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ACQUISITIONS

Krispy Kreme, founded in North Carolina in 1937, entered the Japanese market in 2006. It currently has 89 stores across the country.
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2025
Krispy Kreme to sell Japan business to Unison Capital
The sale is expected to be completed during the January-March quarter of 2026. Krispy Kreme will use the proceeds to repay debt.
A stock board in Tokyo earlier this month. Corporate governance reforms aimed at improving shareholder returns are helping to transform Japan into a hive of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2025
Record $350 billion deals boom fuels upbeat M&A outlook in Japan
Corporate governance reforms aimed at improving shareholder returns are helping to transform Japan into a hive of activity.
Logo of 7-Eleven is displayed at a convenience store in Tokyo in March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2025
CEO of 7-Eleven USA retires as company undergoes broader revamp
Joe DePinto, who was CEO for two decades and orchestrated its expansion through the acquisition of Speedway and Sunoco gasoline stations, will retire at the end of this month.
MUFG, Japan’s largest lender, will own 20% of Mumbai-based Shriram in a deal announced Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
MUFG bets $4.4 billion on Shriram Finance in Japan-India push
MUFG, Japan’s largest lender, will own 20% of Mumbai-based Shriram, both companies said in statements on Friday.
Toyota Industries, whose shares are worth ¥5.6 trillion, was offered a buyout price in June nearly ¥1 trillion, or 16%, below the value of its holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
Toyota Industries buyout bid dips 16% below stock holdings
The gap between the take-private proposal and the value of Toyota Industries’ holdings has become a major sticking point for activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
Akio Toyoda, the chairman of Toyota Motor, leads unlisted real estate company Toyota Fudosan, which is leading the offer to take Toyota Industries private.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Elliott woos other Toyota industries investors in buyout fight
The activist fund wants to push Toyota group to sweeten its ¥4.7 trillion bid.
Asahi Group Holdings will take control of East African Breweries in its first expansion into Africa.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Asahi plans first steps in Africa with deal to buy alcohol unit from Diageo
The deal covers beer and spirits operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, where beer demand has grown steadily in recent years.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. The Warner Bros. board has criticized Paramount Discovery’s backers, software billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David, saying they “consistently misled” it during talks for a potential takeover.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Warner Bros. slams Ellisons and urges shareholders to reject their bid
The Warner Bros. board said the Paramount backers “consistently misled” them, and suggested their flawed vision for the combined assets would weaken Hollywood.
Paramount Studios in Los Angeles earlier this month. Warner Bros. Discovery's board views its existing agreement with Netflix more favorably than what Paramount has proposed in its takeover bid.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2025
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount bid on funding and terms
Its board still views an existing agreement with Netflix as offering greater value, certainty and terms than what Paramount has proposed.
Paramount Pictures' studio in Hollywood.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid
Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.
SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son speaks in Tokyo earlier this month. Sources have said the group is considering acquiring data-center operator Switch. The move would give it outright ownership of a large portfolio of the facilities at a time when demand for their computing power is growing rapidly.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2025
SoftBank may acquire Switch data-center group deal in AI infrastructure bid
The Japanese company has also been in advanced talks on a potential purchase of one of Switch’s main private equity backers, according to recent reports.
Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2025
Netflix is looking to borrow heavily again to fund Warner Bros. deal
The streaming company is looking to add tens of billions of dollars of debt to finance its planned acquisition of most of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount made a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. with the aim to marry two legacy Hollywood studios to counter the influence of Netflix, Disney and Amazon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2025
Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at side
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix.
Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2025
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The company faces a lengthy Justice Department review of a deal that would reshape the entertainment industry.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2025
SoftBank in talks to buy data-center investor DigitalBridge
The Japanese conglomerate is negotiating a potential deal to buy the firm as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure.
Netflix began flirting with the idea of acquiring Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets after the company announced plans in June to split into two publicly traded companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2025
How Netflix won Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood’s biggest prize
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
With its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix becomes the owner of the HBO network, along with its library of hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "The White Lotus."
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2025
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in historic $72 billion deal
The acquisition marks a dramatic strategic shift for Netflix, which has never made a deal of this scope.
The number of Japanese firms trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is on track to drop by 58 to 3,778 by the end of the year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2025
M&A boom fuels record decline in Japan’s listed companies
The number of Japanese firms trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is on track to drop by 58 to 3,778 by the end of the year.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on Nov. 26. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. film studio, officially put itself up for sale in October after receiving multiple unsolicited offers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Netflix makes cash offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Report
A deal would bulk up the streaming giant’s already considerable content production capabilities and likely face close scrutiny by antitrust authorities.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group plans to accelerate its expansion in India by increasing lending and staff after investing nearly $5 billion in the fast-growing economy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 28, 2025
SMFG accelerates India expansion after $5 billion buying blitz
Sumitomo Mitsui is set to quicken its push into India by boosting lending and adding staff.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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