Takeda offers $62bn to acquire Irish rare disease company Shire
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Japanese pharma company Takeda Pharmaceutical has proposed to acquire Shire, an Ireland-based rare disease company for $62 billion after Botox-maker Allergan More...
SoftBank to invest $77m in Canadian lithium mining company Nemaska Lithium
Mining industry news : Japan’s SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire a stake of up to 9.9% in Nemaska Lithium, a Canadian lithium mining company for C$ 99.1 million ($77.7 million). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle More...
Japan Tobacco to acquire Russian tobacco company Donskoy Tabak for $1.6bn
Cigarette industry news : Japan Tobacco (JT), a Japanese government-controlled cigarette manufacturing company has made a deal to acquire Russian tobacco company Donskoy Tabak (DT) for about RUB90 billion ($1.6 More...
eBay to acquire online shopping site Qoo10 & other Japan business of Giosis
eBay acquisition of Qoo10 : E-commerce giant eBay has agreed to acquire the Japanese business of Giosis, including the Qoo10 online shopping site, for an undisclosed price. eBay, which is currently an investor in More...
Pacifico Energy begins construction of Minami Mega solar project in Japan
Solar industry news : Japanese solar power developer Pacifico Energy has started construction of the 55MW Minami Mega solar project in Japan’s Gifu prefecture in Gujo City. The new Japanese solar power plant will More...
Walmart, Rakuten partner on online grocery delivery service in Japan
Retail business news : Retail giant Walmart and Japanese ecommerce conglomerate Rakuten have announced a new strategic partnership to launch online grocery delivery service in Japan and for offering new eBooks and More...
Canadian Solar’s Gunma Aramaki solar power plant in Japan begins operations
Solar industry news : Canadian Solar says that its Gunma Aramaki solar power plant in Japan built at a cost of JPY5.4 billion ($47.0 million) having a capacity of 19.1MW has entered into commercial operations Located More...
Japanese cosmetics company Kao to acquire US-based Oribe Hair Care
Cosmetic industry news : Kao USA, a subsidiary of Japanese cosmetics company Kao Corporation has agreed to acquire beauty and hair care products manufacturer Oribe Hair Care for an undisclosed price, to expand its More...
Uber to go ahead with SoftBank deal, to reveal pricing next week
Transport industry news : Ride hailing company Uber Technologies intends to go forward with a deal that will see Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corporation as a major investor, reports Reuters. In More...
Ajinomoto acquires American medical foods company Cambrooke Therapeutics
Food industry news : Japanese food and chemical company Ajinomoto through its subsidiary Ajinomoto North America has acquired medical foods company Cambrooke Therapeutics for nearly $64 million to enter into the More...