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The French bank has agreed to acquire M&A specialist Sangyo Sosei Advisory.

Helical Fusion and Celaid Therapeutics have raised JPY3.23bn and JPY400m, respectively, as Japanese capital targets research-intensive startups.

DayOne seeks US listing; Nippon Paint makes deal; Umios invests in JV; BrilliA expands across SEA; Thai Airways suspends CEO.

Citi has named Hajime Higuchi as head of M&A and Yoshinobu Agu as head of sponsor coverage for Japan.

The Japanese firm will invest $700m into the Philippines conglomerate as the two entities eye growth in infrastructure, energy, real estate, digital technologies, mobility and logistics.

The US firm will invest in Japanese PE funds and direct co-investments.

The former Morgan Stanley executive has started the role in Tokyo.

As corporate governance and sentiment improves, Japan's PE market has become one of the most attractive in Asia.

The JPY1 trillion issuance will help fund the Japan giant's acquisition of ABB's robotics division.