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Japan – Europe business update Summer 2026
Read more: Japan – Europe business update Summer 2026Mitsubishi HC to invest in acquisitions of European wind and solar power plants The Japanese leasing company Mitsubishi HC (shareholders include Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) will take a 50% stake by August 2026 in a British company set up by Canadian company Brookfield. The first phase will involve spending around 400 million euros…
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Japan and Europe business update May 2026
Read more: Japan and Europe business update May 2026Washin acquires UK company Foilco Japanese foil manufacturer Washin has acquired UK foil hot stamping company Foilco. Foilco employs 43 people in the UK. https://www.printweek.com/content/news/foilco-acquired-by-japanese-manufacturer UK’s Compass Group acquires Morinaga Shokken Morinaga Shokken is a medical and senior food services company primarily in the Kyushu region. UK-based Compass Group is already one of the largest…
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Japan – EMEA business update April 2026
Read more: Japan – EMEA business update April 2026NYK on the acquisition trail Stolt-Nielsen has confirmed it will sell 50% of its stake in its LNG bunkering and small-scale specialist Avenir LNG to Japanese shipowner NYK. NYK has also expanded its dry bulk business by taking full control of Norway’s Saga Welco, an open-hatch bulker specialist. NYK Holding Europe (NHE) will acquire Westfal-Larsen’s…
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Data and trust in Japan and Europe
Read more: Data and trust in Japan and EuropeI recently logged back into an online events platform which I had not used for a couple of years, in order to set up ticket sales for a seminar. A message popped up saying that in order to continue using the site for sales, I needed to register with the US Inland Revenue Service. I…
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Japan – Europe, Middle East & Africa business update
Read more: Japan – Europe, Middle East & Africa business updateThe Japanese clutch and automotive transmission manufacturer Exedy is buying Protean Electric, the UK-based developer of in-wheel motors (IWMs) for electric vehicles, for around €30m. Exedy says the acquisition will help it to transform its portfolio to provide new opportunities in the automotive sector as it undergoes “a major transformation”. What Japanese companies are doing about…
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Japan in the UK – The Brexit Agreement 5 and 10 years on
Read more: Japan in the UK – The Brexit Agreement 5 and 10 years onIt is five years ago today that David Henig, director of the UK Trade Policy Project at the think-tank European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) and Pernille Rudlin, Managing Director of Rudlin Consulting, were the speakers for the Japan Society’s webinar – The Brexit Agreement One Month On. Viewing it again, and looking at…