In focus: Outlook for Japanese M&A - 2023 and beyond
Taking a closer look at the outlook for Japanese M&A and what this means for 2023, including:
- Japan-related M&A hit the new record-high in 2022, with 4,304 deals
- More Japanese businesses are welcoming foreign shareholders like never before
- For the continuously growing outbound acquisition, Japanese corporates’ M&A scope have become more focused, backed by much higher M&A literacy and decisiveness
- Sectors such as software, IT and tech-enabled services have become universally relevant to a wide range of industry sectors pursuing DX (digital transformation), and cross-industry dealmaking have become much more commonplace