Buffett’s Successor Abel Met With Japan’s Trading Houses

Berkshire Hathaway’s next chief executive Greg Abel met with Japan’s biggest trading houses this week in Tokyo, adding to signs the company is committed to holding their shares.

Abel met with executives at Mitsubishi Corp., Marubeni Corp., Mitsui & Co., Itochu Corp. and Sumitomo Corp., the companies said in response to queries from Bloomberg. The Nikkei newspaper reported the meeting earlier.