| Kytiara said: From what I've read, american companies (or for that matter any foreign companies) have a hard time trying to buy controlling shares of japanese companies. It's likely that the japanese would just not accept any purchase offers from microsoft if it would mean giving them control, even if offered a lot of money. edit: Apparently I forgot how to write proper engrish! |
It is true that Japanese businessmen and women tend to be very nationalistic, although less so now than ten years ago. That said, 20% of this company is already owned by overseas companies, and a huge amount is owned by individuals and financial insititutions, not the sort of traditional owners you are referring too. This is a publically traded company, if MS wanted to buy it (i dont think they do), they could
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