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• Asia Ends Mixed; China Stocks Hit 1-Week High Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 3:10 AM ET

  The Shanghai Composite rallied over 1 percent on Thursday as investors cheered news of easing regulations while Japan's Nikkei index closed off its five-and-a-half year peak after data showed that capital spending fell for a fifth straight month.

• Here's One Sector Suffering From Abenomics Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 9:09 PM ET

  

  Shinzo Abe's economic policies may be aimed at bolstering Japan's manufacturing groups, but the country's banks are suffering an Abenomics ordeal. The Financial Times reports.

• Japanese Banks Say Hola as They Woo Overseas Borrowers Sunday, 21 Apr 2013 | 9:29 PM ET

  

  Japan's banking titans are hiring Spanish-speaking bankers to win new business in Latin America and handing out loans to junk-grade borrowers in the United States as they probe deeper overseas.

• Finding Value in Japan's Banks  Monday, 28 Jan 2013 | 7:20 PM ET

  

  Brian Waterhouse, Senior Analyst, Japan Banks, CLSA discusses the merits of increasing exposure to Japan's banking sector. He adds that loan growth is still fairly anemic.