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Nikkei Asia
2 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Bain prepares $340m bid to buy Japan electricity seller Rezil
Rezil plans to go private through an upcoming tender offer from Bain Capital. (Source photos by Nikkei) KOKI IZUMI August 13, 2025 23:52 JST TOKYO -- Japanese electricity wholesaler Rezil is poised to go private with an upcoming tender offer from Bain Capital, expected to be valued at about 50 billion yen ($340 million), Nikkei has learned.


Nikkei Asia
19-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
CP Group helps low-carbon rice take off in Thailand and beyond
Low-carbon rice is on display at this grocery store in Bangkok. (Photo by Koki Izumi) KOKI IZUMI and YUJI NITTA BANGKOK/HANOI -- The cultivation of "low-carbon" rice, using methods that cut greenhouse gas emissions, is taking hold in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. CP Intertrade, part of top Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, started selling low-carbon rice under the Royal Umbrella brand in May and plans to double production in 2026. The taste is comparable to rice of the same variety, a CP spokesperson said.


Nikkei Asia
08-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's Inpex weighs Indonesia hiring spree for $20bn LNG project
Energy Energy group prepares for final investment decision on Abadi gas field The Abadi project involves drilling for gas offshore and sending it to onshore facilities via pipeline. (Inpex) KOKI IZUMI JAKARTA -- Japanese energy group Inpex is looking to hire thousands of workers in Indonesia as it moves closer to building the estimated $20 billion Abadi liquefied natural gas project. The project, being pushed forward by a consortium led by Inpex, is centered on a gas field off the coast of Yamdena island in Maluku province, about 2,700 kilometers east of the capital Jakarta.