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The Japanese government has passed a new bill aimed at reducing mobile prices for consumers and stimulating competition in the mobile market. The new bill includes provisions banning operators from offering bundled device and mobile plans under a single price…
Three Southeast Asian countries are on Japanese department store operator’s radar. Takashimaya says it is evaluating opportunities to open department stores in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. However, in an interview, Takashimaya’s president Yoshio…
Seagate Technology recently released a white paper with IDC on the growing datasphere in Asia Pacific including Japan, but excluding China (APJxC). This is following the launch of IDC’s global White Paper, The Digitization of the World – From Edge to Core,…
The British luxury fashion retailer has six stores trading in the market, which it entered back in 2015 via a wholly owned subsidiary, opening its first store in March 2016. While the brand is making its direct exit, Belstaff Japan customers will still be…
A week for Vietnamese goods this year will be held at the Aeon supermarket chain in Saitama prefecture and Kanto region in Japan from June 5-12, according to organizers. During the week, Vietnamese goods will be highlighted at 40 outlets in the Aeon…
In an interview with correspondents from the Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the TMS Group’s investment promotion workshop in Osaka on April 9, Nakata said that it is not just Vietnam’s real estate market, but those in some Asian countries like…
Japanese restaurant chain Kyoto Ichinoden has opened its first overseas restaurant in Hong Kong. The launch celebrates the brand’s 100th anniversary while also tapping into the city’s unique role in the region and its close ties with the Mainland market for…
British footwear brand Tricker’s has opened its first shop outside the UK, choosing Japan. Tricker’s Tokyo store opened last Thursday, an exact replica of its London Jermyn Street shop. “Japan has been our biggest export market for more than 30 years,” read a…
Timepiece maker Klasse14 has opened a flagship store in Shibuya, Tokyo. The new flagship joins the brand’s more than 350 points of sale in Tokyo, with a design representing the brand’s new minimalist, urbanised creative direction with black, white and wooden…
Tableware firm Sagara Inc has opened a global website after setting up a retail store in New York to market its environmentally conscious tableware for children. The firm’s Reale brand, made from a new bioplastic raw material blended with native Japanese…
Japanese convenience store FamilyMart Holdings is preparing to invest ¥25 billion (US$223 million) on labour-saving technologies. The firm will partner with tech firm Panasonic to introduce self check-out, digital displays and other similar devices which…
Nintendo plans to bring yet another game to Android and iOS device this summer – Mario Kart Tour. Officially revealed two months ago, the next Mario game for mobile won’t be released until at least June. However, Nintendo fans will have a chance to take a…
Japan’s SoftBank has announced that its joint venture HAPSMobile will invest $125 million in Google’s Project Loon to advance the use of high-altitude vehicles to carry mobile base stations. HAPSMobile, the joint venture between SoftBank and US-based unmanned…
Japan’s KDDI and industrial drone solutions provider Terra Drone have jointly launched a new drone inspection services for industrial infrastructure. The jointly developed solution involves using a drone to generate a 3D, high resolution model of heavy…
Japan’s SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest up to $3 billion in fast-growing Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm. SoftBank’s Vision Fund is involved in due diligence on the prospect of the purchase of a stake in Jio that could be worth $2 billion to…
Japan’s Softbank Group will purchase a 5.6 percent stake in German payments company Wirecard by acquiring convertible bonds worth about 900 million euros ($1 billion), Wirecard said in a statement on Wednesday. «As global innovators, we focus heavily on…
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