Japan’s Private Equity Surge Fueled by Family Business Succession Crisis
Aging business owners in Japan are increasingly turning to private equity as traditional succession plans collapse. With heirs uninterested in taking over and steep inheritance taxes looming, what was once taboo has become a viable exit strategy. The country’s private equity market has now exceeded 3 trillion yen annually for four consecutive years.
Japan’s Demographic Time Bomb Sparks Private Equity Gold Rush
Japan is experiencing an unprecedented private equity boom driven by a deepening succession crisis among family-owned businesses, according to industry analysts. As aging founders confront uninterested heirs and the world’s steepest inheritance taxes, selling to private equity firms has transformed from taboo to mainstream solution.