This post is also available in: Japanese Having looked at the largest foreign-owned companies in Japan in a previous post, we thought we’d take a look at the largest companies in Japan owned by European companies in more detail. By employee number, they are: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck – Germany (89.2% owned by Daimler), #3 overall,…

This post is also available in: Japanese We were somewhat sceptical when the Financial Times greeted Mitsubishi Corporation’s $1bn acquisition of Norwegian company Grieg Seafood’s salmon farms as being part of a record breaking acquisition spree by Japanese companies. It seemed that here in Europe at least, Japanese acquisitions had not really picked up momentum…

This post is also available in: Japanese It all depends on what you mean by big, of course. And, it turns out, what you mean by foreign. Our favourite way of measuring size and growth at Rudlin Consulting has been by numbers of employees, because ranking by capital or turnover risks comparing apples to oranges….

This post is also available in: Japanese The UK’s financial regulatory authority has announced further plans to ease the rules for banks and insurers in the UK. This is in line with both previous and current British government policy of putting more emphasis on growth and investment over concerns about safety and risk. It is…

This post is also available in: Japanese Something has been puzzling me for a few years about Japanese foreign investment in the UK. The net investment by Japanese companies in the British “communications” sector since 2016 is US$55bn, over three times more than the next largest net investment, which was in the food manufacturing sector….

This post is also available in: Japanese One of many jobs I did not get over the years was a board position for an investment trust focused on Japan. In the “any other questions for us?” bit at the end, I raised the issue of “how do you define a Japanese company? Is it enough…