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Telecom Tycoons Feel Pain From Rising Mobile Woes
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Billionaires who built their fortunes rolling out wireless networks when debt cost almost nothing are seeing their wealth crimped by...
Rakuten’s Costly Junk Bonds Signal Challenge for Japanese Billionaire Mikitani
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 3 months ago(Bloomberg) -- After five straight years of losses, billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani’s Rakuten Group...
Rakuten to Offer Satellite-to-Mobile Service in Japan From 2026
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Rakuten Group Inc.’s Hiroshi Mikitani is betting on a niche technology to draw more...
Rakuten Shares Jump by Up to 16% After Mobile Unit Cuts Losses
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Rakuten Group Inc. gained the most in almost three years after losses narrowed in its...
Japanese tech lobby warns against EU cybersecurity labelling scheme
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 7 months agoLobby group Japan Association of New Economy has joined U.S. Big Tech to warn against proposed EU...
Rakuten CEO touts Viber's ability to counter Russian 'fake news' during Kyiv visit
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 10 months agoHiroshi Mikitani, the founder and chief executive of Rakuten Group (4755.T), on Saturday touted the...
Japan foreign minister and business leaders meet Ukrainian leader and vow support for reconstruction
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoJapanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on...
Japan foreign minister discusses reconstruction, security with Ukraine's Zelenskiy
Reuters via Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Rakuten’s Mikitani Spends a Fifth of His Time on Biotech Startup
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 11 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Hiroshi Mikitani, whose Rakuten Group Inc. is losing billions of dollars to break...
Rakuten Applies to List Brokerage Arm as Debt Concerns Mount
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Rakuten Group Inc. has taken a step to list its online brokerage arm, as Japan’s...