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Japan buyers take M&A to record high on Toyota, NTT moves
Toyota Industries and NTT Data Group are the targets of two big M&A deals announced in the first half of 2025. (Source photos by Nikkei)
AKIRA YAMASHITA, HARUKI KITAGAWA and HIDEAKI HIGASHIURA
LONDON/TOKYO -- Mergers and acquisitions involving Japanese buyers soared to a new record in the first half of the year, as some of the country's biggest corporate groups reorganized and made moves for global growth.
The tally, which includes both domestic and international deals, more than tripled from a year earlier to $214.8 billion, the highest for a half-year in data going back to 1980.
