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Latest scoop: KKR and Gaw Capital are in talks to sell the Tokyo Hyatt Regency for over ¥100bil ($640mil), sources say. The two firms bought the property in early 2023 for ~¥60bil, and the quick sale reflects the heated investor interest in Japan's hotels bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Despite the sexual harassment scandal, Fuji Media's shares have surged 45% this year, making it the best-performing stock on the Topix index story reported by Bret Okeson Lisa Du Hideyuki Sano @ Bloomberg News bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Global investment firms like Apollo and KKR are increasingly tapping a new source of assets: Japanese life insurance. My latest on how reinsurance deals in Japan are adding to the firms' AUM and private credit funds. w/ Serena Ng bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

セブンイレブンでインバウンド客が買うものは？ nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO… 韓国人の人気1位は「オハヨー　ブリュレ」。中国人は「オハヨー　ジャージー牛乳プリン」。米国人は「たまごサンド」。訪日客の売上高は倍増、地方にも広がっています。

Nissan, Seven & I fallout leaves Japanese companies grasping for solutions and more vulnerable to foreign takeovers trib.al/pEIrNvb

🍙🍙Latest on the 7-Eleven takeover saga w/ Kanoko Matsuyama -- Couche-Tard execs met privately with some Seven & i shareholders in Tokyo last week in a bid to ramp up pressure on the 7-Eleven operator to engage in more serious takeover talks, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Activist investor Elliott has built a significant stake in Japanese developer Sumitomo Realty & Development, and has engaged with the company on improving shareholder value, sources say. My latest — bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Our profile of Ariake Capital, a hedge fund w/a unique proposition: it only invests in Japan's regional banks - known to be a tough/opaque sector. But CIO Katsunori Tanaka, who spent 19 yrs at Goldman, thinks he's got the right strategy+timing on his side: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ariake Capital, a $320-million Japanese hedge fund founded by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst Katsunori Tanaka, is poised to make a profit of about $55 million from selling one of its major regional bank holdings trib.al/xOXPE7d

Japanese hedge fund Ariake Capital, which we profiled just earlier this week, is poised to make a profit of about ¥8.3 billion ($55mil) from selling one of its major regional bank holdings bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Warburg Pincus plans to open a Tokyo office later this year as it seeks more real estate and private equity deals in Japan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Always appreciate a piece with some Japan corporate trivia and insight on how some of the pickiest consumers in the world have forced global companies to do better if they want access to their wallets.✨

Carlyle Group said it is on course to hire 10 investment professionals in Tokyo as it starts dealmaking for its latest ¥430 billion ($3 billion) Japan buyout fund bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In case anyone was penthouse shopping in Japan, one unit is now off the market: A penthouse developed by Swedish buyout firm EQT has sold for ~¥9.5 billion ($67 million), shedding light on the cost of buying into the Tokyo’s high-end property market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

An unexpected victim of these crazy rice prices 🍛🥲

If you've never heard of an OCIO...💡 After 10+ years of trying, Goldman Sachs last year landed its first client in Japan for its business of helping institutions manage money, also known as OCIO. Our story on why it's suddenly picking up w/ Echo Wong : bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Took a stab at writing about the ever-complicated situation interwoven with geopolitics, money, identity + history in one of the most beautiful places in Japan: Okinawa. My 1st story for Bloomberg's Weekend edition, thanks Ed Johnson for a great edit! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…