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The number of tender offers in Japan is on the rise, and the number of deals this year is expected to set a new annual record.

The pandemic and rise in geopolitical tensions have triggered significant developments in the regulation of M&A worldwide, and Japan is no exception. Prospective investors should pay attention...

Effective May 1, 2007, Japan’s new Company Law rules will allow foreign companies to use their shares in acquiring Japanese companies. While the new law and related regulatory changes are intended to facilitate cross-border M&A activity, non-Japanese acquirers interested in using triangular mergers will need to consider various business, tax and other legal issues when planning to pursue this type of transaction.

Japan’s system of interlocking shareholdings is collapsing as Japan’s banks move to isolate their reported capital ratios from equity market volatility.

A management buyout (MBO) is an acquisition of a company (the "target") by its management, in which the management acquires all shares in the target on the assumption that the target's business...

This article provides an overview of the merger control landscape in Japan, including information on thresholds for notifcation, safe harbours and foreignto- foreign transactions, among other topics.

Does your jurisdiction use different notification thresholds for transactions in the traditional fields and in the digital economy? If affirmative, explain what the difference is and why.

One of the topics related to corporate activity that attracted the most attention in Japan in 2023 was the 31 March publication of three notices addressed to listed companies by the Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE").

Japanese startups and venture businesses have recently experienced significant growth and development.

FW discusses M&A in Japan in 2024 with Ryuichi Shiomi, Masatsugu Nakajima, Jun Fukuda and Risa Fukumoto at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune.

After decades of suboptimal shareholder returns, Japanese conglomerates are now facing both market and regulatory pressures to improve performance.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) have revised the Guidelines for New Business Activities in the Healthy Life Extension Industry Sector...

On July 2023, 7, the National Tax Agency announced the "Partial Revision of the "Handling of Income Tax Related to the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation" (Notice of Interpretation of Laws and Regulations)"...

Japan has been the largest and most active private equity ("PE") market in APAC since 2023[2] (Fig 1). PE related dealmaking in Japan jumped last year as ample supply of targets...

There have been no major legislative changes in Japan over the past year. With that said, the Ministry and Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI") issued new guidelines...

In July 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation of the EU came into effect. MAR extends the scope of the Market Abuse Directive, the predecessor legislation which it replaces, . . .

A bill to amend Japan’s Anti Monopoly Act, which had been long pending at the Japanese Diet, was finally passed on April 20, 2005. The amendments significantly expand the antitrust investigation and enforcement authority of the Fair Trade Commission of Japan ("JFTC") by effecting four significant changes in Japanese competition law: