date:May 18, 2016
Global private equity firms are investing in Japan's thriving restaurant and food sector, as they wait for the country's notoriously slow conglomerates to restructure and reverse a slump in major deals, reports Reuters.
While they may be small, deals like Carlyle Group's (CG.O) investment in bean sprouts producer GGC Group for an undisclosed amount in March are welcome news after the volume of global private equity buyouts in Japan fell by half in 2015 to well below $1 billion.
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