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TSMC on alert and Singapore on the rise

Oct 31, 2024 | ft.com | Kenji Kawase |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li |Song Jung-a |Christian Davies |Kiu Sugano | +2 more

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Japan's Mizuho set to buy stake in Rakuten Card

Sep 30, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Masayuki Shikata |Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- Mizuho Financial Group will enter negotiations to acquire a stake in Rakuten Group's credit card unit, with the e-commerce company aiming to tap the Japanese megabank's broad customer base to expand its corporate offerings and strengthen its fintech business. Rakuten Group announced the talks toward a strategic capital and business alliance on Monday. The two Japanese groups aim to finalize details about Mizuho's investment in Rakuten Card this year.
Red Bull to enter Japan pro soccer with J3 team acquisition

Jul 26, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Shiho Miyajima |Makoto Taniguchi |Yusuke Yagi

Red Bull would be the first foreign company to become sole owner of a J. League team. (Source photos by Nikkei)TOKYO -- Austrian beverage maker Red Bull has reached a broad agreement to acquire Japanese third-tier professional soccer team Omiya Ardija from telecoms operator Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East, Nikkei has learned. The deal would mark the first time a foreign company takes sole ownership of a Japan Professional Football League team. J.
Taiwan in the spotlight and CATL’s subsidy haul

Jun 6, 2024 | ft.com | Kenji Kawase |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li |Eleanor Olcott |Shiho Miyajima

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NTT Docomo to launch airborne telecom base stations in 2026

Jun 3, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- Japan's leading wireless carrier NTT Docomo said Monday that it will launch a fleet of aerial telecommunications base stations in 2026 through a partnership with a supplier owned by Airbus. Docomo and three other investors have pledged to invest up to $100 million into Aalto HAPS, a developer of high-altitude platform stations. The Japanese carrier would be the first in the world to use the airborne stations in commercial applications if the goal is met.
Japan's NTT Docomo picks former Recruit employee as new president

Apr 25, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo has decided on the appointment of Vice President Yoshiaki Maeda -- previously of human resources giant Recruit -- as its new president, looking to use Maeda's experience in content to shift away from telecommunications and focus on entertainment and finance. This is the first time since Docomo launched in 1992 that an employee with roots outside the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Group has become president.
Japan's Toppan eyes AI with $400m in chip, electronics investment

Nov 24, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya |Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- Japanese printing and materials group Toppan Holdings plans to invest about 60 billion yen ($400 million) over three years in its electronics segment as it seeks to profit from AI-driven growth in the semiconductor industry. The figure represents an increase of 10 billion yen from the prior three-year period, and makes up 30% of Toppan's planed growth investments for fiscal 2023-25, President and CEO Hideharu Maro told Nikkei.
Japan's NTT Docomo to enter securities business

Oct 4, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- NTT Docomo, one of the biggest mobile carriers in Japan, will follow rivals Rakuten Group and SoftBank in combining its core business with financing as the mobile phone market slows in the wake of government-led price cuts. Docomo announced on Wednesday that it will enter the securities business by allying with Monex Group, a Japanese online finance company that will make its brokerage arm a Docomo consolidated subsidiary.
China seeks leg up in 6G standards race with faster wireless tech

Jun 29, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Kawakami |Shiho Miyajima

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- The MWC Shanghai trade show that kicked off Wednesday showcases advances in mobile technology by Huawei and other Chinese telecom companies, as the country angles to take the initiative in setting 6G cellular standards. Commercial deployment of 5G has created a growing appetite for further innovation, Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer at Huawei Technologies and rotating chairperson, said in a keynote address at the event, Asia's biggest mobile technology expo.