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Nikkei reported the Carlyle Group suspended investments in medium and small Japanese firms, shifting emphasis to India and China. Is this a move to pressure Japanese leaders to lower capital gains taxes from 40% to zero? That tax strategy was under consideration to lure foreign investment.
Carlyle's freezing new Japanese investments could give elected officials needed motivation.