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Japan Watchdog Says Google Hurt Local Rival’s Ability to Compete
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Japanese antitrust regulator said Alphabet Inc.’s Google used tactics that limited...
SoftBank Sells Off Vision Fund Assets as Son Pivots to AI, Chips
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months ago(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp.’s flagship Vision Fund has quietly sold off or written down...
Japan's SoftBank Group trims investment losses but remains in red for fiscal year
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months agoSoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red...
SoftBank in talks with Naver over control of Line operator LY
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months agoSoftBank CEO Junichi Miyakawa said on Thursday that the Japanese telecommunications firm is in talks...
South Korea’s Biggest Internet Firm Considers Future in Japanese Messaging App
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Naver Corp., South Korea’s biggest internet company, is reviewing options for its...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while campaigning in Nara
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoFormer Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Former Japanese Prime...
A government employee bought a wildly expensive sex doll to promote kimonos to tourists. Now the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoThe Tokushima Prefectural Government spent over $2,800 on a sex doll as part of a tourist exhibition...
Stacked gets $13M to be the Twitch for web3 gamers
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoFew areas in tech today are as polarized as the blockchain gaming space. Los Angeles-based Stacked, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Alex Lin, is making...
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Sets Box Office Record in Japan, Underlining Hollywood Recovery
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAfter opening on April 28 in Japan, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has hit the JPY10 billion ($71...
Line Next secures $140M funding for its web3 platform
TechCrunch via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoLine Next, a web3 unit of the Japanese messaging app Line, raised $140 million in its funding led by...