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ALIBABA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 3, 2018
Honda and Alibaba will jointly develop 'connected cars' to make online services available to drivers
Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will develop "connected cars" jointly with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to offer online services to drivers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2017
Alipay pursues Chinese tourists in hard-to-crack Japanese market
Alipay, a third-party mobile and online payment platform by Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., is chasing Chinese tourists to Japan, where it's signing up a growing number of retailers and eyeing the long-term potential of the nation's $45 billion digital payments market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2017
Alibaba planning $7 billion bond sale in year's biggest Asian deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to sell $7 billion in bonds in the biggest dollar bond sale this year by an Asian corporate issuer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2017
Amazon faces challenges in a shopper-friendly Singapore full of malls, Alibaba presence
As Amazon.com Inc. pushes into Southeast Asia with a new venture into Singapore, the online retailer is facing some tough hurdles. Shopping in air-conditioned malls is practically a national sport, and e-commerce rivals moved in long ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2017
Alibaba dives into mass marketing with reported $800 million Olympic sponsorship deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s deal to sponsor the Olympic Games through 2028 is said to be worth $800 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2016
Kansai Airport shops to accept China's Alipay service
Kansai International Airport, the main international gateway to the Kansai region, will start accepting China's Alipay payment service at almost all of its shops in late October, operator Kansai Airports said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2016
Nippon Express ties up with Alibaba in shipping to China
Nippon Express Co. has agreed to cooperate with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in shipping Japanese products to China, company officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2016
Amazon takes on Alibaba from Japan with Chinese-language website
Just before the stores open in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, buses pull up, unleashing Chinese tourists and their credit cards to snap up televisions, rice cookers and other gadgets. Walk into any department store and there they are, buying mascara, T-shirts and other merchandise.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2016
SoftBank profit rises on proceeds from Alibaba stake sale
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2016
SoftBank gets serious about tackling debt with asset sales
After years of acquisitions saddled SoftBank Group Corp. with record debt and weighed down its stock, founder Masayoshi Son is getting serious about improving the company's balance sheet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2016
SoftBank to raise $8.9 billion from Alibaba sale
SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday its sale of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stock will raise $8.9 billion, an infusion of cash that can be used to strengthen the company's balance sheet and allow it to act fast when making strategic investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2016
Alibaba and SoftBank team up on Japan-focused cloud computing venture
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. teamed with its largest shareholder SoftBank Group Corp. to form a cloud computing service venture targeting Japanese customers as the Chinese e-commerce giant expands one of its fastest growing businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 10, 2015
Yahoo weighs spinoff of Web units, not ditching Alibaba stake
Yahoo Inc. is changing course. Again.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2015
SoftBank's bond risk jumps as prospects sour from U.S. to China
SoftBank Group Corp.'s bond risk has climbed to a three-year high as founder and Chairman Masayoshi Son faces a perfect storm of troubles with its Chinese and U.S. investments and a push by the government to cut phone rates that threatens earnings at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2015
SoftBank's slide gives Son $13 billion reason to consider buyout
Months after Masayoshi Son is said to have shelved a plan for a management buyout of SoftBank Group Corp., there are still 13 billion reasons to take the company private.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2015
Alibaba scores a hollow victory over Beijing
Alibaba's success in its confrontation with the Chinese Communist Party is not a sign that life is generally improving for private business in China,
COMMENTARY
Oct 21, 2014
Alibaba and a missing tale of market reforms
Just eight minutes after Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba made history recently with its blockbuster Initial Public Offering, New York equity markets seemingly hit their peak and have been trending downward ever since. This kind of volatility shows the need for continued capital market reforms.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2014
What's with the Alibaba IPO?
The 38 percent price gain in the shares of Chinese Internet conglomerate Alibaba at its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange last month was a vote of confidence not only in the company but also in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2014
SoftBank predicts $4.6 billion windfall from Alibaba IPO on Wall Street
SoftBank Corp. on Saturday forecast a gain of about ¥500 billion ($4.6 billion) from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s listing a day earlier on the New York Stock Exchange.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2014
Alibaba surges 38% on massive demand in market debut
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. .'s shares soared 38 percent in their first day of trading on Friday as investors jumped at the chance for a piece of what is likely to rank as the largest IPO in history, in a massive bet on China's burgeoning middle class.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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