Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has officially opened an office in Tokyo, strengthening its long-term commitment to Japan as the market undergoes economic and corporate transformation, according to its statement on Thursday.
The new office is located in the Marunouchi district and marks a new phase in the firm’s more than three-decade presence in Asia.
The announcement follows a steady increase in Warburg’s investment activity in Japan. The firm has recently backed projects in logistics, living spaces, and life sciences—including Tokyo Beta, one of the country’s largest shared-living portfolios and life science facilities developed with EGW; and two prime logistics assets in the Greater Tokyo area earlier this year.
The Tokyo team will focus on opportunities across technology, healthcare, industrials, and new-economy real estate, such as data centres and specialised living assets—areas where the firm has deep domain expertise and proven value-creation playbook.
Jeffrey Perlman, the firm’s CEO, said Japan is now central to the firm’s broader Asia strategy, citing the country’s economic stability, policy reforms, and innovation climate. “The opening of our Tokyo office is a statement of intent. We are here to invest, to partner, and to grow—together with Japan, for the long-term,” he said.
Vishal Mahadevia, Head of Asia Private Equity, added that the firm sees a strong pipeline of investment prospects aligned with its sector expertise.
Takashi Murata, who leads the Japan business and co-heads Asia real estate, said the dedicated team will allow the firm to work more closely with Japanese companies and partners on the ground.
Murata, who has been appointed since earlier last year, works alongside Ellen Ng, formerly co-head of Asia Pacific Private Investing and global co-head of Real Estate at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Over the past 10 years, Warburg Pincus has built a solid footprint in Japan by helping several of its portfolio companies—such as ESR, StorHub, Princeton Digital Group, Weave Living, and Vita Partners—expand into the market.
More recently, the firm has deepened its presence through investments from the Warburg Pincus Asia Real Estate Fund (WPARE). These include GRC, its joint venture with EGW that develops life sciences and R&D facilities; Tokyo Beta, now the largest share house operator in Japan; and a pair of high-quality logistics properties, I Missions Park Inzai and Logitres Sano.
Warburg Pincus currently manages more than $85 billion globally and more than 215 companies in their active portfolio, diversified across stages, sectors, and geographies. Since its inception in 1966, it has invested in more than 1,000 companies across its private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies.
The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Mauritius, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo.
