Japan M&A By the Numbers: Q1 2025

In YTD 2025, Information Technology displayed the highest growth at 3,469% within the domestic and inbound sector. As for the outbound sector, only two of the sectors increased in value - Industrials by 333%, and Information Technology by 6%. The outbound M&A volume decreased from 55 in YTD 2024 to 47 in YTD 2025, resulting to the total deal value of Japan outbound M&A decreasing by 33% to USD 16.3 billion. On the other hand, although domestic and inbound M&A had a 10% decrease in transaction volume, its value  increased  by 162 % to USD 12.3 billion.