KKR among PE firms piling into Japan

Global investor interest is rekindling in Japan’s private equity markets, with large firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts looking to raise money in the country. Prime minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive fiscal stimulus to boost the economy has sparked a fervour in the country not seen for two decades, and a number of PE funds are understood to be seeking new capital to invest there, including Advantage Partners, Bain & Co, Carlyle, Polaris Capital Group and Unison Capital. Alt…