¯s all-time home run king, founded the Japan Baseball Council in May to nurture ¡°global heroes¡± from the world of baseball and other sports.
Nomura Asset Management President Hiroyasu Koike says expanding staff with overseas business experience will strengthen the firm¡¯s position as a global asset-managing competitor.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2025
Nomura sends bankers to New York and London in asset manager push
More staff with overseas business experience will boost Nomura¡¯s stance as a global competitor in asset management, company president Hiroyasu Koike said.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda vowed to build on the company¡¯s earnings revival by strengthening businesses across the board, ranging from wealth to asset management and dealmaking.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Nomura CEO pledges big growth phase in wealth and asset management
Japan¡¯s biggest securities firm has beaten analysts¡¯ profit estimates for the past few quarters as households boost investments and corporate clients do more deals.
Some Japanese government bond traders have noted Japan Exchange Group's rules were opaque enough that almost anyone could be tripped up and lose their job.
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2025
Japan exchange to revise guidelines to curb JGB futures spoofing
As the line between spoofing and regular transactions can be contentious, traders would benefit from clearer guidance.
Nomura Holdings decided to fold its fledgling proprietary trading desk in London into other parts of the markets business, ditching an effort to restart the contentious practice.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2025
Nomura abandons effort to restart prop trading desk in London
The short-lived effort shows how Japan¡¯s biggest brokerage continued high-risk bets even as executives say they¡¯ve overhauled to focused on serving customers.
Yasuyuki Fukuda, chief portfolio manager of Nomura Asset Management¡¯s Japanese Information Electronics equity fund, says AI stocks are not in a bubble and have room to rise further.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2025
Japan¡¯s largest tech fund says AI stocks not at bubble stage
With seven large tech companies now accounting for more than one-third of the S&P 500 index¡¯s weighting, investors are asking if this is a sign of overheating.
Nomura Asset Management has been buying U.K. government bonds as their yields appear more attractive than those of other European countries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2025
Nomura¡¯s Maeda says gilts are most compelling bet in Europe
Despite a tumble in gilt yields this month, the 10-year maturity is yielding about 4.4%, making it appealing for investors in Japan.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2025
Nomura CEO seeks to tap Japan investors¡¯ private market bets
Kentaro Okuda is looking to Japanese investors who are seeking private markets as a way to diversify their assets.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, during the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, China, in August. Japanese policymakers are taking a more positive view of crypto as U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s embrace of the assets bolsters the industry.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2025
Japan¡¯s FSA may allow banks to invest in crypto assets if risks are managed
The Financial Services Agency is also considering allowing banking groups to apply for licenses to operate cryptoexchanges, according to a source.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
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