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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2018
SoftBank considering purchase of majority stake in WeWork: source
The co-working startup is raising additional capital to accelerate its expansion, according to a source, in a deal that could total $15 billion to $20 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2018
WWF urges Yahoo Japan to restrict ivory trade on auction site
The Japanese arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature urged Yahoo Japan Corp. on Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on sales of ivory items on its auction site, saying it serves as a major platform for the ivory trade and encourages poaching.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2018
Saudi sovereign fund appoints former Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris as special adviser
In its highest-profile appointment of any global manufacturing executive, Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund has named Andrew Liveris, the former chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical, as a special adviser.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2018
U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global, calling SoftBank undervalued, takes $1 billion stake
U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global has built a stake worth over $1 billion in SoftBank Group Corp. as it considers the Japanese firm to be undervalued, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, driving SoftBank shares up as much as 6.8 percent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2018
Lawmaker Hosono late in reporting ¥50 million loan during election
Former Environment Minister Goshi Hosono borrowed u00a550 million ($455,000) from a securities firm during the general election last October without initially reporting the funds, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 25, 2018
Hedge fund's bets on unpopular, cash-rich Japan firms yields pretty profits
An Oslo-based hedge fund's love for unloved Japanese stocks has proved to be a rewarding passion for more than a decade.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018
EPA vastly underestimating U.S. oil, gas system methane leaks: study
U.S. oil and gas drilling and related operations give off much more of the powerful greenhouse gas methane than the federal government estimates, wasting about $20 billion in fuel a year, scientists said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2018
SoftBank Vision Fund and Saudi Arabia to create world's largest solar power firm
SoftBank Group Corp.'s Vision Fund will invest in a solar-power generation company in Saudi Arabia, creating the world's biggest solar producer, as it steps up its involvement in the kingdom, its chief executive said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2018
SoftBank thinks tech investors should enjoy its deal spree
The venture capital community has been fretting about the impact SoftBank Group Corp.'s giant tech fund has on deal prices. The Japanese company says to be grateful.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2018
Woman sues Cool Japan Fund over sex harassment
A former employee of the state-backed Cool Japan Fund alleges she was sexually harassed and names a senior government official in her lawsuit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2017
SoftBank's Son remains confident over Saudi investment in Vision Fund amid crackdown
Billionaire Masayoshi Son may be getting closer to achieving his dream of making SoftBank Group Corp. the world's biggest investor in technologies, thanks in part to the main patron of Son's $100 billion (¥11.3 trillion) investment plan — Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2017
In 2017, JT readers helped aid refugees, educate children and preserve Laotian forests
Donations made last year by readers of The Japan Times have been used to help asylum-seekers start a new life in Japan, to support the empowerment of female Syrian refugees, to offer basic education to children in the Philippines and to preserve Laotian forests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 16, 2017
SoftBank seen planning up to $25 billion in Saudi investments, including at new city Neom
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to invest as much as $25 billion in Saudi Arabia over the next three to four years deepening investment ties with the kingdom, according to reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017
SoftBank Vision Fund reportedly may invest $2 billion in top Indian e-commerce operator Flipkart
SoftBank Vision Fund, the technology investor founded by Masayoshi Son, is in talks to invest directly in India's Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, after talks to fold SoftBank-backed Snapdeal into Flipkart fell apart.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2017
Son's SoftBank Vision Fund lures Michael Ronen away From Goldman Sachs
Michael Ronen, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s co-chief operating officer of the global technology, media and telecommunications group, is leaving the firm to join Masayoshi Son's planned $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2017
Several women claim sexual harassment at Cool Japan Fund
Employees of the public-private entity aimed at promoting Japanese culture and products overseas claim they were harassed by executives, including a central government bureaucrat
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2017
Activist hedge fund Third Point buys $3.5 billion stake in Nestle, eyeing opportunities in Europe
Nestle SA is being targeted by activist investor Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point, which has built a stake of more than $3.5 billion in the world's biggest food company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2017
SoftBank in talks with Canada, Mideast firms to raise $7 billion for tech fund
SoftBank Group is in discussions with potential investors in Canada and the Middle East to raise $7 billion of additional capital for its technology fund, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2017
SoftBank's Son chases boyhood dreams with $100 billion fund
When Masayoshi Son was a boy growing up in Kyushu, he kept a notebook to scribble down inventions he hoped to create one day. Today, the SoftBank founder has almost $100 billion to invest in making the next big thing a reality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2017
SoftBank secures first capital commitment for multibillion-dollar tech fund
SoftBank Group Corp. has secured the first capital commitment to a $100 billion fund organized with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that would eventually put its founder Masayoshi Son in charge of one of technology's biggest investment vehicles.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.

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