[Disney WI] - Japanese Purchase in 80s?

Simply put as above. Disney has had to deal with some takeover attempts between the 1980s and 2000s from corporate raiders, a period during which Japanese businesses were buying US studios and conglomerates.

Disney supposedly has a popular reputation in Japan, and has had it for a long time, so that got me curious.

Suppose that Sony or some other entity makes a go for Disney and succeeds. What might be the repercussions of being run by a Japanese business, besides the obvious intensification of Japanese business. Internal issues ala Sega? Difficulties in maintaining market share ala Sony? Disinterest and a sell off Mitsubishi or Panasonic?

Thoughts?
 
I'm recalling a Japanese investment group, who purchased Rockafeller Center in the mid 1980s for $3.9 billion. After the dust settled in the early 1990s a item in the Wall Street Journal described them as selling the property off for 1.8 billion. This seems to have been typical in the era. With too many corporation chiefs and boards purchasing prestige items at any price. Not just real-estate. Art had its own bubble in the era. Over proved paintings and sculpture graced the lobbies and board rooms of to many businesses, Japanese and others. High end corporate jets, limousines for company cars.

I suspect the between overvaluation and Japanese management the value of 'Disney' would fall off significantly by the early 1990s. Maybe someone would prop up a artificial value, but return to investment would not be in the profit zone. Worst case is some US bank with cash (there were still many then) spots Disney in some Japanese groups garage sale line up on the Dollar table.
 

Kaze

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It would likely be killed by the US government - they would rather bail them out than let the Japanese (or any other foreign company) take over.
Case in point - several car companies.
 
Thoughts?
It would likely be killed by the US government - they would rather bail them out than let the Japanese (or any other foreign company) take over.
Case in point - several car companies.
I doubt it, Entretaiment is a luxury good they would not care, the complain might be disneyland and the blackhand disney have on anaheim politics...maybe a under the table arragement they end that lobying in exchange the sale?

Let's Say is Sony and Disney got as well was with The little mermaid and others...
 
Japanese Princess - more blood
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and probably more tentacles too...
 
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