Japan education firm Benesse to go private with Sweden's EQT

Management buyout aimed at turning around flagging distance learning business

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A Benesse classroom in Japan. The company is the country's top distance learning provider.

AKINORI KAMATA and TAKASHI OKU, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese education services provider Benesse Holdings aims to go private via a management buyout with Swedish investment house EQT under plans announced Friday.

The move comes as Benesse's correspondence courses struggle with declining student numbers. The company will be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and will try to jump-start its business under private ownership.

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