Xiaomi—whose IPO is expected to be the world’s biggest by a tech company ... New York $3.9 Worldpay Group October 2015, London $3.8 Japan Display March 2014, Tokyo $3.1 First Data October 2015, New York $2.8 World Online International ( read original story ...)
Avast slices estimated IPO share price before market entry
Avast has reduced the price of its shares ahead of the firm's Initial Public Offering (IPO), an event expected to become one ... Canada, Russia, and Japan. The cybersecurity firm claims to prevent up to two billion attacks per month and offers ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan, China agree to launch defense hotline
The agreement concludes the countries’ decade-long negotiations on the communication mechanism, which had stalled after the island row escalated in 2012 when Tokyo nationalized the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China calls Diaoyu. ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
“The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia,” Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo, with Li and Moon standing on both sides, all wearing almost identical blue neckties. Abe said the three ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China, South Korea agree to cooperate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Japan, China, South Korea agree to co-operate on North Korea
bringing together Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. "The three countries will take leadership to achieve peace and prosperity in the Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, Japan, China to enhance biz ties
Business lobby groups of South Korea, Japan and China agreed Wednesday to cooperate for an early signing of a trilateral free trade deal on the sidelines of the three-way summit held in Tokyo. In a joint declaration adopted in a trilateral business summit ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mobile Operators Launch RCS Services Based on GSMA Specifications
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GSMA today announced that Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on the GSMA’s specifications. The service, which is called ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Reaction To Israel Serving Its Prime Minister A Shoe With Chocolate
“I guess it could mean, “dosoku de fumikomuna*.” (*Note: I’d translate that as “Better mind your own business.”) “They really aren’t thinking about Japanese people.” “It has to have a message for Japan.” The Times of Israel ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | SoftBank confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to Walmart
TOKYO — The head of Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart. Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son did not give details in confirming ... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, Japanese abductees’ families push US to help secure their release
She never came. She had been kidnapped, and he’s never seen her since. “I have no memory [of her],” Iizuka told ABC News. His mother, Yaeko Taguchi, is one of several Japanese citizens allegedly abducted by North Korea in the 1970s to teach top North ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s scandal-hit Finance Ministry holds seminars on preventing sexual harassment
TOKYO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Finance Ministry on Wednesday held seminars for its senior officials aimed at preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of the ministry's top bureaucrat over sexual harassment claims. In an unprecedented ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Moon, Abe discuss N. Korea’s denuclearization
Moon met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday shortly after a three-way meeting in Tokyo with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. A Japanese official says Moon and Abe agreed to work together to figure out the necessary steps for North Korea to give up ... ( read original story ...)
(LEAD) S. Korea, China, Japan to cooperate on trilateral business ties
SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, China and Japan on Wednesday agreed to cooperate on promoting a trilateral free trade pact for mutual economic growth on the sidelines of a summit of their leaders in Tokyo. In a joint statement adopted in Japan, the ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry officials given lectures on sexual harassment
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Finance Ministry on Wednesday gave senior officials a training course with the aim of preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of its top bureaucrat who allegedly sexually harassed a female reporter. ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Toyota reports improved quarterly profit despite incentives
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is reporting its quarterly profit rose 21 percent as cost cuts and booming sales in some markets offset the damage from higher U.S. incentives. Toyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, on ... ( read original story ...)