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
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
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
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
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
U.S. President Donald Trump will exercise a degree of control over U.S. Steel while he is in office under the terms of the "golden share." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/companies/trump-steel-superpowers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #us #usjapanrelations #mergers #acquisitions #donaldtrump #steel