Japan real estate

Korean food CJ CheilJedang to open $72 million dumpling plant in Japan

South Korea’s largest food company, CJ CheilJedang Corp., is shifting into high gear in its global expansion with a 100 billion won ($72 milli...

Real estate Mirae Asset to be named Korea Post’s core real estate fund operator

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is set to manage the mandate of more than 600 billion won ($416.8 million) in core real estate fund investment by...

Business & Politics Seoul mulls joint review of Alaska LNG project with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam

South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alask...

Mergers & Acquisitions Kyobo Life poised to buy Japan’s SBI Group-owned savings bank

Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of negotiation with Japanese financial group SBI Holdings Inc. to buy about a 50% stake in SBI Savin...

Banking & Finance Shinhan to lead financing for battery storage project in Japan

Shinhan Financial Group will lead 4.9 billion yen ($35 million) in financing for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) construction pro...

Batteries LG Energy Solution clinches multibillion-dollar ESS deals in Japan, Europe

LG Energy Solution Ltd. has secured a string of billion-dollar energy storage system (ESS) deals in Japan and Europe, outmaneuvering Chinese rivals ...

Real estate Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. were shortlisted for the mandat...

Shipping & Shipbuilding S.Korean shipbuilders rally as Trump hints at buying foreign ships

South Korean shipbuilding stocks soared on Friday on news that US President Donald Trump indicated that the world’s No. 1 economy may purchase...

Alternative investments Korean financial firms face growing risks in overseas property investments

South Korea’s financial institutions are increasingly at risk of their overseas real estate investments turning sour, government data showed o...

Real estate Asia Property to buy WeWork building in Seoul

Seoul-based real estate investment firm Asia Property has been picked as the sole preferred bidder for an office building currently occupied by cowo...

Asset management Strong momentum in non-US markets, digital real estate: Principal AM CEO

It is time to shift focus toward non-US markets after years of stellar performance of US assets driven by the robust world’s No. 1 economy, sa...

Economy China says it is aiming to coordinate tariff response with Japan, South Korea

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K-pop K-pop exports boom as end of Chinese K-wave ban looms large

Exports of Korean popular music, or K-pop, have seen a significant surge in recent months, driven by increasing demand from China and Japan, accordi...

Business & Politics Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus

South Korea held an economic ministers’ meeting with China and Japan on Sunday to discuss cooperation, including resuming negotiations about a...

Steel POSCO to sell entire stake in Nippon Steel, ending equity ties

POSCO Holdings Inc. has decided to sell its entire stake in Nippon Steel Corp., according to industry sources on Wednesday, marking the end of their...

Sovereign bonds S.Korea courts active funds for $140 bn treasury issuance

South Korea’s finance ministry will hold its largest-ever investor relations (IR) event for global institutional investors at the end of this ...

Real estate Global real estate market poised for strong rebound: Savills

The global real estate market is expected to pick up significantly over the next few years, with around $500 billion worth of real estate assets, he...

Logistics LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn

LX Pantos Co., a logistics arm of LX International Corp., announced on Tuesday it has acquired a logistics center near Atlanta in Dalton, Georgia fo...

Alternative investments S.Korean investors name their 33 favorite alternative asset managers

Blackstone and HarbourVest Partners are South Korean institutional investors’ preferred private equity firms, according to a survey by Korea I...

Steel Korea to probe Chinese, Japanese steel imports over anti-dumping claims

South Korea is set to launch an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled steel imports from China and Japan, according to government and industry ...

Real estate PAG raises $4 bn for opportunistic Asia real estate fund

PAG, an Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm, on Friday announced the final close of its 10th opportunistic real estate fund at $4 billi...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai, Hanwha to tap into $242 billion US Navy warship market

South Korea’s two warship builders – HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., – are set to ride tailwinds in their bi...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK-led consortium to take over Japan’s FICT for $656 mn

MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in North Asia, will acquire a controlling stake in FICT Ltd., a semiconductor printed circuit board (P...

Shipping & Shipbuilding LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE

LX Pantos Co., South Korea’s largest logistics company under LX International Corp., has advanced into the US intermodal logistics market join...

Retail Coupang Eats starts food delivery service in Japan

Coupang Eats, a food delivery app operated by South Korea's No. 1 e-commerce platform Coupang Inc., launched its first overseas service in Japan.Acc...

Real estate Blackstone zooms in on hotels, warehouses in Korea

The global real estate market is poised for a recovery, led by industrial warehouses, residential facilities and data centers benefiting from declin...

Webtoons Piccoma tops consumer spending ranking in Japan

Kakao Piccoma, a Japanese digital comics app subsidiary of South Korean mobile giant Kakao Corp., topped the consumer spending ranking in the Japane...

Real estate NPS commits $800 mn to Almanac for strategic partnership

The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has committed $800 million to Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment arm of Neuber...

Webtoons Naver Webtoon invests in Japan's Number Nine

South Korea's Naver Webtoon said on Thursday that its Japanese service operator Line Digital Frontier invested in Number Nine, a webtoon studio in J...

Private debt Real estate debt outshines corporate credit: Savills IM

Private credit has been among the top picks for alternative investors over the past few years. During the period of high interest rates, corporate l...