Gearoid Reidy

  • Hisayuki Idekoba, president and chief executive officer of Recruit Holdings Co., speaks during an interview in TokyoInternational

    The CEO of the world’s biggest job portal says he has a solution to the labor shortage: getting rid of the resume

    By Gearoid Reidy, Yasutaka Tamura, and others
  • TOKYO, JAPAN – OCTOBER 4 : Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Pool/Bloomberg/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)International

    Japan’s markets sink after its new prime minister underwhelms investors hoping for change

    By Shoko Oda, Gearoid Reidy, and others
  • PORTUGAL – 2021/08/24: In this photo illustration a PayPal logo seen displayed on a smartphone with binary code on a laptop screen. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)International

    PayPal deepens its buy-now-pay-later push with acquisition of Japan’s Paidy for $2.7 billion

    By Jenny Surane, Gearoid Reidy, and others
  • An employee sits next to signboards showing the location of a Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination centre at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on July 15, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Shares in Japanese homebuilder sink on reports boss threatened to punish vaccinated workers

    By Gearoid Reidy and Bloomberg
  • Eiji Hirano, executive vice president of Toyota Financial Services Corp., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. The Bank of Japan’s latest monetary easing steps reflect its growing concern about the economic outlook, and it could expand the program further if needed, a former central bank official said. Photographer: Robert Gilhooly/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Beware of ‘ESG Bubble,’ warns ex-chair of world’s largest pension fund

    By Emi Urabe, Gearoid Reidy, and others
  • A China National Biotec Group (CNBG) vaccine candidate for COVID-19 coronavirus is on display at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on September 6, 2020. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Shares of Asian vaccine makers rebound from patent waiver shock after Merkel intervenes

    By Gearoid Reidy, Ishika Mookerjee, and others
  • Customers next to a screen displaying financial information inside Stock Pickers, a tip-trading bar for investors, in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March 29, 2021. Stock Pickers’ walls are decorated with books on value investing and how to bet like legendary investor Warren Buffett. Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/BloombergRetail

    At this trendy tip-trading bar in Tokyo, Reddit-inspired retail traders look for investing tips with their drinks

    By Gearoid Reidy, Shoko Oda, and others
  • A SoftBank logo in Tokyo. The SoftBank group’s stock has reached a new high.Finance

    SoftBank shares shake off WeWork losses to hit one year high

    By Gearoid Reidy, Min Jeong Lee, and others
  • A woman wearing a face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, is seen under a cherry blossom, called 'Kanzakura' in Tokyo, Japan, March 4, 2020. (Photo by Hitoshi Yamada/NurPhoto via Getty Images)International

    No conveyor belt sushi, cherry-blossom viewing parties: Coronavirus reshapes daily life in Japan

    By Gearoid Reidy and Bloomberg
  • FT. COLLINS, CO - November 09: New Belgium Folly packs head down and up the production line at the brewery November 09, 2016. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)International

    New Belgium Brewing Is Bought in Latest Craft Purchase by Big Beer

    By Gearoid Reidy and Bloomberg