By Morgan Davis
04.30 PM
Japan’s sustainable bond market, already one of the world’s largest, has grown over the past year given a boost from social funding needs brought about by Covid-19. Morgan Davis reports.
Japan’s ESG bond market got a boost in March, when Toyota Motor Corp sold its first dollar sustainability bond. The $2.75bn triple-tranche deal, sold under Toyota’s “woven planet bond” framework, was the latest first for Japan’s sustainable bond market, and bankers in the country expect to see more.
Toyota is not new to environmental fundraising in the capital markets, as it has sold green dollar bonds before. But the company’s sustainability-labelled transaction, which combines green and social uses of proceeds, may indicate a turning point for sustainable borrowing, bankers say. The market has been dominated by financial and state-linked issuers, but corporations are increasingly selling green and sustainable notes domestically and internationally.
By Morgan Davis
04.15 PM
The Japanese bond market had a blow-out year in 2020, despite the ongoing pandemic and related volatility. With 2021 already characterised by eager borrowers and large acquisition financing activity, DCM bankers are preparing for another record setting year. Morgan Davis reports.
The past year has been a volatile one for capital markets around the world. Businesses in Japan were battered and many permanently closed. The country was forced to postpone its 2020 Olympics, and uncertainty remains around how safe it is for the event to be held this summer, as planned. Since the start of 2020, Japan has reported more than 500,000 cases of Covid-19, resulting in around 9,400 deaths.
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Funimation, AnimeLab Stream Idoly Pride Anime
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Anime premiered on January 10
Funimation announced on Saturday that it will stream simulcasts of the anime part of the
Idoly Pride multimedia project on its platform in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Ireland. AnimeLab will stream the anime in Australia and New Zealand.
Funimation describes the anime:
After a successful audition, high school student Kotono Nagase and her best friend move into a dorm with eight other aspiring idols. They quickly realize it takes more than cute choreography and cute outfits to reach the top it will take blood, sweat, and tears to advance in the idol-ranking VENUS program, where the top spot is held by superstar Mana Nagase…who happens to be Kotono s older sister.