Japan says companies can rebuff unsolicited bids amid takeover risk concerns

Japan says companies can rebuff unsolicited bids amid takeover risk concerns

FILE PHOTO: People run with Tokyo's business district in the background, in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Makiko Yamazaki, Ritsuko Shimizu

10 February, 2026

Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry

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