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Get Those Stun Guns Ready: Here Comes Masayoshi Son Softbank is launching an assault on the online-game market   |
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August 9, 2004
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Hard Truths For Japan's Softbank The broadband bet looks solid for the telecom, but investors want to see profits. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
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Where The Net Has Telecom On The Run Yahoo! BB is luring Internet phone subscribers in droves, and owner Softbank expects profits soon. |
Search Engine Watch
July 21, 2010
Michael Bonfils |
10 Missed Opportunities in Search Engine Marketing in Japan Why Japan is the most difficult country to provide both natural search engine optimization and paid search marketing service for. Part one of two. |
Search Engine Watch
March 24, 2011
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If Yahoo Exits Japan, How Will it Impact Search Marketers? Assessing whether business will go on as usual for marketers and users. |
Wired
August 2003
Brendan I. Koerner |
Fat Pipe Dream Softbank founder Masayoshi Son lost $75 billion in the dotcom crash. His new master plan: superfast, supercheap DSL for the masses. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2011
Andrew Bond |
Yahoo! May Unload Some Valuable Assets Monetizing its Asian assets is just the spark that Yahoo! needs. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
David Rocks |
Setting Fire to the Cell-Phone Market Softbank's Masayoshi Son has sued Japan's communication ministry to open the cellular spectrum to outsiders -- such as himself. It's a gambit worth risking: Softbank has $5 billion in cash to invest in a new system and millions of broadband customers ready to sign up for his cellular service. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Baidu Gets Lost in the Translation China's top site angles for a foothold in Japan. It's OK to start small. It's where you are at the end that ultimately dictates your stockholders' fortune. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Baidu Goes Big in Japan The Chinese search leader eyes Japan as its next growth market. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2011
Andrew Bond |
Expect Yahoo! Japan Deal to Move Forward The tragedy in Japan should not slow down deal talks significantly. |
Entrepreneur
September 2006
Chris Penttila |
Back in Business Japan's economy is picking up. Should your company explore the possibilities? |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
It's Google's Search World. Microsoft Just Lives in It. I understand why there are some hard feelings over in Redmond about Google's deal with Yahoo! Japan (an independent company that Yahoo! has a 35% stake in) to handle the latter company's search traffic and related advertising. |
Search Engine Watch
May 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Google Improves Newsgroups, Makes Inroads To Japan Google has now made the full archives of newsgroup postings it acquired from Deja available via its Google Groups service. They date back to March 29, 1995. The company has also launched a new Japan edition and signed deals with major Japanese portals... |
InternetNews
December 27, 2005
Tim Gray |
Yahoo to Stream CBS Programs on Web The Tiffany Network will offer free streaming video of a pair of comedy programs in its line-up, "Two and a Half Men" and "How I Met Your Mother" this week on the Yahoo Web site. |
InternetNews
August 8, 2005
Tim Gray |
Yahoo Heading East? Online powerhouse Yahoo is reportedly in advanced talks to buy a big chunk of China's largest e-commerce site for $1 billion. |
Search Engine Watch
August 18, 2010
Michael Bonfils |
10 Missed Opportunities in Search Engine Marketing in Japan, Part 2 More advice for navigating the Japanese market, including: translations, keyword research, search engine optimization, blogs/ social media, and trust/user engagement. Part 2 of 2. |
InternetNews
October 4, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo Ads in Your Pocket Yahoo announced the beta launch of sponsored search results for its Mobile Web service. |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Mariko Yasu |
Softbank's CEO Wants a Solar-Powered Japan Masayoshi Son wants to ramp up solar energy capacity in Japan and take on the established utilities at the same time. |
InternetNews
December 4, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
eBay Teams Up With Yahoo For Return to Japan eBay has partnered with Yahoo to reintroduce itself to the lucrative Japanese market. |
InternetNews
December 28, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Microsoft, Carriers to Serve VoIP in Japan Microsoft said it is teaming with IP phone service provider Softbank BB Corp. and Japan Telecom to offer businesses in Japan Voice over IP, e-mail, Internet access and instant messaging in one service. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
DoCoMo Makes Auction Bid DoCoMo plans to purchase 40% of Rakuten's Japanese auction business. The combination of Rakuten's online sales capabilities and DoCoMo's position as Japan's leading wireless carrier is an intriguing combination. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Lessons from Softbank's Hard Knocks To a great degree, Softbank's misfortunes mirror those of the whole venture capital industry, which threw money into money-losing startups when the tech sector sparkled with glamour... |
InternetNews
March 21, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
The Rich Find Comfort in Broadband A new study shows the broadband is the domain of the wealthy. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fool on Call: Why Baidu Could Rule Japan, Too The search engine dominates the Chinese market, and it may find equal success just across the water. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Verizon, Yahoo To Offer Cut-Rate DSL Verizon and Yahoo will offer a low-cost broadband service. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
