Japanese investment in Australia exceeded $25 billion in 2019,as “Japan Inc's” appetite for local companies with dominant market positions grew
Herbert Smith Freehills partner and former Wallaby Ian Williams is better placed than many to understand Japan Inc's growing love affair with corporate Australia.
Australia's largest paint manufacturer will pay a higher than expected special dividend ahead of its takeover by Japanese giant Nippon Paint.
Nippon Paint is 39 per cent-owned by Singaporean billionaire Goh Cheng Liang,who started in the paint business in 1949 when he bought British war surplus stock.