Carlyle raises $2.3b for its biggest Japanese buyout fund to date

Carlyle raises $2.3b for its biggest Japanese buyout fund to date

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Carlyle Group is displayed at the company's office in Tokyo, Japan October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Carlyle Group said it has raised 258 billion yen ($2.3 billion) for its biggest Japan fund to date, aiming to pick up businesses shed by conglomerates as well as companies where elderly owners have no obvious successors.