Activist fund Oasis Management is calling on Kao to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking an independent investigation into the Japanese company’s supply-chain risk management and internal control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/05/companies/acitivist-investor-oasis-pressure-kao/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #oasismanagement #kao #investments #stocks

Kusuri no Aoki, run by two brothers who are the sixth generation of the founding family, are fighting for control of the firm with their largest outside shareholders, Aeon and the activist fund Oasis Management. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/16/companies/drugstore-kusuri-no-aoki-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #drugstores #kusurinoaokiholdings #aeon #oasismanagement #retailers #stocks #investments #corporategovernance

Activist fund Oasis Management says there is huge support from other investors for its proposal to shake up the board of Japanese cosmetics and chemical company Kao. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/06/oasis-pushes-kabo-board-changes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #kao #oasismanagement #investments #corporategovernance

Oasis Management plans to sue the former Kobayashi Pharmaceutical chairman and others over a health hazard scandal involving beni kōji rice supplements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/29/japan/crime-legal/oasis-management-sues-kobayashi-pharma-execs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kobayashipharmaceutical #oasismanagement #pharmaceuticals #japanesecourts

Hong Kong-based activist investor Oasis Management has increased its equity stake in Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, rocked by a high-profile health hazard scandal over its supplements containing red fermented rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/26/companies/hong-kong-fund-kobayashi-pharma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #oasismanagement #kobayashipharmaceutical #investments

Hong Kong-based activist investor Oasis Management has revealed that it owns over 3% of Japan's Kao, days after claiming the cosmetics and skincare firm could boost its share price by 76% by streamlining and focusing on overseas marketing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/08/companies/oasis-stake-in-kao/ #business #companies #oasismanagement #kao #investments

Shares in Japanese cosmetics and household products-maker Kao have risen after activist investor Oasis Management called on the firm to improve its business, saying the stock has the potential to rise by more than 70% from recent levels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/04/companies/oasis-urges-kao-improvement/ #business #companies #kao #investors #stocks #oasismanagement

A fund manager who profited by buying Japanese trading companies years before Warren Buffett invested in them is now targeting a very domestic sector: drug store chains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/23/stocks-japan-drug-stores/?utm_content=bufferbc346&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #stocks #warrenbuffett #tsukasatokikuni #oasismanagement #orbisinvestmentmanagement #tsuruhaholdings