Lenskart, the SoftBank-backed omni-channel eye-wear retailer, has picked up a majority stake in Owndays – Japan’s direct-to-consumer eyewear brand – the company said. The strategic partnership through this merger will...
Tata Motors partners with Japan’s Renesas to develop chip solutions
Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp and India’s Tata Motors have formed a strategic partnership to design, develop and manufacture semiconductor solutions for domestic and global markets...
Japan’s Chubu Electric to buy stake in India’s rural renewable energy service company OMC Power
Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co Inc said on Tuesday it will spend up to 5 billion yen ($39 million) to buy a 20% stake in India’s rural renewable energy service company, OMC Power Private Ltd, through a...
Japan’s Coincheck to list on Nasdaq via over $1 billion SPAC merger
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc said on Tuesday it would go public in the United States by merging with blank-check firm Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV Inc in a $1.25 billion deal. The deal would...
KKR & Co. to buy Japan real-estate manager for $2 billion
KKR & Co. has agreed to acquire a Japanese real-estate joint venture between Mitsubishi Corp. and UBS Group AG for $2 billion, it said Thursday. KKR said the acquisition will deepen its presence in Japan and expand...
Japan’s major newspapers to buy stake in ailing printing presses maker
Six major Japanese newspaper companies said on Friday they will buy a third of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho Ltd to salvage the country’s top maker of newspaper printing presses from a prolonged fight with an unwelcome...
Japan’s Marubeni to sell Gavilon grain business to Glencore arm for $1.1 bln
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp will sell the grains business of its U.S. unit Gavilon to commodities trader Glencore PLC’s Viterra arm for $1.125 billion, plus working capital, Viterra said on Wednesday...
Japan’s Nippon Steel buys Thai steelmakers in $763 mln deal
Japan’s Nippon Steel said it will buy two electric arc furnace steelmakers in Thailand in a deal worth up to $763 million, as it seeks to cut its reliance on blast furnaces that use coking coal and emit carbon...
Hong Kong fund to sell Japan, S.Korea Burger King business – Nikkei
Hong Kong fund Affinity Equity partners plans to sell its Japan and South Korean Burger King business and could fetch around 100 billion yen ($874 million), the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. ($1 = 114.4800...
Japan’s Hitachi to sell about 50% of its stake in construction unit
Japan’s Hitachi Ltd said on Friday it plans to sell about half of its stake in Hitachi Construction to trading company Itochu in a sale worth about 182.4 billion yen ($1.60 billion). Itochu will buy...
Japan’s Mizuho to acquire U.S. private equity agent Capstone, source says
Mizuho Financial Group plans to acquire U.S. private equity placement agent Capstone Partners, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese lender looks to beef up its investment banking business. Dallas...
Japan’s Eneos says tender offer for Nippo completed
Japan’s Eneos Holdings said on Saturday that a tender offer aimed at taking Nippo Corp private has succeeded with 35.86% of shareholders agreeing to sell their stake in the Japanese roadbuilder. Oil refiner Eneos...