--Berkshire Hathaway Inc. increased its stakes in five major Japanese trading companies to 7.4% each, Japanese business daily Nikkei reported Tuesday, citing an interview with Chief Executive Warren Buffett.

--Mr. Buffett also said he will consider more investments in Japanese stocks, according to the Nikkei report.

--Berkshire Hathaway in August 2020 said it took stakes of slightly more than 5% in Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., Sumitomo Corp., Itochu Corp. and Marubeni Corp.

Full story: https://s.nikkei.com/41ieZbD

Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com

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