Yuji Nakamura
Stories by Yuji Nakamura
China’s largest cryptocurrency operators laying groundwork for new life in Japan, HK
From OKCoin to Binance.com, Chinese exchanges and wallet services are seeking a second life in friendlier Asian jurisdictions.
The unraveling of Tezos: How one of the biggest ICOs plummeted
Whether Tezos recovers to deliver value to investors could go a long way to shaping how authorities regulate ICOs.
Government-backed Cool Japan Fund hit by harassment claims
Cool Japan-backed 500 Startups was earlier hit by allegations of harassment.
Japan: Government fund backs 500 Startups
This is the first time the government has directly backed a non-Japanese VC firm.
After 1,000 IPOs & backing 4,000 firms, Japan’s biggest venture firm Jafco to overhaul strategy
Since its inception in 1973, Japan’s oldest and largest VC has quietly backed almost 4,000 companies, including giants like SoftBank Group Corp., Mu
Japan’s messaging service Line scouts for acquisitions with $1.3b IPO war chest
Line Corp. plans to use part of the $1.3 billion it garnered from last month’s initial public offering to bankroll acquisitions of content and techn
Nikesh Arora’s exit may deal blow to SoftBank’s global ambitions
Arora was hired in 2014 after a decade at Google and promoted to president in June of last year. He’s since built his own operation within SoftBank,
Japan’s Line plans year’s biggest tech IPO, pitching US investors
The company behind one of Asia’s most popular messaging apps plans to go public in Tokyo and New York in mid-to-late July, with a goal of raising be
