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J-STAR: Looking for the next generation of managersFor Japanese industrial businesses, a key growth driver is a revitalised management team, say J-STAR managing partner Kenichi Harada and principal Hiroaki Kiriseko
How to pick a winner in Japanese healthcareIncreasing competition for healthcare opportunities in Japan has caused PE firms to look for new niches, say J-STAR’s Satoru Arakawa and Masayoshi Nakajima.
Japan: Seven key trendsA surge in both fundraising and deal volume is being hailed as a ‘golden era’ for Japan’s private equity industry.
Japan Post's private equity packageJapan Post has corralled $1.1bn for co-investments in Japan and is building a powerhouse investment team.
Japan roundtable: A certain futureAs the country's market continues to evolve and thrive, five investors discuss why the mid-market is primed to be more competitive in the next decade.
PEI Awards 2017: The Asia-Pacific winnersWho won what in Asia-Pacific, including awards for China, Australasia and Japan.
Japan’s business succession wave creates buying opportunities for J-STARMid-market firm J-STAR has invested over $130m across a string of succession-led deals as more Japanese companies pass the reins to private equity managers.
- Trends of the Year: the rise of Japan
With structural changes in place, increased appetite from LPs and strong dealflow, Japan will continue to be a major market for private equity.
J-STAR books 5x on first exit from second fund – ExclusiveThe Tokyo-based private equity firm sold its stake in document scanning company Primagest to ORIX, in a transaction that would return almost 65 percent of the capital of J-STAR No. 2 to its LPs.
- Japan: Land of the rising fund
Fundraising activity in Japan has soared in the last year and overseas investors who once bypassed the country are now touching down.