Japan

Dimension Data Australia finishes 2017 with AU$16.5m loss

The local arm of the Japanese IT services giant received a AU$5.3 million tax benefit from the Australian government, bringing its FY17 loss down to AU$16.47 million.

January 24, 2018 by Asha McLean

SoftBank to IPO part of its mobile business: Report

The Japanese corporate giant is reportedly set to part with a third of its mobile business.

January 14, 2018 by Chris Duckett

Rakuten touts online user base in bid for Japan's mobile market

Tokyo-based e-commerce operator plans to apply for 4G frequencies, which will be made available by the Japanese government in March 2018, and invest up to US$5.29 billion to build out the required infrastructure.

December 14, 2017 by Eileen Yu

Japan to launch one-year startup visa program in 2018: Report

To make Japan a more accommodating environment for startup entrepreneurs, the government is reportedly set to launch a nationwide one-year visa program, extending its current six-month program that is only available in Tokyo and Fukuoka.

December 7, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Samsung tests 5G on Japanese high-speed train

KDDI and Samsung have achieved speeds of 1.7Gbps during trials of 5G on a train travelling at 100km/h near Tokyo.

December 3, 2017 by Corinne Reichert

Korea tops APAC in government support for business R&D: OECD

Direct government funding and tax support for business research and development represented 0.35 of the nation's GDP.

November 22, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Toshiba in negotiations to sell PC operations to Asus: Report

The Japanese company is looking to sell its PC business to remedy its financial situation, according to a report.

November 16, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Toshiba International reports 128 percent profit increase for FY2017

Despite the rocky financial status of Toshiba's global business, its Oceanic arm is in the black.

November 5, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Aibo returns in Japan as a cloud-connected recording companion robot

A mandatory subscription from Sony to use your robot? The future has gone to the dogs.

October 31, 2017 by Chris Duckett

Tencent and SoftBank join $1.1b round for Indian Uber rival Ola

The Bengaluru-based ride-hailing company has locked down $1.1 billion, bringing its total investment amount to around $4 billion.

October 11, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Fujitsu to provide AIST with supercomputer for AI applications

Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology will be using its new supercomputer system to accelerate R&D in areas such as artificial intelligence.

October 10, 2017 by Tas Bindi

Seagate joined Toshiba Memory purchasing party for $1.25b

In return for its $1.25 billion investment, Seagate expects to enter into a long-term NAND supply contract with Toshiba Memory.

September 28, 2017 by Chris Duckett

Toshiba to sell memory business to Bain-led group for 2 trillion yen

The Japanese conglomerate will also be investing 350.5 billion yen into the memory business it is offloading to a Japanese government-backed consortium.

September 20, 2017 by Tas Bindi