Bain-backed group raises offer for Japan’s Kakaku.com, challenging EQT

US private equity firm teams with LY in bid for restaurant site operator EQT has already started its tender offer for Kakaku.com (Photo by Ryuta Minamihata) TOKYO — The operator of the Line messaging app and web portal Yahoo Japan, along with U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital, said on Wednesday that they will raise the price of their proposed tender offer for Japan's Kakaku.com, which runs the popular restaurant booking site Tabelog.

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