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Cash Piles, Hostile Bids Set Stage for a Wild Japan M&A Year Bloomberg 1/12/2021 Lisa Du (Bloomberg) -- Japanese dealmaking was resurgent in the second half of 2020, with acquisitions dropping only slightly from 2019 to about $140 billion after the pandemic depressed deals in the first half of the year. The momentum is likely to continue into 2021, M&A advisers say, with a pipeline of already agreed deals still to be announced. Pent-up demand, towering cash piles and external forces that could make 2021 among the most active years yet. “Japanese companies are heading into ...

Jan 12, 2021 Japanese dealmaking was resurgent in the second half of 2020, with acquisitions dropping only slightly from 2019 to about $140 billion (¥14.6 trillion) after the pandemic depressed deals in the first half of the year. The momentum is likely to continue into 2021, M&A advisers say, with a pipeline of already agreed deals still to be announced. Pent-up demand, towering cash piles and external forces that could make 2021 among the most active years yet. "Japanese companies are heading into 2021 with more cash and more firepower, having sold some non-core assets and consoli...

Japan's Nikkei share average climbed to a three-decade high on Tuesday as investor risk appetite improved on hopes that the long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package would be expanded.

TOKYO (Dec 29): Japan's Nikkei share average ended at a more than three-decade high on Tuesday, as risk appetite improved on hopes that a long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package would be expanded. The benchmark Nikkei share average rose 2.66% to 27,568.15, its highest closing level since Aug. 16, 1990, while also posting its biggest daily gain since mid-June. The broader Topix gained 1.74% to 1,819.18, its best closing since October 2018. "Investors who are buying stocks today are making new positions for 2021," said Takashi Hiroki, chief strategist at Monex Securities. Overnight, majo...

Nikkei ends at 30-year high as investors cheer U.S. stimulus Dec. 29, 2020 06:45 pm JST Jan. 13 | 02:56 pm JST TOKYO The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below. © KYODO ©2021 GPlusMedia Inc. One time the Nikkei was above ¥40,000 -3 ( +4 / -7 ) One time the Nikkei was above ¥40,000 Thats the figure I am tipping it to hit in 2021, with the Covid and economic recovery and the US and Japanese givernments to continue handing out cash for several more ye...