What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade and one that stands to reshape the global entertainment business landscape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/warner-bros-netflix-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #warnerbrosdiscovery #hbo #television #streaming #acquisitions

SoftBank Group is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/06/companies/softbank-data-centers-digitalbridge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #tech #ai #acquisitions

Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a historic deal, joining the world’s dominant paid streaming service with one of Hollywood’s oldest and most revered studios. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/companies/netflix-purchase-warner-bros/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #netflix #warnerbrosdiscovery #hbo #television #us #hollywood #acquisitions

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is set to quicken its push into India by boosting lending and adding staff, after deploying almost $5 billion to gain ground in one of the world’s fastest growing major economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-india-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #india #banks #investments #acquisitions

Elliott Investment Management has been building a large stake in Toyota Industries and has told the group company that its proposed ¥16,300 per share buyout offer is too low, people familiar with the matter said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/11/companies/elliot-toyota-buyout-low/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elliottinvestmentmanagement #toyotaindustries #toyota #acquisitions

SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry’s largest-ever deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/companies/softbank-marvell-takeover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #marvelltechnology #us #ai #chipmakers #acquisitions

Japan's corporate governance reforms are being tested by Toyota's controversial ¥4.7 trillion bid to take its affiliate, Toyota Industries, private. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/05/japan/toyota-buyout-tests-japans-reforms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #abenomics #tico #toyota #japaneseeconomy #acquisitions #mergers

Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/04/companies/japanese-firms-boost-foreign-currency-bonds-buy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bonds #investments #brokerages #mergers #acquisitions #japaneseeconomy

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