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TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL

Toshiba went private through a takeover bid after a series of battles with activist shareholders.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2024
Management buyouts by big companies on rise in Japan
The total value of management buyout deals exceeded ¥1.4 trillion in Japan in 2023 to hit a record high.
Buyouts by management and controlling parties have surged this year in Japan, with the total value now set to pass ¥1 trillion.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2023
Being a listed company in Japan is losing its luster
Japan's corporate landscape is shifting as companies opt for management buyouts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020
Taisho emerges as lead bidder for Takeda $3 billion consumer unit
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. has emerged as the leading contender to acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s Japanese consumer health care business, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2018
Taisho said to near $1.6 billion deal for Bristol-Myers unit
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. is nearing a deal to buy Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s French over-the-counter unit, people familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese drugmaker seeks to boost its overseas presence.
Japan Times
Rugby / RWC Countdown
Sep 19, 2018
Uehara finds common thread between rugby and business
Akira Uehara, the president of longtime rugby national team sponsor Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., played in the front row for Keio University's B.Y.B Rugby Football Club in the 1960s.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 6, 2015
Home design; Pacific war; CM of the week: Taisho Pharmaceutical
TV Asahi's "Before/After" (Sun., 6:57 p.m.) is single-handedly responsible for the "reform boom." The show has inspired thousands of families to remodel their homes into something more livable and aesthetically pleasing.

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’