Value of Japanese net cross-border M&A purchases 2014-2023
In 2023, net cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) purchases by Japanese acquirers amounted to around 26.5 billion U.S. dollars. In 2019, the net M&A purchase value peaked at almost 106 billion U.S. dollars, partly due to an M&A deal of the Japanese company Takeda Pharmaceutical.