マレーシア・ニュース

タカラとトミーが合併へ

[経済]タカラとトミーが合併に向けての最終段階に入っている。早ければ来年にも日本で業界４位のおもちゃ・ビデオゲームメーカーが誕生すると日本経済新聞が伝えた。
２社の現在の業界でのシェアは日本の５位と７位。合併後は１８００億円（RM６５億）の売り上げとなる。

タカラはリカちゃん人形、チョロQの不振と新しいヒット商品がなかったことや出生率の低下などのため、昨年度末の決算で１５０億円の赤字を計上していた。

[MCS　5月13日　12：58配信]

ニュース・ソース

Merger of toy firms Takara and Tomy on the cards

TAKARA Co and Tomy Co are in the final stages of negotiations to merge as early as next year to create Japan's fourth-largest toy and video game maker,the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported without citing anyone.
The two companies,now the fifth and seventh-biggest in the industry in Japan,will have combined sales of about 180 billion yen(RM6.5bilion) when they maerge as early as January,the report said.Calls to the offices of the Tokyo-based companies were not immediately returned.
Takara,which makes "Rika-chan"dolls and "ChoroQ" miniature cars,will probably post a 15 billion yen loss in the year ended March 31,as it failed to produce new hit products and is hurt by a declining birthrate in Japan,the newspaper said.
Tomy,which makes "Star Wars"figurines,and Takara will form a company to produce online content that features their toy characters as early as this year,the report said.-Bloomberg

[The Malay Mail 13/May.]