Rakuten: Positive Update on Mobile Overshadowed by E-Commerce Merchant Woes
Rakuten held a press conference on its mobile business today including confirmation of the April 2020 commercial launch, an expansion of its beta...
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Lawson and KDDI Join Forces in Cashless Payments War
With a series of mergers over the past three months alone, the big three mobile providers, along with Rakuten Inc (4755 JP) and Amazon.com Inc...
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Last Week in Event SPACE: Nuflare, Hitachi Chem, Line/Z, Haier, Village Roadshow, TVB, BTS Group
Last Week in Event SPACE ... There is a clear conflict of interest between Toshiba Corp (6502 JP) and the minority shareholders of Nuflare...
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Z & LINE: Softbank Strikes Again in Digital Zaibatsu Battle for Hegemony
The upcoming integration of LINE Corp (3938 JP) with Z Holdings (4689 JP) at the end of the year follows Z Holding’s acquisition of a 50.1% stake...
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Aeon's Tie with UK’s Ocado: A Chance for Online Food Leadership – but Not for a While
Aeon has become the Japanese partner to Ocado, one of the best online supermarket and systems providers for food and FMCG retailing in the...
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