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Z Holdings leaders aim to boost Asia business

Business / Corporate Mar 5, 2021

Z Holdings leaders aim to boost Asia business

Z Holdings plans to merge its PayPay and Line Pay cashless payment services by April next year.

Twin sisters score Japan’s hottest IPO by making mobile games for women

Business / Corporate Mar 3, 2021

Twin sisters score Japan’s hottest IPO by making mobile games for women

by Takashi Mochizuki

To the growing list of things that make gaming startup Coly Inc. unusual, it can add one of the best market debuts in recent Japanese history.

Automating boring tasks made these Japan startup founders rich

Business / Tech Feb 18, 2021

Automating boring tasks made these Japan startup founders rich

by Yoojung Lee and Ming Jeong Lee

Their firms' shares have all more than doubled in the past year, leading to talk of a burgeoning tech scene that’s very different from Silicon Valley.

Aurora partners with Toyota in bid to bring autonomy to masses

Business / Corporate Feb 10, 2021

Aurora partners with Toyota in bid to bring autonomy to masses

by Dana Hull

The deal aims to aims to mass produce automated vehicles and launch them on ride-hailing networks, including Uber’s, over the next few years.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts record $8 billion profit on IPO boom

Business / Corporate Feb 9, 2021

SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts record $8 billion profit on IPO boom

by Pavel Alpeyev

A global rally in technology shares has boosted the value of SoftBank’s stakes in publicly traded firms like Uber Technologies Inc.

A new golden age for Japanese entrepreneurs

Commentary / Japan Feb 5, 2021

A new golden age for Japanese entrepreneurs

by Jesper Koll

No matter how small the startup, because of COVID-19, it can finally hire people, build teams, invest in what always yields the highest returns for any new venture — human capital.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is poised for another IPO windfall in 2021

Business / Corporate Jan 7, 2021

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is poised for another IPO windfall in 2021

by Pavel Alpeyev

The IPOs could give Son another round of enormous gains after successful offerings from DoorDash Inc. and KE Holdings Inc. in 2020.

Government to help Japan firms' digital tie-ups with foreign startups

Business Jan 6, 2021

Government to help Japan firms' digital tie-ups with foreign startups

The framework is designed to encourage Japanese companies to reform their businesses through the joint development of goods and services with foreign partners.

Rags to riches: CEO of ¥100 billion startup comes up from the streets

Business / Corporate Dec 11, 2020

Rags to riches: CEO of ¥100 billion startup comes up from the streets

by Ming Jeong Lee and Komaki Ito

Taihei Kobayashi's story is among the most remarkable to emerge from a small-cap stock boom that’s minting fortunes.

Airbnb and DoorDash rallies stoke renewed debate on pricing IPOs

Business / Financial Markets Dec 11, 2020

Airbnb and DoorDash rallies stoke renewed debate on pricing IPOs

Had the shares priced closer to where they started trading, Airbnb could have raised $4 billion more for the company and early investors.

In China men's skin care boom, startups and investors seek rich glow

Business Dec 11, 2020

In China men's skin care boom, startups and investors seek rich glow

by Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh

Already the biggest in the world, the Chinese men's facial skin care market is forecast to hit 12.5 billion yuan ($1.90 billion) this year — and expand 50% by 2025.

Japanese startup launches a photo service that's out of this world

National Dec 5, 2020

Japanese startup launches a photo service that's out of this world

A firm based near Tokyo is taking orders for a service that will fly customers' items high into the stratosphere and capture images of the items against the backdrop of Earth.

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