Dealogic: Japan saw 18 IPOs in H1 2026, the lowest since 2011, despite stock market surges, partly due to Japan's lack of AI, data center, and chip startups (David Keohane/Financial Times)
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- Japan recorded only 18 IPOs in H1 2026, the lowest first-half count since 2011, according to Dealogic data cited by the Financial Times.
- Dealogic partly attributes the lackluster listings pipeline to Japan's scarcity of AI, data center, and chip startups, even as Tokyo's stock market surged.
Why it matters: Japan's 18 H1 2026 IPOs mark the weakest first-half listings haul since 2011 despite surging stocks — exposing a structural gap where domestic investors riding the Tokyo rally have almost no new AI, data center, or semiconductor issuers to deploy capital into.
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