The U.S. private equity firm has started reaching out to some investors about the next Carlyle Japan Partners pool before it begins fundraising, Bloomberg reported https://tinyurl.com/y32dufms, citing people familiar with the matter.

Carlyle did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

(Reporting by Gaurika Juneja in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar)