{"id":7790,"date":"2025-09-22T18:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/buffett-raises-mitsui-stake-in-bet-on-japans-trading-houses\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:16:43","slug":"buffett-raises-mitsui-stake-in-bet-on-japans-trading-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/buffett-raises-mitsui-stake-in-bet-on-japans-trading-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffett raises Mitsui stake in bet on Japan\u2019s trading houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has become a major shareholder of Mitsui after raising its stake, the latest bet that Japan’s trading houses will remain attractive.<\/p>\n

The U.S. investor increased its holdings in Mitsui to more than 10% on a voting-rights basis, and may consider expanding its stake even further, according to a statement from the Japanese company Monday.<\/p>\n

Mitsui’s stock extended its morning gains to rise as much as 2.2% after the announcement. Fellow trading houses Mitsubishi, Itochu, Marubeni and Sumitomo were also up in Tokyo on Monday.<\/p>\n

Buffett first revealed stakes in Japan’s top five trading houses, also known as sōgō shōsha<\/em>, in 2020. Shares of the companies — which are involved in a wide range of businesses from liquefied natural gas to salmon farming — have benefited from the endorsement, outpacing the local Topix index.<\/p>\n

Berkshire originally planned to keep its stakes below 10%, but the Japanese firms agreed to “moderately” relax the ceiling, according to Buffett’s annual investor letter from February. Berkshire has also raised its stake in Mitsubishi above the 10% threshold.<\/p>\n

While Monday’s news isn’t surprising after the Mitsubishi stake increase, “the fact that the ‘god of investing’ is buying more is a tailwind for Japan’s trading house stocks,” said Ryunosuke Shibata, an analyst at SBI Securities Co.<\/p>\n

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The diversified nature of the trading houses means that they have been able to weather a period of volatile commodity prices better than overseas rivals, while also sharpening focus on shareholder returns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has become a major shareholder of Mitsui after raising its stake, the latest bet that Japan’s trading houses will remain attractive. The U.S. investor increased its holdings in Mitsui to more than 10% on a voting-rights basis, and may consider expanding its stake even further, according to a statement from the…<\/p>\n

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