TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Cosmetics giant Shiseido <4911.T> and Internet access provider eAccess <9427.T> are among a handful of Japanese companies that have recently scrapped "poison pill" takeover ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Japanese companies have erected takeover defenses to protect themselves from hostile takeovers in recent months, but the courts may tear some of them down, breaching the ...

Japan on Tuesday began trial sales of over-the-counter "morning-after" contraceptive pills, according to the country's pharmaceutical association, in a partial victory for campaigners. Rights groups ...

Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has spoken out against the over-the-counter sale of an emergency contraceptive pill in Japan, allowing women in the country to take the medication without a prescription ...

Akihiro Kobayashi, President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., left, bows during a press conference in Osaka, on March 22, 2024. Health supplement products believed to have caused a few deaths and ...