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ACQUISITIONS

BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2018
Orix says it will buy 30 percent stake in Avolon for $2.2 billion
Orix Corp. said Wednesday it will buy a 30 percent stake in aircraft leasing firm Avolon Holdings Ltd. from China's HNA Group Co. Ltd. for $2.2 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2018
HNA in talks to sell over $2 billion Avolon stake to Orix: sources
HNA Group Co., a Chinese conglomerate unwinding a global acquisition spree, is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake in jet lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. to Orix Corp., sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2018
New Xerox CEO calls Fujifilm's bid to renew merger talks 'delusional,' casts shadow over Fuji Xerox venture
Xerox Corp. CEO John Visentin blasted his Fujifilm Holdings Corp. counterpart's efforts to revive merger talks and warned that he doesn't plan to renew the companies' Asia joint venture Fuji Xerox in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 11, 2018
Whisky-inspired code names cloaked Takeda's $62 billion Shire gamble in secrecy — until cover was blown
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s ambitions to expand in the lucrative U.S. health care market led the drugmaker to begin a painstaking examination of Shire PLC's assets more than two years prior to striking a $62 billion deal.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2018
Xerox CEO to stay in surprise U-turn, putting deal with Fujifilm in flux and setting off proxy war
A plan to replace the chief executive officer of Xerox Corp. and several directors fell apart over a technicality, setting the stage for a proxy fight in which activist shareholders will seek to improve the terms of a deal to cede control of the iconic U.S. printer company to Japan's Fujifilm Holdings...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2018
Xerox CEO resigns as lawsuit puts Fujifilm deal at risk
Xerox's chief and six board members agree to step down in a victory for businessman Carl Icahn in his battle against the firms's $6.1 billion takeover by Fujifilm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2018
Xerox-Fujifilm deal blocked by New York judge over alleged conflict linked to U.S. CEO
A shareholder has accused the CEO of Xerox of maximizing his job security instead of shareholder value when he arranged the company's sale to Fujifilm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2018
Japanese drugmaker Takeda adds more cash to Shire bid, sending offer past $60 billion
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. sweetened its offer for drugmaker Shire PLC to more than $60 billion after three prior bids were rejected, wooing investors in the U.S. company with a higher cash component.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2018
Uber agrees to buy electric bicycle rental company Jump Bikes
Uber Technologies Inc. is leaping into the bicycle-rental industry with the purchase of Jump Bikes, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi seeks out new growth areas with his first acquisition.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2018
Japan Tobacco buys Russia's No. 4 cigarette maker Donskoy Tabak for $1.6 billion
Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to buy Russia's Donskoy Tabak for 90 billion rubles ($1.6 billion), strengthening its leading position in Russia as competition from cigarette alternatives erodes its domestic market share.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2017
Bain prepared to spend $900 million on acquiring digital ad companies
Bain Capital LP said it is prepared to spend about $900 million or more to acquire digital advertising companies in Asia, as it revamps Japan's No. 3 agency to better compete with rivals like Dentsu Inc.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2017
Bain Capital to acquire Asatsu-DK, Japan's third-biggest ad agency
U.S. investment fund Bain Capital said that it will acquire Asatsu-DK Inc., the third-largest ad agency in Japan, through a tender offer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2017
Trump bars Chinese equity firm from buying U.S. chipmaker Lattice
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked a Chinese-backed private equity firm from buying a U.S. chipmaker, sending a clear signal to Beijing that Washington will oppose deals that involve technologies with potential military applications.
EDITORIALS
Aug 20, 2017
Learning from overseas M&A cases that went wrong
Japanese companies that have an appetite for overseas M&As should first learn from the mistakes of others.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2017
MUFG arms itself with ¥1 trillion war chest for acquisitions
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm is seeking acquisitions abroad and has ¥1 trillion to spend as it seeks to become one of the 15 biggest asset managers worldwide.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017
Amazon to plunk down $13.7 billion for upmarket grocer Whole Foods
Amazon.com Inc said it would buy Whole Foods Market Inc. in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, including debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2017
Renesas may issue shares to fund war chest ahead of any buying spree: CEO
Automotive chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is hungry for more acquisitions amid a wave of mega-mergers in the industry and may need to issue equity shares sometime in the future to build its war chest, Bunsei Kure, its CEO, said Monday.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday

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