walsufnir said:
overman1 said:
walsufnir said:
overman1 said:
dude dont be an idiot. Japan has very strict rules when it comes to foreign entities BUYING or OWNING companies and zaibatsus in Japan. This isnt about some xenophobeic shit (at least not from me). The point of the matter is that if Sony were to sell today, the offer will very much most likenly go to a fellow Japanese company like Casio or Sharp or something before any foreign company is thought of. Also, It would most likenly not be any of the comanies you name because Sony's main sector is household electronics and none of the companies you mentioned have anything to do with this. This clause is covered in these laws in Japan. There is very specific way by which Japanese companies can be acquired by foreign entities but It would ended up with the company not FULLY merging with said foreign comany. There is also the case of Sony's aged moral importance; That is in Japan, it would be far more easier to buy a much more younger and less significance company than a Mongul and well-aged homebase company like Sony who is easily Japan's most prominent electronic company. I can say with relative ease that the Japanese goverment will do everything to make sure a comany like Sony remains Japanese rather than selling to some foreign entity (Yeah, the Japanese are samurai like that).
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I am neither your "dude" nor an idiot. And we are not talking about buying Sony as a whole but the gaming part of it - that's the topic of this thread.
So you say japanese are so "against west" that they even would sell it cheaper to a japanese company than to a foreign company? A company where you can buy stock off in a globalized market? Well, if this is true, consider me surprised at least.
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Dude, I dont care what you think or what the Japanese believe it should be...It is what it is according to the Japanese Diet. You can look it up if you want. Japanese have been known to have issues with foreigners and foreign influence, this isnt new. If you marry a Japanese woman in Japan, YOU have to take on her name, not the other way around Japan is weird like that. Not saying it is impossible to buy a Japanese company BUT for a big well-aged mega company like Sony to go foreign will be very very much harder than any new age company. It wouldnt even be really owned by said company. it isnt about being on the gobal market. The Japanese love to keep what is Japanese, Japanese especially if it is the best of what they have. That how they do things, I really dont care and I think it is stupid and backward. But I would expect that with time, they might become more and more liberal with this ideas.
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Found something interesting and doesn't sound as complicated as you draw the picture here:
http://www.iflr.com/Article/2026998/How-to-buy-a-Japanese-company.html
It seems a bit off, for sure, but in the end:
Conclusion
Acquisitions of Japanese companies by foreign buyers have become much more commonplace, and are likely to increase as the Japanese economy continues to restructure. Care from the start in structuring the acquisition can greatly simplify the process and increase the chance of a successful acquisition.
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like i said it isnt impossible but it isnt very easy too espcially if the company is bigger. you also have to understand that his methods does apply to all Japanese companies especially the more prominent ones. for example it took Wallmart 21 YEARS (backdoor transactions) just to buy 35% of Senju Groups and another 11 years to buy them out to 98% before fully aquiring them last year. Surely the Japanese have to become more open as their economy become bigger and more dependent on globalization. however companies like Sony, Honda, Toyota even Fuji are more likely to stay Japanese because of what they represent.
Okay imagine if ( I am assuming you are American) GM was to sell to a Chinese company?
Yeah, The Japanese feel very strongly about that; enough that they have laws against that or prevent easy transition for that.
Thats the way it is, for now.
