TOKYO — Japanese media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media. Uzabase’s deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million-$110 million, depending on Quartz’s financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs ambitious nuke energy target, plutonium reuse plan
TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The plan approved Tuesday by the Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Uzabase to acquire online news platform Quartz
TOKYO — Japanese media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media. Uzabase's deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million-$110 million, depending on Quartz's financial performance ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Zozo, using measurement taking bodysuit, expands bespoke service
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo said on Tuesday it was expanding its offer of made-to-measure clothes using skintight bodysuits which help customers upload their measurements online. Zozo, which operates Japan’s popular shopping ... ( read original story ...)
Belgium 3 Japan 2: Last-gasp Chadli completes comeback
Brazil will face Belgium in the quarter-finals of the World Cup as Roberto Martinez's side came from 2-0 down to beat Japan 3-2. Nacer Chadli's 94th-minute winner completed a sensational comeback as Belgium beat Japan 3-2 to book a World Cup quarter-final ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘psychic octopus’ was killed, sold before last-16 defeat to Belgium
Japan's World Cup campaign finally ran out of legs on Monday. Now, it has emerged the country may have scored something of an own-goal before its first knockout game even kicked off. Fisherman Kimio Abe, who caught Rabiot, brought in a replacement octopus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Gives Jail Sentence to Crypto Miner in a Remote Mining Case
This news follows multiple other reports of the Japanese police cracking down on the use of remote mining tools where website visitors were not informed that their computers were being used to mine cryptocurrencies. Recently, the police in 10 prefectures ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s solar panel makers suffer as power plant demand fades
TOKYO -- Japan trails much of the world as both a producer and a market for solar power technology, struggling to keep pace with the cheaper and plentiful competition overseas. PV Japan, one of the country's largest solar trade shows, was held in Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)
Belgium completes the biggest comeback of the World Cup with a game-winning goal in final 20 seconds to beat Japan
Belgium came back from a 2-0 deficit in the World Cup on Monday by scoring three straight goals to beat Japan. The final goal came as Belgium stopped a corner kick, then advanced the ball on a counterattack, completing three passes to set up the game-winner. ( read original story ...)
Quartz, Atlantic Media’s Business News Start-Up, Is Sold to Japanese Firm
Atlantic Media’s business news site built for the digital age has turned into a good bit of business itself. The site, Quartz, which Atlantic Media created in 2012, will be sold to the Japanese financial intelligence company Uzabase for a price between $ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business confidence slips in June survey
Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has slipped for the second quarter in a row, a key central bank survey showed today. The Bank of Japan's Tankan report - a quarterly survey of about 10,000 companies - showed a reading of 21 among major ... ( read original story ...)
Atlantic Media sells Quartz to Japanese media company
Atlantic Media announced Monday that it is selling its Quartz business news platform to Uzabase, a publicly-held Japanese business intelligence and media company worth nearly $1 billion. The deal, which is expected to close within 30 days, will be worth ... ( read original story ...)
Handy Japan ties up with SoftBank to provide free smartphones in hotel rooms
“Handy has redefined the accommodation experience and the hotel business,” said SoftBank CEO Ken Miyauchi. SoftBank will invest in Handy Japan’s parent firm, named Handy Japan Holdings Co., but the firm declined to disclose the size of investmen ( read original story ...)
SoftBank invests in ‘handy Japan’ hotel technology service
TOKYO — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank is investing in a mobile device service for hotel guests, called handy Japan, offering tourist spot information and internet access. Terms of the deal, announced Monday, were not disclosed. Handy ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese media company Uzabase to buy business news website Quartz from Atlantic Media
Japanese media company Uzabase Inc on Monday said it is has agreed to buy business news website Quartz from US peer Atlantic Media in a deal valued at between $75 million to $110 million. The value of the deal will depend on Quartz meeting financial ... ( read original story ...)
Rocket developed by Japan startup in flames after liftoff
bringing with him a delegation of dozens of Japanese business leaders seeking to promote economic and diplomatic relations. Yomiuri Shimbun editorial: With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Eastern Europe visits, Japan should strategically expand ... ( read original story ...)