Government Fuels Japan Cashless Payments War
In June, the government’s rebate scheme that simultaneously aimed to reduce the burden of its October 2019 tax increase while also promoting...
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Market Is Pricing a LINE Bump - Should It?
Seven and a half months ago, the Nikkei carried an article titled ヤフーとLINE、経営統合へ which translates to "Yahoo and LINE, Towards a Merger."The article...
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Surge in Online Shopping in Japan
E-commerce has surged since the start of the crisis. The biggest change in the past 15 weeks has been an increase in buying food and other...
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BASE: Robust Growth Through Collaboration with NEOlogi - Expensive @ 12.5x EV/Sales
On 23rd June, BASE (4477 JP)’s e-commerce platform began handling cross-border e-commerce delivery services covering 150 countries. The company...
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NTT Invests in NEC, Belle of the 5G Ball?
NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) (9432 JP) will invest c. ¥67bn for a 5% stake in telecom equipment maker NEC whilst the two companies will...
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