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        <title><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi - Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Fund AVI Wants Chairman of Japan Drugmaker Rohto to Leave]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PAG Beefs Up Japan Investment With $13 Billion in Targeted Deals]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Du]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Activist Sapphireterra Pushes Sanyo Shokai for Special Dividend]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:08:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[KKR Plans to Take Japan’s Taiyo Private in $3.2 Billion Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Matsui Securities in Talks With Firms on Capital Tie-Up]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 06:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Megadeals Like Toyota’s Set Japan on Course for Record M&A Run]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toyota Megadeal Maintains Japan’s M&A Momentum]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Early signs are that Japan is set for another banner year of mergers and acquisitions.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiyo Holdings Nears Deal to Go Private Via KKR Buyout]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:49:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bain, Lone Star Are Said to Eye Mitsubishi Electric’s Auto Unit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nomura Beats Goldman to Top Spot in a Record Year for Japan M&A]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:16:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Daughters Face Battle to Take Charge at Japan’s Family Firms]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/daughters-face-battle-to-take-charge-at-japan-s-family-firms</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citigroup, Daiwa Are Latest to Expand Japan Dealmaking Teams]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 03:15:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citigroup to Boost Japan Investment Banking Team on Deal Boom]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[KKR Is Said to Emerge as Frontrunner to Buy Japan’s Taiyo]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hideki Suzuki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:13:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carlyle Launches Tender Offer to Buy Japan’s Hogy Medical]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dong Cao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:56:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Firm Longreach Said to Mull Wendy’s Japan Sale]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carlyle Is Said to Lead Bidding for Japan’s Hogy Medical]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dong Cao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:11:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Travel Agent Specializing in $64,000 Japan Trips Targets IPO]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/travel-agent-specializing-in-64-000-japan-trips-targets-ipo</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yui Hasebe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carlsberg May Sell Some Asia Operations, Sapporo in Talks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/carlsberg-mulls-sale-of-some-asia-business-sapporo-leads-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese Ink Maker Sells Off Monet, Renoir Paintings as Activists Circle]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/tokyo-insight-monet-classic-on-sale-as-activist-targets-art</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takako Taniguchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:14:47 GMT</pubDate>
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