PE giant Carlyle to invest over $9b in Japan on post-pandemic reform hopes

PE giant Carlyle to invest over $9b in Japan on post-pandemic reform hopes

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U.S. private-equity firm Carlyle Group plans to pour more than 1 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) into Japanese businesses over the next three to five years, anticipating that the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will create new investing opportunities as companies reorganize.