Trading house Sumitomo has announced a plan to make Tokyo-based major information technology service provider SCSK a wholly owned subsidiary through a takeover bid valued at about ¥882 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/sumitomo-takeover-scsk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomo #scsk #ai #acquisitions #shingoueno

A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, with 199 startups bought out in 2024 — more than double the number four years earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/companies/japan-startup-deals-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tse #stocks #startups #ipo #mergers #acquisitions

Marubeni is in talks to acquire Carlyle-backed TiAuto Investments, a South African retailer of auto parts, according to people with knowledge of the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/marubeni-tiauto-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tiauto #southafrica #cars #carmakers #marubeni #acquisitions

SoftBank Group agreed to acquire ABB’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/softbank-buys-abb-robotics-unit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #abb #robots #acquisitions

Toyota Motor Chairperson Akio Toyoda’s proposal to buy out Toyota Industries for ¥4.7 trillion has been delayed because the approval process under antitrust laws in various countries is taking longer than anticipated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/toyota-industries-delay-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #akiotoyoda #toyota #carmakers #acquisitions #toyotaindustries

U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is reportedly ending steel slab processing, just months after the Nippon Steel acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/granite-city-works/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions #steel #manufacturing #usjapanrelations

Japan is on track to see a record number of attempts by foreign companies to take over domestic firms this year, spurred by changes in government policy and a weak yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/companies/japan-set-for-record-takeover-offers-by-foreign-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #acquisitions #investments #corporategovernance

Nippon Steel has dropped a lawsuit against U.S. steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs, its CEO, and the head of a steel union over their actions to prevent its buyout of U.S. Steel, which has now received the nod. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/companies/nippon-steel-civil-suit-drop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions

Mizuho Financial Group is aiming to become Asia’s top investment bank by bolstering equity underwriting and M&A advisory as it seeks to replicate the headways it has made in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/companies/mizuho-top-asia-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #us #banks #mergers #acquisitions #investments

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is still under pressure to better protect minority shareholders during management buyouts, mere weeks after requiring more disclosures on such deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/markets/tse-minority-shareholders-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #stocks #acquisitions #investments

Major general contractor Taisei has said that it plans to acquire marine civil engineering company Toyo Construction for about ¥160 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/10/taisei-toyo-construction-acquisition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #taisei #toyoconstruction #constructionindustry #acquisitions

Yomeishu Seizo, a Japanese medicinal liqueur manufacturer, is considering going private and has received acquisition proposals from several investment funds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/companies/japan-liquor-maker-yomeishu-going-private/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #yomeishuseizo #stocks #acquisitions

Net income at the U.S. lender’s local securities subsidiary more than doubled to ¥45.6 billion in the year ended March 31 — the highest in at least seven years, filings show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/companies/foreign-banks-earnings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #brokerages #jpmorgan #stocks #acquisitions

Nippon Steel has said that it registered a net loss in the April-June quarter, squeezed by a restructuring charge related to its acquisition of United States Steel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/02/companies/nippon-steel-quarterly-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #mergers #acquisitions #us #financialresults

Dai-ichi Life is considering mergers and acquisitions in Southeast Asia as part of its plan to expand overseas, eyeing a growing but increasingly crowded market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/dai-ichi-life-ma-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #daiichilife #mergers #acquisitions #lifeinsurance #southeastasia

Despite the end of Couche-Tard's bid, Seven & I Holdings remains a buyout target in the eyes of some investors, who say new suitors may emerge unless the operator of 7-Eleven turns around its business. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/seven-i-buyout-candidate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores

Alimentation Couche-Tard’s decision to walk away from an attempted acquisition of Seven & I Holdings has set off a debate in Tokyo about what lessons foreign companies with mergers and acquisitions aims should draw. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/18/companies/couche-tard-failed-bid-sparks-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has abandoned its $45.8 billion bid to buy Seven & I Holdings, citing a refusal to engage meaningfully. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/17/companies/couche-tard-abandons-seven/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #alimentationcouchetard #acquisitions #conveniencestores

SoftBank Group’s acquisition of semiconductor designer Ampere Computing is facing a potentially lengthy probe by the U.S. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/companies/softbank-ampere-ftc/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amperecomputing #us #softbank #acquisitions #ftc

Drug wholesaler Medipal Holdings is seeking merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its business and combat slower growth in the market in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/companies/japan-medipal-drug-firm-ma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #medipalholdings #pharmaceuticals #acquisitions #mergers