Insurance startup Lemonade Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $286 million in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), as the IPO market gains ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia Capital on hunt for Japanese digital-tech startups
TOKYO -- Sequoia Capital plans to bring its checkbook to Japan by the end of the year as ... 150 billion yen ($279 million to $1.3 billion), Nikkei has learned. The Menlo Park, California venture ... ( read original story ...)
NTT and NEC eye ‘made-in-Japan’ 5G as US-China tensions grow
TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunications group Nippon ... The tie-up was first reported by Nikkei on Wednesday. The partnership comes as China's Huawei, a leading telecommunications carrier and ... ( read original story ...)
Court rules state land deal non-disclosure illegal
The Osaka District Court in western Japan has ordered the state to pay damages for destroying, or intentionally withholding records related to a controversial sale of state-owned land to a private ... ( read original story ...)
China Warns Japan On Hosting US Missiles As War Boats Hold Drill
China is quite content to have Japan remain as a country without a means of launching a military offense. The Communist superpower is understandably concerned when the U.S. steps in with no such ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai Electric apologizes to shareholders, vows reforms
Directors of Kansai Electric Power Co. began its June 25 shareholders’ meeting by apologizing for a gift-giving scandal that has ensnared dozens of senior officials and led to lawsuits against former ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai Electric chief apologizes to shareholders for bribery scandal
Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto apologized to shareholders in Osaka on Thursday for a scandal in which the forme ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online Event Scheduled for September 23-27
The official website for the Tokyo Game Show 2020 event announced on Thursday that the event will be held online from September 23-27. September 23 will be a business day for business discussions only ... ( read original story ...)
Japan confirms plans to scrap U.S. missile defense system
Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems. ( read original story ...)
Japan to consider strike capability to replace missile defence system
Japan is to consider the acquisition of weapons able to strike enemy missile launchers to bolster defence against North Korea after a decision to cancel the Aegis Ashore missile defence system, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Confirms Scrapping US Missile Defence System
Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore system were to be placed in two regions under the costly and controversial programme. But the government reversed course under pressure from local residents concerned ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea catching China in startup race: report
TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea are catching up to China as a hub for startups, according to a report that highlights the battle for capital and talent in Asia's technology sector. U.S. policy ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in Japan: 6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Chiba Prefecture
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka called racist after posting meme in response to COVID-19 cases
As a tennis superstar and now the highest paid sportswoman in the world, Naomi Osaka has recently been using her platform to raise awareness of racial injustice and specifically give support to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Defence Minister Says Strike Capability an Option to Counter Missile Threat
Japan's Minister of Defence Taro Kono said on Thursday that acquiring weapons that would let Japan strike enemy missile bases was an option Japan will consider as a way to bolster its ballistic ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan Decided to Scrap a Key U.S. Missile Defense System
The council made its decision Wednesday, and now the government will need to enter negotiations with the U.S. about what to do with payments and the purchase contract already made for the Aegis Ashore ... ( read original story ...)