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ACQUISITIONS

BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015
Dow Chemical, DuPont agree to combine in merger of equals
Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., two historic giants of U.S. industry, will join in an all-stock merger of equals to create three new businesses in a deal described as the largest ever in the chemicals industry.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2015
Western Digital to buy SanDisk for $19 billion
Western Digital Corp. agreed to buy SanDisk Corp. for about $19 billion (¥2.26 trillion), gaining access to a supply of semiconductors that are at the heart of a fast-growing type of computer storage.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 28, 2015
PR firm Sunny Side Up Inc. to buy Tokyo Weekender publisher BC Media Group
Sunny Side Up Inc., a Tokyo-based public relations agency, announced Friday it will purchase Bulbous Cell Media Group, which publishes the English-language magazine Tokyo Weekender.
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2015
Takeover of Amlin makes other Lloyd's insurers bid targets
Amlin PLC's $5.3 billion takeover by a Japanese competitor has put the remaining four publicly traded Lloyd's of London insurers in the spotlight for a possible takeover.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2015
SoftBank beefs up Sprint stake with second purchase this month
SoftBank Group increased its stake in Sprint Corp. a second time this month, acquiring ¥7.51 billion($73 million) of stock in the unprofitable U.S. wireless operator.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2015
Sumitomo Life to buy Buffett-backed Symetra for $3.8 billion
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. agreed to buy Symetra Financial Corp. for about $3.8 billion (¥473.5 billion) as the Japanese company seeks to expand in the U.S.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2015
Long history of money-losers for Japan Inc.
Here we go again?
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2015
GE reportedly to seek first bids for Japan leasing unit in late August
General Electric Co. will seek initial bids for its Japanese leasing business in late August, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2015
Tokio Marine buys HCC for $7.5 billion in biggest takeover
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. agreed to buy HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $7.5 billion (about ¥941.3 billion) in the biggest acquisition by a Japanese insurer, stepping up an overseas expansion to counter stagnation at home.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2015
Sompo Japan to purchase 15% stake in French re-insurer Scor
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. will buy a 15 percent stake in French re-insurer Scor SE in potentially its biggest-ever overseas investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2014
Daiichi Sankyo to buy Ambit to strengthen cancer product line
Daiichi Sankyo Co. has agreed to buy U.S.-based Ambit Biosciences Corp. for as much as $410 million to bolster its pipeline of cancer treatments.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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