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Itochu to buy into hospital manager under Indonesia's Lippo

Japanese trading house homes in on health care for emerging Asia

A nurse prepares a room in a hospital run by the Lippo Group in Jakarta.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Itochu will invest in a health care management unit of Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group, looking to broaden its own hospital businesses across Asia.

The Japanese trading company will take a roughly 25% stake in OUE Lippo Healthcare for 6.6 billion yen ($58.5 million). The Singapore-based subsidiary of Lippo operates 15 health care facilities in China, Malaysia and elsewhere.

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