Berkshire eyes bigger stakes in Japan trading houses: CEO Abel

Business dealsUS conglomerate pushes deeper collaboration in global deals and investmentsIn his first visit to Tokyo since becoming Berkshire Hathaway's CEO in January, Greg Abel met with Japanese trading houses, receiving updates on their performance and exploring opportunities for joint initiatives. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)MAKOTO KAJIWARA, HIROFUMI TAKEUCHI and MITSURU OBESeptember 3, 2026 11:41 JSTTOKYO -- Berkshire Hathaway is considering increasing its stakes in Japan's five biggest trading houses -- Mitsubishi, Itochu, Mitsui, Sumitomo and Marubeni -- while pursuing more joint investments and mergers and acquisitions with the companies around the world, CEO Greg Abel said on Thursday.