Asahi Kasei of Japan to Buy Zoll Medical for $2.2 Billion

This article was interesting to me. As I read the post "Japan Starts Asking Other Countries to Invest" I learned that Japan is more open to and seeking for investors from out side of the countries. However, I learned that Japanese companies are more open and seeking to expand business abroad. While mergers activity over all slowed down in the last year, deal makers pont out a few interests. One of them is Japanese companies pursuing markets oversea even as their home merkets struggle. This acquisition was very interesting because of its industry. Zoll Medical is a health care equipment maker in the United States. The U.S. market is definitely leading the world, so this reminded me the story of Sony coming to the U.S.. It is interesting to see how Asahi Kasei will do.


http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/asahi-kasei-of-japan-agrees-to-buy-zoll-medical-for-2-2-billion/?scp=4&sq=japan&st=cse