August 10th, 2021A study by the University of Oxford says the official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics is USD 15.4 billion, which is the most expensive on record.
August 12th, 2020SoftBank reported a first-quarter profit of 1.2 trillion yen (USD 11.8 billion), up from 1.1 trillion yen in the previous fiscal year.
July 27th, 2019Synspective a Japanese space startup which provides satellite data solutions using small sized SAR satellites raises $100 million in 17 months.
December 7th, 2018Japanese electronics firm Pioneer become a wholly owned unit of a Hong Kong-based fund in a deal worth $904 million.
Pioneer, known for its audio equipment as well as car electronics systems, said Baring Private Equity Asia has agreed on a 102-billion-yen ($904 million) plan to revive the struggling Tokyo-based company.
Baring will...
November 22nd, 2018Japan’s investment major Softbank investment Advisers, which invests through the SoftBank Vision Fund, is looking forward to deepening its play in India’s technology ecosystem, and thus, the company has announced plans to open an office in Mumbai in India.
For this purpose, the company has even roped in Sumer Juneja to lead the...
October 29th, 2018A Singapore-based AI company AnyMind Group has secured funds amounting to $13.4 million in a funding round. This round was led by Line, the Japanese messaging app firm, and Mirai Creation Fund, which is backed by Toyota among others.
The company that uses AI in online advertising, HR and marketing is planning to use these funds for...
October 22nd, 2018Paytm has launched a QR-based smartphone payment settlement service in Japan called PayPay in collaboration with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
Paytm had formed a joint venture called ‘PayPay’ corporation with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan, and its first offering is a smartphone-based settlement service that allows users to...
October 9th, 2018The budget hospitality chain OYO has been expanding to various countries for a long time. After China, Australia and many other countries, the company is now foraying into Japan which is the world’s third-largest economy.
The Gurugram-based hotel chain lately raised $800 million in its latest round of funding that was led...
