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ACQUISITIONS

Shares of Next Generation Technology Group, which focuses on buying manufacturing firms without a clear succession plan, rose 202% since their listing last February.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2026
Japan’s succession crisis yields country’s best-performing IPO
Shares of Next Generation Technology Group, which focuses on buying manufacturing firms without a clear succession plan, rose 202% since their listing last February.
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.
If Elliott Investment Management succeeds in blocking Toyota's take-private deal, it would mark one of the biggest wins for shareholder activism in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2026
Elliott seen having a shot at foiling controversial Toyota deal
Should Elliott prevail, it would go down as one of the biggest victories for shareholder activism in Japan.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo in December.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 26, 2026
SoftBank hits the brakes on talks to buy data center firm Switch
The two sides remain in active discussions about a partial investment or a partnership.
Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7 billion price.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros. to keep Paramount at bay
The new all-cash bid — at $27.75 a share — has unanimous support from the Warner Bros. board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing.
The Toyota group plans to take Toyota Industries private, a deal opposed by U.S. activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 19, 2026
Elliott opposes group buyout of Toyota Industries
The U.S. activist fund argues Toyota Industries, which it has a 5% stake in, could achieve greater value on its own.
Mitsubishi said in a statement on Friday that the company agreed to buy Aethon Energy Management’s U.S. gas and pipeline assets for $5.2 billion, the biggest purchase by a Japanese company in the American shale sector.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2026
Mitsubishi to buy Aethon U.S. gas assets in $5.2 billion deal
Japanese energy companies are looking to expand into U.S. oil and gas following renewed support from President Donald Trump’s administration.
The Toyota group has raised its buyout offer for Toyota Industries by 15%.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2026
Toyota Industries shares exceed new bid as traders push for more
The sweetened bid is unlikely to placate investors who say the new price still undervalues the company with the shares already outpacing the revised offer.
Drugstore chain Tsuruha will become a subsidiary of major supermarket operator Aeon on Wednesday next week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 8, 2026
Aeon set to make drugstore chain Tsuruha a subsidiary next week
Aeon revised up its consolidated earnings estimates, reflecting the acquisition of Tsuruha.
Facing the dual pressures of short-term investor scrutiny and government-forced price cuts, Japanese drugmakers are opting to delist in order to seek greater management flexibility to cut costs, reshape portfolios and invest for the long term.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 8, 2026
Buyout wave seen among Japan drugmakers after Hisamitsu deal
Drugmakers are opting to delist in order to seek greater management flexibility amid dual pressures of short-term investor scrutiny and government-forced price cuts.
Known for its Salonpas pain-relief patches, Hisamitsu joins a growing list of Japanese companies exiting the public market to shield themselves from regulatory and investor pressure to lift valuations and implement more oversight.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 7, 2026
Hisamitsu shares jump most since 1978 on $2.9 billion buyout
The proposed offer of ¥6,082 per share represents a roughly 35% premium to Hisamitsu’s unaffected closing price on Monday.
Boxes of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical’s Salonpas-branded pain-relieving patch. Hisamitsu’s management is considering a takeover bid to privatize the company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2026
CEO of Salonpas maker seeks to take $2.9 billion drug firm private
A growing list of companies are exiting the public market to shield themselves from growing regulatory and investor pressure to lift valuations and implement more oversight.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, on Dec. 8
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 31, 2025
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount offer next week
The storied Hollywood studio is set to turn down the amended $108.4 billion hostile bid despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer.
U.S. investment firm KKR plans to finalize terms, such as the purchase price, and launch a tender offer in January for Yomeishu Seizo, people familiar with the matter say.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2025
KKR gets first negotiation rights to take Yomeishu private
A wave of corporate governance reforms in Japan has led to more buyouts by investment funds, management and founders.
The annual number of companies delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to hit a record high in 2025.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 30, 2025
Companies delisted from TSE to hit record high in 2025
This year’s total is expected to reach 125, the highest figure since the 2013 stock market integration between the TSE and the then-Osaka Securities Exchange.
SoftBank Group aims to capitalize on soaring demand for the computing capacity that underpins artificial intelligence applications.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 30, 2025
SoftBank buys data center investment firm DigitalBridge
SoftBank’s billionaire founder Masayoshi Son is aiming to capitalize on soaring demand for digital infrastructure, driven by the artificial intelligence boom.
Daiwa Securities Group CEO Akihiko Ogino says the firm has restarted hiring merger advisory staff overseas and is boosting a team of cross-border deal specialists.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2025
Daiwa resumes hiring for mergers and acquisitions amid ‘vibrant’ Japan market
Japan’s second-largest brokerage had paused such hiring after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements clouded the outlook for deals.
Goldman Sachs Group is looking for Japanese corporate clients in areas such as management buyouts, subsidiary sales and business succession planning.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2025
Goldman to ramp up investment in Japan’s mid-cap companies
The bank is planning to expand its acquisitions and investments in Japan’s corporate deals market over the next decade by about $5.1 billion, with a focus on mid-sized firms.
Citigroup plans to expand the investment banking division in Japan by about 30% by the first half of 2026, Japan Vice Chair Masuo Fukuda said, to capitalize on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2025
Citigroup to boost Japan investment banking team on deal boom
The U.S. bank plans to expand the division about 30% by the first half of 2026, Japan Vice Chair Masuo Fukuda said in an interview.
Nippon Life Insurance President Satoshi Asahi says the firm is always looking at further acquisition opportunities, particularly in the United States.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2025
Nippon Life seeking overseas acquisitions and watching bond yields
Japanese financial firms have been aggressively making acquisitions abroad to make up for a lack of growth prospects at home.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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