Hongkong Land Eyes Billion-Dollar Property Deals to Enter Japan

One of Hong Kong’s biggest landlords is in talks to enter Japan’s resurgent property market as part of parent Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.’s pivot toward becoming an investment firm, according to people familiar.

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