For trend-conscious corporate executives in Japan, a connected world is not a distant future in the making but a reality. A growing number of Japanese companies are waking up to the need to sharpen their business strategies and boost investment as the hunt for ...
IPhone fans lined up Friday as the water-resistant iPhone 7 and larger iPhone 7 Plus went on sale in Japan, promising to be the first of the popular smartphone series to allow mobile payments here. More than 100 people were waiting at an Apple ...
Mizuho Bank and SoftBank Group Corp. have agreed to set up a 50-50 joint company to provide unsecured consumer loans via artificial intelligence technology. Using customers’ business histories at both firms for the credit-screening process, the venture will provide an innovative, attractive, low-cost loan ...
Yahoo Japan Corp. proposed a merger with Yahoo Inc., but was rebuffed, with Verizon Communications Inc. eventually acquiring the U.S. company’s core assets for $4.8 billion.
In an apparent bid to prevent customers from jumping ship to budget mobile phone services, SoftBank Corp. said Thursday it will cut monthly rates for its smartphone data plans. A new plan dubbed the “Giga Monster” will offer 20 GB a month for ¥6,000 ...
If you had to invent the perfect place to roll out self-driving buses, Japan would be it. The country boasts an immaculate and extensive road network. Much of the aging population relies on public transport to get around , especially in the countryside. And ...
SoftBank Group Corp.’s debt — which is set to swell as its latest global acquisition became effective Monday — is nearing a level at which Moody’s Investors Service has said it will consider a rating downgrade. The Japanese wireless carrier’s purchase of British semiconductor ...
Three of the nation’s top banks are considering extending a syndicated loan worth ¥1 trillion (about $9.96 billion) to SoftBank Group Corp. in September so it can finance the takeover of British semiconductor company ARM Holdings plc, sources close to the matter said Thursday. ...
Mobile carriers SoftBank Group Corp. and KDDI Corp. are hitting back at low-cost providers with competitive rates under their group brands. Newcomers to the rapidly expanding low-cost smartphone service market include retail giant Aeon Co. and online retailer Rakuten Inc. They use networks leased ...
China ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing’s dominance of Uber Technologies Inc. in the China market may provide a play book for other regional rivals to fend off the biggest U.S. ride-hailing company, especially in other Asian countries. The two companies Monday confirmed the sale of ...
SoftBank Group Corp.’s first-quarter profit rose 19 percent as proceeds from selling part of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. helped offset losses at Sprint Corp. Net income at the carrier rose to ¥254.2 billion in the three months ended June 30, the ...
Shares in SoftBank Group Corp. plunged in Tokyo on Tuesday after it unveiled its ¥3.3 trillion takeover of chip designer ARM Holdings PLC, a deal that marks founder Masayoshi Son’s biggest gamble so far on the future of technology. The shares dropped as much ...
