Comcast to buy 51 percent of Universal Studios Japan for $1.5 billion

OSAKA U.S. cable company Comcast Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Osaka-based theme park operator USJ Co for $1.5 billion.

Comcast said in a statement Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners and others will retain a 49 percent stake in USJ, the operator of Universal Studios Japan.

The deal gives USJ an enterprise value of $6.2 billion, Comcast said.

Comcast owns Universal Studios and as well as Universal Theme Parks through its NBCUniversal unit.

(Reporting by Emi Emoto and Taiga Uranaka– Editing by Chang-Ran Kim and Edwina Gibbs)