Japan Inc has embarked upon the overdue process of unbundling its conglomerate structures. Businesses that are being put up for sale...
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Many Japanese companies have suspended or reduced Russian operations for now or are considering doing so given the current geo-political...
In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Nomura’s chief executive Kentaro Okuda expressed his expectation that the weakening of...
ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) is driving businesses globally to re-think, re-calibrate and sometimes even re-invent their...
My partner Ethan Klingsberg in our NY office has recently shared his thoughts on M&A trends in 2022. His predictions include an increase...
SPACs – The final frontier. To explore strange new worlds, to boldly go where no one has gone before. We may have taken a few liberties...
Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, corporate Japan needed a 'shot in the arm' – economic growth has been stagnant for years, with...
With the COVID-19 pandemic driving fire sales as well as industry and supply chain consolidation and financial investors having bulging...
Japan’s giant corporations are under pressure to shape up. Recent guidelines from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry...