Mergers and acquisitions in Japan

Abstract

Japan has experienced one of the most impressive economic expansions in world history and has become one of the biggest economies in the world. Its era of strong economic growth, which is frequently referred to as the “Japanese economic miracle” (e.g., Francks, 2015; Katz, 1998; Katzner, 2001), began after the second world war and lasted for decades until Japan faced the burst of the well-known asset price bubble in the 80s (Okina, Shirakawa, & Shiratsuka, 2001).