Japan: Deals worth $18b go sour amid record M&A boom

A worker checks a tire on a storage rack in the inspection area at the Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Takako Taniguchi, Kazunori Takada

06 June, 2017

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