Yuki Furukawa
Stories by Yuki Furukawa
Toshiba scouts for acquisitions again after string of deal flops — this time closer to Japan
The company is looking at small- and mid-sized firms, in infra services or digital tech.
Japan’s Toshiba completes NuFlare takeover, snubs minority holders
Toshiba was already NuFlare’s biggest shareholder with 52.4 per cent when it initiated the buyout.
Japan’s Renesas mulling acquisition of US chipmaker IDT
Renesas, second only to NXP Semiconductors NV in automotive market share, gets more than half of its revenue from auto-sector customers.
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten unveils plan to fight Amazon, SoftBank
The new mobile business, slated for debut next year, will tie together the company’s disparate portfolio of about 80 different services.
SoftBank-backed Mapbox targets ride-hailing, self-driving cars
The provider of mapping data for Tinder, Evernote and Facebook Inc. in October raised $164 million in a funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.
SoftBank’s Son remakes his inner circle with three newcomers
The personnel changes mark the biggest overhaul in SoftBank’s top management since Son brought in Nikesh Arora from Google in 2014 and kicked off th
Former Goldman banker aims to spin Japanese startup VisasQ’s fortune via IPO
Hidetoshi Uriu, who joined VisasQ as its CFO in February, said the venture will consider an IPO “before too long.”
Toshiba pushes deadline to complete its $19b chip unit sale by a month
The Japanese technology giant is set to miss an initial deadline to close the 2 trillion yen ($19 billion) sale of the division by the end of March.
Japan’s used luxury items startup Sou makes strong debut on Tokyo exchange
The company, named after the Chinese character for “thought,” has a network of 57 stores across Japan.
SoftBank-backed WeWork set to offer dog and child-friendly office spaces in Japan
In Japan, where pets outnumber children, WeWork Cos. is adapting to the lay of the land.
