In comparison, Broadcom and the coalition's offers are much higher, coming in at about JPY2.2 trillion (US$20 billion) and JPY1.8 trillion (US$16.1 billion) respectively. San Jose-based Broadcom has argued their offer would largely smooth out any regulatory scrutiny that might descend upon them, while the Japanese coalition has boasted of the support they would inevitably receive from the country's government, who by all accounts is interested in keeping the business in the family, so to speak.