
TOKYO -- Legendary investor Warren Buffett is in Japan this week for his first visit to the country in 12 years. The 92-year-old chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is meeting with the leaders of the companies his firm invests in: Japan's five main trading houses and a machine tool maker in Fukushima prefecture called Tungaloy.
Nikkei caught up with Buffett in a Tokyo hotel on Tuesday for an interview. Here's an edited excerpt.