Orix confirms plan to invest $1.5b in Toshiba buyout

Orix confirms plan to invest $1.5b in Toshiba buyout

Signage for Toshiba Corp. displayed atop the company's headquarters is seen through a monorail train window in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Japanese financial services firm Orix Corp said on Wednesday it would invest 200 billion yen ($1.48 billion) in a $15 billion buyout of Toshiba Corp.

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