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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway began buying shares in five major Japanese trading companies nearly five years ago. These companies, known as “Sogo Shoshas,” have caught the attention of ...

How Cheap Are Buffett’s Japan Companies? Valuations for Japan’s trading companies continue to look good. The benchmark Topix Index fetches 14.25 times earnings and 1.35 times book value, ...

Buffett also wishes he could own more of these five trading companies, but he is constrained regarding how much capital he can put to work—due to targeting a 10% ownership level. 6 As of May 30 ...

Why Warren Buffett Likes the Japanese Trading Companies The rebound continued, with the market up 3% over the week. While tech was a big reason for the rally, industrial stocks led this charge ...

Warren Buffett found Japanese trading companies in a handbook, now holding 10% of each. The handbook is known as the bible of Japanese equities.