Inside The Billion-Dollar Play To Bring Japanese Cool To The World The Cool Japan Fund launched last year with 57.5 billion yen ($560 million dollars), the vast majority of that financed by the government. In total, the fund will spend about $1 billion to stimulate cultural exports. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Softbank Buys Vodafone Japan For $15B Citing reduced prospects, mobile phone giant Vodafone today announced the $15.4 billion sale of its troubled Japan unit to Softbank. Japan's Softbank already owns two mobile phone carriers. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Yahoo Brings Banner Ads To Mobile While some mobile marketers remain wary of the U.S. market, Yahoo is ready to make some money. |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Rowley & Tashiro |
Japan's Livedoor: From Web Hosting To DVD Rentals To... Will Livedoor's far-flung investment strategy help it catch up with online rivals like Yahoo? |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2007
Dave Mock |
Jobs Caught Fishing in Japan Word has spread that Apple has been in separate talks with NTT DoCoMo and Softbank about offering the iPhone in tech-savvy Japan. |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004 |
Why Son Is "Banging the Table" The Softbank president is betting his unconventional tactics will get higher-quality radio band for Japan's cell-phone newcomers. In this Q&A he explains his strategy. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Yu-Tzu Chiu |
Taiwan's Tech Hubs Take Advantage of Disasters After Japan's earthquake and Thailand's floods, firms are building backup manufacturing sites |
InternetNews
October 17, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Yahoo, BellSouth Become Portal Partners The Internet portal giant adds another co-branding partner to its broadband access portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Rosenbush et al. |
Broadband: What's The Holdup? The U.S. lags far behind global leaders such as Korea and Japan, where broadband is far faster and cheaper, thanks to more focused national policy, less cumbersome regulation, and more densely populated regions. What's holding up the US with broadband? |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
The iPad: Huge in Japan The iPad just launched in the country to much fanfare and staggeringly long lines. It's a familiar story: With each subsequent product release, the press frets that Japan will reject Apple because it's a foreign company, and each time, Apple hits a home run. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Mitsubishi UFJ Rises From the Muck Though not the easiest to follow, this bank is tied to the perception of Japan's economy. Investors have certainly warmed up to the stock and given it a lot of credit for both its recovery and that of Japan broadly. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Dian Vujovich |
Good Sun Rising As Japan's economy gets stronger, so do the funds. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Bremner & Tashiro |
Japan: Quickly Leaving Pacifism Behind Threats of economic sanctions against North Korea, possible preemptive military strikes, and a missile defense system buildup -- welcome to the new, and surprisingly robust, Japanese national security policy. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo! Gives and Takes Overseas Yahoo! scores in New Zealand after missing a shot in South Korea. Investors, the dot-com heavies are sowing the seeds of future growth wherever there is fertile soil. Hopefully, it will be a harvest worth waiting for. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Kenji Hall |
Shaking Up Japanese Telecom -- Again Sachio Semmoto aims to do to the cozy cellular biz what he did to broadband. Beginning in 2007, eAccess will offer service in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya at rates that he says will undercut today's carriers substantially. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Japan: Less Beefing, More Beef Japan reopens its markets to U.S. beef -- but there's a catch. It's still good news for a sector whose stocks are closer to the lows than the highs. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2004
Roy Mark |
FCC Splits on U.S. Broadband Rollout Success Despite the U.S. being ranked eleventh in the world in broadband penetration, commissioners narrowly approve a report to Congress praising deployment rates of high-speed services. |
InternetNews
May 30, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Broadband Numbers Changing Face of Web Forty-eight million users have posted content to the Internet and 73 percent of them are broadband users, according to a new Pew Internet & American Life Project report. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2010
Manikandan Raman |
Trouble Ahead for Yahoo!, Microsoft Alliance in Asia What will the Yahoo!-Microsoft team-up mean for search? |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Breaking Up Yahoo! Is Hard to Do The search giant's battle with Alibaba isn't just about getting smaller. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Joshua Kurlantzick |
The Sun Also Rises Is a revival on the horizon for Japan's economy? That may be good news for you. |
CFO
January 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
International Rectifier's Mike McGee Here's an interview with McGee who, as the first non-Japanese chairman of a Japanese-listed company, had to orchestrate a restructuring that ran contrary to traditional Japanese business practices. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Catherine Yang |
Behind In Broadband New policies are needed to help the U.S. catch up. The country must create vigorous competition to drive the low prices and high speeds that can usher in a prosperous broadband economy. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Should You Follow Einhorn Out of Yahoo!? David Einhorn apparently likes the Mets more than Yahoo!. |
