Mar 03 2021
TOKYO Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passengers on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX. | Video
Mar 03 2021
TOKYO, March 3 SoftBank aims to double user
numbers at its PayPay QR code payment app in the next three to
four years, an executive at its domestic internet subsidiary Z
Holdings told Reuters on Wednesday, as it seeks to
extend its lead in cashless payments.
Mar 03 2021
TOKYO, March 3 Japanese billionaire Yusaku
Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join
him as the first private passengers on a trip around the moon
with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Feb 16 2021
TOKYO, Feb 16 SoftBank Group Corp
shares closed at a record high on Tuesday, surpassing a peak
reached at the height of the dot-com bubble, as online backers
celebrated the recovery in the value of the firm's tech
portfolio.
Feb 08 2021
TOKYO Japan's SoftBank Group Corp shares climbed above 10,000 yen apiece on Tuesday, hitting two-decade highs, a day after the group's Vision Fund unit reported record profits as portfolio company listings accelerate.
Feb 08 2021
TOKYO Japan's SoftBank Group Corp shares climbed above 10,000 yen apiece on Tuesday, hitting two-decade highs, a day after the group's Vision Fund unit reported record profits as portfolio company listings accelerate.
Feb 08 2021
TOKYO, Feb 8 SoftBank Group Corp Chief
Executive Masayoshi Son boasted of delivering "golden eggs" on
Monday, after his company's Vision Fund unit rebounded from a
loss to record an 844 billion yen ($8 billion) third quarter
profit.
Feb 04 2021
TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp is expected to extend earnings recovery when it reports third quarter results on Monday as frothy markets drive a rally in the value of its tech investment portfolio and offer fertile ground for listings.
Feb 03 2021
TOKYO, Feb 3 Japan's animators are losing one of
the tools of their trade after Mitsubishi Pencil said
this week it would scale back a long-running line of coloured
pencils.
Feb 01 2021
TOKYO Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Monday hiked its full-year forecast for Switch games console sales to 26.5 million from 24 million previously after a bumper end to 2020, buoyed by a home entertainment boom amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | Video