Mergers and Acquisitions News in Japan
| 4/7/2022 - Aker Horizons ASA ("Aker Horizons") has closed the transaction with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui") announced on 24 March 2022, resulting in the Japanese trading and investment group owning a 27.5 perce... |
| 3/2/2022 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced the completion of its 100% acquisition of Utoc Corporation. As announced in November 30, 2021, timely disclosure, "Notice Regarding Commencement of... |
| 1/28/2022 - NYK and Uyeno Group Holdings, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Uyeno Group) have agreed that NYK acquires a 10% stake in Uyeno Transtech Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Uyeno Transtech), a do... |
| 12/1/2021 - TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. resolved at its board of directors' meeting held on November 30 to acquire common stock of DAIBIRU CORPORATION (Daibiru; President & CEO: Toshiyuki Sonobe; Headquarters... |
| 11/2/2021 - The formation of a joint company marks the formalisation of the cooperation between DEME Offshore (49%) and Penta-Ocean Construction (51%) in Japan. Through JOM, both partners are committed to take a ... |
| 11/1/2021 - SSE Renewables has closed the agreement to form a new joint ownership company, SSE Pacifico, which will pursue the development of offshore wind projects in Japan. The deal includes the acquisition by ... |
| 10/18/2021 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will transfer its building systems business and assets, including the manufacture and sales of elevators and escalators, to its wholly-owned subsidiary Mitsubishi Elect... |
| 10/1/2021 - - Transfer of operations pertaining to technology design, manufacturing, sales, engineering and installation of thermal power systems has been completed - Reorganization of existing business unit... |
| 7/30/2021 - As announced on May 10, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) reached an agreement under which Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. will be integrated into MHI. An absorption-type split agreement to integrate the... |
| 5/18/2021 - Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Toshifumi Watanabe,
President, “J-POWER”) has acquired 10% stake of Genex Power Limited (“Genex”), which is a
renewable power... |
| 4/14/2021 - DEME Offshore and Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading marine contractor, have officially agreed to establish a Joint Venture to focus on the construction of offshore wind farms in Japa... |
| 2/16/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., (MOL) announced its intent to merge its wholly owned subsidiaries MOL Marine Co., Ltd. and MOL Engineering Co., Ltd., effective April 1. The outline of the merger is as follo... |
| 1/29/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that the name of its wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui O.S.K. Kinkai, Ltd. (MOK; President: Kenichi Nagata; Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) will be changed to "M... |
| 12/23/2020 - - Joint venture to launch Octopus Energy in Japan in 2021
... |
| 11/25/2019 - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Chubu) have been selected as the preferred buyers in a bid for the Dutch Energy Company “Eneco”1. Through their joint establishment of a... |
| 11/13/2019 - ITOCHU Corporation (TOCHU) has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Jamieson Manufacturing Corporation (“Jamison“), a U.S. based fence manufacturing and distribution company through it... |
| 9/9/2019 - Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the signing of an agreement on September 5th with UK-based RAP International Ltd. (RAP) for Yokogawa to acquire all shares of the company and make RAP a wholly-... |
| 7/17/2019 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Primetals Technologies will acquire ABP Induction Systems (ABP), a global manufacturer and servicer of induction furnaces and heating systems from CM Acquisitions... |
| 7/10/2019 - One of the largest providers of industrial drone solutions in the world, Tokyo-headquartered Terra Drone Corporation, has entered into an investment agreement with NDT Corrosion Control Services Co. (... |
| 6/25/2019 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement, whereby MHI will acquire Bombardier's regional jet program for a cash consi... |
