Business / Corporate May 13, 2020
Tencent takes aim at Microsoft and Amazon with expansion of cloud business in Japan
The Chinese tech giant aims to triple its sales in 2020 from the current level.
Business Dec 4, 2019
Mario goes to Beijing: Nintendo and Tencent team up to launch Switch console in China
Nintendo and Chinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday announced plans to launch the Kyoto-based company's popular Switch console in China next week. Expectations for the console's launch in the world's largest gaming market have helped to push up Nintendo's share price this year. The console will ...
Business / Corporate Dec 3, 2019
The road gets bumpy for billionaires investing in China's electric cars
Some of China's wealthiest tycoons steered billions of dollars into electric car companies in order to fuel the country's dreams of becoming a leader in the field. Now a reckoning may be looming as car sales slow and the government reduces subsidies for the nascent ...
Business / Corporate Apr 19, 2019
Nintendo soars as Tencent wins approval to sell Super Mario game for Switch in China
Nintendo Co. shares jumped Friday after China's Tencent Holdings Ltd. won approval to distribute one of the company's games for its Switch console — a sign the Japanese company may benefit from growth in the world's largest games market. Tencent received approval for the test ...
Commentary / World Mar 28, 2019
Worried about Huawei? Take a closer look at Tencent
by Sarah Cook
The social media giant is a growing global force, and it does Beijing's bidding.
Business Jan 24, 2019
Japanese firms hopping on ride-hailing bandwagon in Southeast Asia
by Siti Rahil
Japanese firms are involved in a clash of titans that is expected to intensify this year between two successful ride-hailing startups in Southeast Asia. Fierce competition is looming between Indonesia's Gojek and Singapore-based Grab, which is backed by companies including SoftBank Group Corp., Toyota Motor ...
Business / Corporate Nov 27, 2018
Line and China's Tencent link up to push cashless payments in Japan
by Kazuaki Nagata
Line, Japan’s messaging app giant with 78 million users, is stepping up its bid to become a major cashless payment platform by targeting Chinese tourists.
World Nov 7, 2018
China gaming giant Tencent to verify all players' identities by 2019
Tencent Holdings Ltd. will expand its age-verification system to encompass its entire games lineup, the firm has announced, in an unprecedented response to growing criticism that it encourages addiction among youths. The Chinese social media and entertainment titan intends to check all gamers' identities against ...
Business Aug 17, 2018
'Game over' in China as Beijing halts approvals of video game licenses
China's regulators have frozen approvals of game licenses amid a government shake-up, according to people familiar with the matter, throwing the world's biggest gaming market into disarray. The halt follows a restructuring of power among departments, said the people, who asked not to be named ...
Commentary / World Jul 11, 2017
China's anti-addiction drive may ruin video games
by Adam Minter
Will Beijing's crackdown help half a billion Chinese gamers kick the habit?
Business Mar 18, 2016
Tencent taps ninja Naruto to chase China's $31 billion anime market
by Lulu Yilun Chen
A blue-eyed ninja with spiky blond hair and whisker marks is leading Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s campaign to capture the eyes and wallets of China's anime fans. The hero, Naruto, a keystone of manga, isn't fighting alone. He's in a stable of characters assembled by Tencent ...